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The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III
Men who compare themselves with their nearest neighbours are almost invariably conceited, speak boastingly
of themselves, and
disrespectfully of others. But if a man extend his survey, if he mingle largely with people whose feelings and
opinions have been modified by quite different circumstances, the result is generally beneficial. The very act
of accommodating his mind to foreign modes of thought expands his nature; and he becomes more liberal in
his sentiments, more charitable in his construction of deeds, and more capable of perceiving real goodness
under whatever shape it may present itself.
Men who compare themselves with their nearest neighbours are almost invariably conceited, speak boastingly
of themselves, and
disrespectfully of others. But if a man extend his survey, if he mingle largely with people whose feelings and
opinions have been modified by quite different circumstances, the result is generally beneficial. The very act
of accommodating his mind to foreign modes of thought expands his nature; and he becomes more liberal in
his sentiments, more charitable in his construction of deeds, and more capable of perceiving real goodness
under whatever shape it may present itself.
