A Dead Mans Diary
A Dead Mans Diary
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He had so pandered to his love of approbation that it had grown at last into a disease, and I saw few more pitiable sights in my wanderings than that of this wretched creature, slinking shamefacedly through hell, and wincing, as from a blow, at the glance of every passer. Of all vices none is so vindictive to its ii6 A DEAD MAN'S DIARY.
wretched victim as vanity. It Is continually craving for the wherewithal to gratify Its insatiate appetite, whilst growing but the hungrier for a meal. The very... clamorous- ness of Its demands not seldom defeats its own purpose, for sooner or later it is sure to be discovered, and none of us honour the man whom we suspect of "jumping " to gain our good opinion. Of the power which vanity may acquire over a human soul I read lately an awful Instance. We are told that the last emotion visible on the face of PranzinI, the French murderer, as he stood waiting to be despatched into eternity, was a simper of gratified vanity (and what share vanity had in bringing him to that scaffold only He who reads all hearts can tell) at being the prominent object of interest to so large and distinguished an assembly.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He had so pandered to his love of approbation that it had grown at last into a disease, and I saw few more pitiable sights in my wanderings than that of this wretched creature, slinking shamefacedly through hell, and wincing, as from a blow, at the glance of every passer. Of all vices none is so vindictive to its ii6 A DEAD MAN'S DIARY.
wretched victim as vanity. It Is continually craving for the wherewithal to gratify Its insatiate appetite, whilst growing but the hungrier for a meal. The very... clamorous- ness of Its demands not seldom defeats its own purpose, for sooner or later it is sure to be discovered, and none of us honour the man whom we suspect of "jumping " to gain our good opinion. Of the power which vanity may acquire over a human soul I read lately an awful Instance. We are told that the last emotion visible on the face of PranzinI, the French murderer, as he stood waiting to be despatched into eternity, was a simper of gratified vanity (and what share vanity had in bringing him to that scaffold only He who reads all hearts can tell) at being the prominent object of interest to so large and distinguished an assembly.
What to read after A Dead Mans Diary?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Coulson Kernahan to read onlineMoreLess
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