Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1889 — A Modest Judge. [ARTICLE]

A Modest Judge.

Youths’ Companion. Alvo Yusupn, Chief Judge of Bagdad was remarkable for the modesty which accompanies wisdom. So conscious was he of his ignorance of many topics that he often entertained doubts, where men of less knowledge and more presumption pressed their opinions with decision. Cnee, after a long investigation of the facts of a case, he publicly confessed that his knowledge was not sufficient to enable him to decide it. “Pray,” said a pert courtier, “do you expect the Caliph to pay yon for your ignorance?” t i “I do not,” meekly answered the Judge. “The Caliph payi me well for what I know, if he were to attempt to pay me for what I do not know the treasures of his empire would not suffice.”