Pride And Boasting

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Pride And BoastingISBN13:9781532941801ISBN10:1532941803Author:Publishing, Classic Domain (Editor), Finney, Charles (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - How Does Pride Of Heart Deceive Men? 1 It Renders Men In A Great Measure Blind To Their Own Faults The Man Of A Proud Heart Will Not See His Own Faults He Has No Desire To See Them He Would Sooner See Anything Else In The World Than See The Bad Side Of His Own Character, And Of Course He Takes Every Precaution To Avoid The Honest View Of Himself He Has No Intention Or Even Desire To Find His Own Proper Level In Society, But Tries To Deceive Both Himself And Others He Would Fain Imagine That He Is Vastly Better Than He Really Is, And Make Everybody Else Believe It If He Can Hence He Will Overlook His Own Faults Either Wholly, Or At Least As Far As He Can, And Would Be Glad To Make Others Do The Same This Is One Of The Workings Of A Proud Heart 2 It Leads Men To Excuse, Or At Least Palliate Their Own Faults If A Proud Man Can No Longer Cover His Own Faults, This Will Be His Next Resort When He Can Not Deny That Many Things In His Conduct Are Palpably Wrong Objectively Considered, He Will Yet Maintain That Under His Very Peculiar Circumstance, They Are Nearly Or Quite Right They Will At Least Admit Of Much Palliation; So He Sets Himself Most Diligently To This Labor He Will Be That Last Man To Come Down To A Candid And Through Examination Of His Own Faults Ah, He Does Not Relish This Honest-Hearted Work 3 It Leads Men To Imagine That They Have Virtues Which They Have Not This Is Often Manifest In Their Egotistical Manner Of Speaking In Their Common Conversation They Assume That They Possess Virtues Which Nobody Ever Saw Them Exhibit, Or Ever Dreamed Of Attributing To Them Whatever In Their Own Conduct Has The Remotest Appearance Of Virtue, They Are Sure To Drag Into Their Service To Prove Themselves The Best Of Men Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2016-04-25Weight:0.36 lbsDimensions:0.24'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:116Language:English

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