“from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished;”
“he who asserts his own views is not distinguished;”
“He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines;”
“from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority.”
“from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged;”
“There, he had learnt to distinguish between the steadiness of principle and the obstinacy of self-will, between the darings of heedlessness and the resolution of a collected mind.”