62 JUSTICE.

is seeking display—this one is puffed up with
conceit! In most cases these imputations
are false, and therefore unjust. How wicked.
then is this practice of evil speaking, as it
does much harm and no good!

If I were to draw the portrait of a truly
noble character, I*should make justice the
basis of it. A just person must have many
virtues ; he must be a lover of truth, a lover
of honesty, a lover of what is right. He must
despise falsehood, trick, deception and fraud
of any kind. Let any of my readers who
desire to adorn their souls with a noble attri-
bute, cultivate jastice, not only in deeds, but.
in words, thoughts, and feelings. Let them
be just even in the little arguments that arise
around the fireside, in all the familiar inter-
course, sports, pleasures,,and controversies of
the field, the high road, and the school-
room. Let them establish the habit of being
just, even in trifles: let them cherish the
feeling, of justice as they would the dearest
friend.