{"id":9029,"date":"2014-04-14T06:59:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=9029"},"modified":"2014-04-14T06:59:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T13:59:59","slug":"no-speck-so-troublesome-as-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2014\/04\/no-speck-so-troublesome-as-self\/","title":{"rendered":"No Speck so Troublesome as Self"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9030\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9030\" alt=\"DSC_1028\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1028.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1028.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1028-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_1028-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Paige<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am reading <em>Middlemarch<\/em> by George Eliot. It is taking me forever. It&#8217;s a real study in human psychology. One character named Mr. Casaubon is someone you learn to abhor, but also understand. His main problem is selfishness. He believes his personal project is a sacrifice for mankind, but really, his work serves to feed his ego. He doesn&#8217;t realize how his pride and selfishness taint his view of humanity. He misinterprets acts kindness as insults to his abilities. He is hyper-sensitive to suggestions, thinking they are criticisms. His focus on self shows the smallness of pride and the insecurity that follows. He&#8217;s such an interesting character.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.<\/p>\n<p>-Middlemarch by George Eliot<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am reading Middlemarch by George Eliot. It is taking me forever. It&#8217;s a real study in human psychology. One character named Mr. Casaubon is someone you learn to abhor, but also understand. His main problem is selfishness. He believes his personal project is a sacrifice for mankind, but really, his work serves to feed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2014\/04\/no-speck-so-troublesome-as-self\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No Speck so Troublesome as Self<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9031,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9029\/revisions\/9031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}