Bloomington Herald

Too many persons in the relations of life, look upon wealth as the true standard of merit, and pass by the cottage of the intelligent and virtuous, to associate with the ignorant nabob in his castle reared on fraud and oppression.— Their standard may suit their present condition. But if it does not prove their ruin, it surely will that of their children. Their riches may fly with the wind, in a moment, and then, where is the merit? Flown also, leaving them neglected by their old associates, and despised by those whom they before shunned, merely because they were poor. Let those then, who wish true greatness, seek it through moral and intellectual, rather than pecuniary culture. Good talents and good character are the passport to any circle, and any honor worth seeking.