Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1895 — Be What You Seem. [ARTICLE]

Be What You Seem.

There is a class of men who acquire a good deal of prominence in the community—they are much talked about, and their names are often seen In print—yet, when you get at the real opinion entertained of them by those who know them best, you find they are but little respected. The reason is because they are not really true men. They affect to take a deep interest in reform movements, and to be largely occupied in philanthropic enterprises, but in truth they are hollow-hearted popularity-seekers, caring little for anybody but themselves. Such men cannot be truly happy, for they cannot experience any feeling of satisfaction with themselves. And indeed Uis with himself that every man should keep account. He should make it. his own study to be true and real and sincere. Even if he could obtain the 'respect of others without deserving it, he could not obtain his own. Be what you seem is a manly rule of life, worthy of every young man’s adoption.