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Truth is the essence of principle, integrity, and independence. 
It is, undoubtedly, the 'primary need of every man. 
“Who is the honest man? 
He that doth still and strongly good pursue, 
To God, his neighbor, and himself, most true ; 
Whom neither force nor fawning can 
Unpin, or wrench from giving all their due. 
— Herbert. 
A little blue flower, very common in the Hew England States. 
Content. 
“Contentment opens the source of every joy.” 
-— Beattie. 
TILL the different states of life have their inconveniences and troubles. 
J-*- Hence, the many complaints of those who, in their respective states 
of life, are never content, either with God, or with themselves. And, in¬ 
deed, all such persons remind me of one who, on the stage of a theatre, hav¬ 
ing to personate a peasant, or a beggar, begins to murmur against the man¬ 
ager and to say: “Why have I been selected for this mean part? See 
that other actor decked out with crown and sceptre, and clad in purple and 
gold, while I must put on a ragged coat, and an old battered hat. He is 
almost always on the stage, and attracts every one’s attention, but I am not 
allowed to appear more than once or twice. Is he any better than I? 
Have we not made the same studies in the same school ? Why can not I, 
then, represent a king as well as he ?” What would you think of such 
complaints, my dear reader ? Would they show good sense ? “What! the 
