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The obstinate man
(Alexander Whyte, "Pictures from Pilgrim's Progress)
"Do not be like the the mule . . ." Psalm 32:9
Most unfortunately, it is in the very best things of
life that the true 'mulishness' of the obstinate
man
most comes out. He shows worst in his home life.
The obstinate man may be affable,
entertaining, the
best of company, when abroad with others. But when
he turns the latch key in his own door, he will instantly
relapse into silence, and sink back into utter . . .
boorishness,
bearishness,
mulishness and
doggedness.
His sunshine, his smile, and his refinement is all gone
now; he is discourteous to nobody but to his own wife.
The obstinate man makes his house a very
prison to
himself and to all those who are condemned to suffer
with him!
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