Editorial July 5, 1834

The Penny Post

Q: What keywords are associated?

Temperance, Virtue, Moral Advice, Happiness, Civility

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

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An editorial offering moral advice on maintaining good spirits through temperance, virtuous solitude, civility, and the foundational role of virtue in honor, beauty, and happiness.

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Keep up your spirits by good thoughts. Enjoy the pleasant company of your best friends, but in all enjoyment, be Temperate. Learn the art to be preferred before all others, of being happy when alone--which consists in the encouragement of good hopes and rational pursuits-in leading an industrious life, and in converse with the world, be ever careful for the sake of peace, to speak ill of no one, to treat your enemy with civility, and shut your ears against evil reports of all kinds.

Virtue is the foundation of honor and esteem, and the source of all beauty, order and happiness in nature. It is what confers value on all the other endowments and qualities of a reasonable being, to which they ought to be absolutely subservient; and without which, the more eminent they are, the more hideous deformities, and the greater curses, they become.

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Moral Or Religious Temperance

What keywords are associated?

Temperance Virtue Moral Advice Happiness Civility

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Promotion Of Temperance And Virtuous Living

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Moral Exhortation

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Maintain Good Spirits Through Positive Thoughts And Temperance In Enjoyment Cultivate Happiness In Solitude Via Good Hopes, Rational Pursuits, And Industrious Life Promote Peace By Avoiding Ill Speech, Treating Enemies Civilly, And Ignoring Evil Reports Virtue Underpins Honor, Esteem, Beauty, Order, And Happiness Virtue Elevates Other Qualities; Without It, They Become Deformities And Curses