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Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers
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The Discontent That Whines
This is the kind of discontent which Emerson refers to when he says that "discontent is the want of self-reliance."
The WHINING discontent ruins many lives; it is used as the excuse for much foolish conduct, much neglect of duty.
It is the discontent which reflects the feeble soul, the self-indulgent, worthless being.
A young man who gets drunk or dissipates otherwise, who offers as an excuse, "Well, I was feeling kind of DISCONTENTED and had to do something," is afflicted with the wrong kind of discontent in its most virulent form.
The office boy with small wages who is caught smoking cigarettes, or evading his duties, or undermining his moral character by gambling, will also say, "I was discontented and had to do something."
If you have THAT discontent, try to get rid of it and get the other kind.
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Chicago: Arthur Brisbane, "The Discontent That Whines," Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers in Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers (New York: The Century Co., 1899), Original Sources, accessed March 19, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3WRXLB9LKCW9Z3G.
MLA: Brisbane, Arthur. "The Discontent That Whines." Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers, in Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers, New York, The Century Co., 1899, Original Sources. 19 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3WRXLB9LKCW9Z3G.
Harvard: Brisbane, A, 'The Discontent That Whines' in Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers. cited in 1899, Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers, The Century Co., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 19 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3WRXLB9LKCW9Z3G.
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