Part 7 — TRUE CULTURE.
Reading edition · Edition 2
The highest culture is to speak no ill; The best reformer is the man whose eyes Are quick to see all beauty and all worth; And by his own discreet, well‑ordered life, Alone reproves the erring. When they gaze Turns it on thine own soul, be most severe. But when it falls upon a fellow‑man Let kindliness control it; and refrain From that belittling censure that springs forth From common lips like weeds from marshy soil.