CHARACTER.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4523, 4 July 1883, Page 2

CHARACTER.

But where is the true standard ? It is in little things and little acts that, like .straws in the wind, show from what direction it comes. Aii act uapreDieditated, a word, an emphasis even, sheds a flood oHi^bt on motives, and character, and is often worth more than a score of written testimonials from easy-going;, friends. ; A man's treatment ofhis family, bis tastes in living.ihis views of morality unguardedly expressed; bis self-sacrifices for the good ot others; or his self indulgence, his power to rule his own spirit, are all indices that aid to tell the sStory of hisunworthinoss. The fact?that be may be s* a good fellow "at the social board, a jolly story-teller, free with his money, a capital speech-maker, etc., has nothing to do with his integrity. The man who, in any position, does what he knows is immoral for the sake of money or power, in lacking in that integrity which makes him safe as a couuselior or publio sarTant. t