On Self Culture Intellectual Physical And Moral Microform a Vade Mecum for
On Self Culture Intellectual Physical And Moral Microform a Vade Mecum for
John Stuart Blackie
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It does not appear that he was naturally what we should call a bad man ; but, devoting himself altogether to military conquest and po- litical ascendency, he had no occasion to exer- 76 ON MORAL CULTURE. else any degree of that highest excellence which grows" Otit'^f unselfishness, and so, as a moral man, he lived and died very poor and very small. But it is not only conquerors and politicians that, from a defect of the moral ele- ment, fail to achieve real greatness. " Noth- ing, " says Hartle...y, a can easily exceed the vain- glory, self-conceit, arrogance, emulation, and envy, that are to be found in . The eminent pro- fessors of the sciences, mathematics, natural philosophy, and even divinity itself. " l Nor is there any reason to be astonished at this. The moral nature, like everything else, if it is to grow into any sort of excellence, demands a special culture ; and, as our passions, by their very nature, like the winds, are not easy of con- trol, and our actions are the outcome of our passions, it follows that moral excellence will in no case be an easy affair, and in its highest grades will be the most arduous, and, as such, the most noble achievement of a thoroughly accomplished humanity.
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