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<p>There is an infirmity to which many men are subject<lb/> | |||
<p>There is an | & what cannot but leave an unfavorable impression on the<lb/> | ||
minds of their <gap/> – It is this use of hyperbolical language of<lb/> | |||
praise or blame as applied to actions of too little importance<lb/> | |||
praise or | to merit such extreme judgments, but of such phraseology<lb/> | ||
to | oratary is want to choose its instruments of delusion – &<lb/> | ||
to these a great portion of the mischief of erroneous<lb/> | |||
to | moral <gap/> is to be attributed. It is an act of sophistry<lb/> | ||
<lb/> | to attach terms of stigma to the conduct which the sophist<lb/> | ||
to | wishes to <unclear>reproach</unclear>. The conduct in itself, perhaps, if<lb/> | ||
plainly & simply stated would excite with <unclear>exertion</unclear> – but if<lb/> | |||
some opprobrious name can be attached to it – it is already<lb/> | |||
</ | half-condemned in [the mind of<add>£1.45</add> the inconsiderate – <del>and</del> having<lb/> | ||
the most important <del>acts</del> <add>triumphs</add> of mental discipline is that<lb/> | |||
<del>intellectual</del> which at once separate good & evil actions from<lb/> | |||
that laudatory or condemnatory language in which they<lb/> | |||
are so frequently wrapt up & which serve<del>s</del> to bewilder or to<lb/> | |||
blind the observer. To the substantive act some adjectival<lb/> | |||
<del>addi</del> qualification is frequently appended buy which the<lb/> | |||
act is removed from its <unclear>notional</unclear> region into that where<lb/> | |||
the applause or vituperation of the speaker chooses to play it.<lb/> | |||
Phrases eulogistic – or dyslogistic act upon the mind –<lb/> | |||
as <del>colored</del> <add>stained</add> glasses act upon the visual sense – & the object<lb/> | |||
contemplated <del>looks other</del> assumes a coloring which is not its<lb/> | |||
own <del>natural face</del>. In the political world especially men<lb/> | |||
are prone to indulge in that decorative & dishonest<lb/> | |||
language, which may sometimes serve the purposes of<lb/> | |||
spite or of flattery but must in the long run be pernicious<lb/> | |||
to the moral & intellectual reputation of him who<lb/> | |||
employs it.</p> | |||
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There is an infirmity to which many men are subject
& what cannot but leave an unfavorable impression on the
minds of their – It is this use of hyperbolical language of
praise or blame as applied to actions of too little importance
to merit such extreme judgments, but of such phraseology
oratary is want to choose its instruments of delusion – &
to these a great portion of the mischief of erroneous
moral is to be attributed. It is an act of sophistry
to attach terms of stigma to the conduct which the sophist
wishes to reproach. The conduct in itself, perhaps, if
plainly & simply stated would excite with exertion – but if
some opprobrious name can be attached to it – it is already
half-condemned in [the mind of£1.45 the inconsiderate – and having
the most important acts triumphs of mental discipline is that
intellectual which at once separate good & evil actions from
that laudatory or condemnatory language in which they
are so frequently wrapt up & which serves to bewilder or to
blind the observer. To the substantive act some adjectival
addi qualification is frequently appended buy which the
act is removed from its notional region into that where
the applause or vituperation of the speaker chooses to play it.
Phrases eulogistic – or dyslogistic act upon the mind –
as colored stained glasses act upon the visual sense – & the object
contemplated looks other assumes a coloring which is not its
own natural face. In the political world especially men
are prone to indulge in that decorative & dishonest
language, which may sometimes serve the purposes of
spite or of flattery but must in the long run be pernicious
to the moral & intellectual reputation of him who
employs it.
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