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CHAPTER XVI.

CANDOUR.

Canpoor is that state of heart which dis-
poses a person to see and confess the trut
It belongs to all real lovers of truth. With-—
out it no person can be honest, just, sincere,
or faithful.

It is a most important virtue, for it lies at
the very root of goodness, and is indis-
pensable to rectitude of conduct and real
force of character. Candour is opposed to
prejudice: while prejudice would blind the
mind, candour would give it clearness of
perception. Candour is are a clear at-
mosphere, enabling us to objects dis-
tinctly: prejudice is like a wrinkled glass,
that would distort the objects which are seen
through it. Candour would wipe clean the
spectacles,of the mind: prejudice would ob-
scuré them, or perhaps paint them over with
false and deceptive images. ~