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Editorial
November 18, 1858
Bradford Reporter
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
This editorial condemns the destructive impact of a bad temper, describing it as a curse that poisons personal peace, family life, and community harmony, urging cultivation of kindness instead.
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Evil of A Bad Temper.
A bad temper is a curse to the possessor, and its influence is most deadly wherever it is found. It is allied to martyrdom to be obliged to live with one of a complaining temper. To hear one eternal round of complaint and murmuring to have every pleasant thought scared away by their evil spirit, is a sore trial. It is like the sting of a scorpion—a perpetual nettler, destroying your peace, rendering life a burden. Its influence is deadly; and the purest and sweetest atmosphere is contaminated into a deadly miasma wherever this evil genius prevails. It has been said truly, that while we had not ought to let the bad temper of others influence us, it would be as unreasonable to spread a blister upon the skin, and not expect it to draw as to think of a family not suffering because of the bad temper of any of its inmates. One string out of tune will destroy the music of an instrument otherwise perfect; so if all the members of a church, neighborhood, and family do not cultivate a kind and affectionate temper there will be discord and every evil work.
A bad temper is a curse to the possessor, and its influence is most deadly wherever it is found. It is allied to martyrdom to be obliged to live with one of a complaining temper. To hear one eternal round of complaint and murmuring to have every pleasant thought scared away by their evil spirit, is a sore trial. It is like the sting of a scorpion—a perpetual nettler, destroying your peace, rendering life a burden. Its influence is deadly; and the purest and sweetest atmosphere is contaminated into a deadly miasma wherever this evil genius prevails. It has been said truly, that while we had not ought to let the bad temper of others influence us, it would be as unreasonable to spread a blister upon the skin, and not expect it to draw as to think of a family not suffering because of the bad temper of any of its inmates. One string out of tune will destroy the music of an instrument otherwise perfect; so if all the members of a church, neighborhood, and family do not cultivate a kind and affectionate temper there will be discord and every evil work.
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Bad Temper
Complaining
Family Harmony
Moral Virtue
Social Discord
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Dangers Of A Bad Temper
Stance / Tone
Moral Exhortation Against Bad Temper
Key Arguments
A Bad Temper Curses Its Possessor And Spreads Deadly Influence
Living With A Complaining Person Is Like Martyrdom, Scaring Away Pleasant Thoughts
It Acts Like A Scorpion's Sting, Destroying Peace And Burdening Life
Even Pure Atmospheres Become Contaminated By This Evil
Families, Churches, And Neighborhoods Suffer Discord Without Kind Tempers
One Out Of Tune Element Ruins Harmony, Like A Discordant String In Music