Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-10-14
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nany uaiuu,s, n dryeloprs il,e.
in somr pvup'e aimOsl as sUon "a
they can toii,e, Al home ihel
hui.y all who will submit lo Do bal
lied, aul ali who have n0 thoire lu
a. subm'l Bullying il, indeed ma,
oi the dearest drligats uf Same iR
hullle minls, A school, ior-
n0, matter whether i0y or girl, ial
bullying Is Tot am accomplishment
of ono sex 0uiy-lhe INsiime il
freely iniulgtl la, There is hardly
an educational asalcmy In England
al which there is NOT a prOpuliun ui
great lubberly fellows, who arc the
tcrrors uflhc small Try, and occupy
their leisure time In planning aui
executing horrible practical Joke,
ON their brethren. We DO not ina
agino that tho small fry are injured
thereby Ia fact, ihc lessons 10 them
an inCHlculuhlc amount al benefit
They may think lhc contrary, per-
hups, when they are suffering, hUt
then the stupid fellows do not know
what Is good for them It Is difficult,
indeed, Ia suy who does, Tho iu'
vcnilc victims generally comfort
themselves, IN the midst oI their
tor,urcs, with the happy thought
that whcn they become men aud
women they will bc bullicd no Ion,
ger, Vain drlusiun' They have
their pleasant nniicipations rudcly
iRlriiicd when they attain mature
years. They make the unpleasant
discovery that they are hullicd y
good deal more than when they
were young and innocent. They
soon learn that there is no possible
way OF escaping the bully, aud that
he is more unrclcnting and unmcr'
cilul than the enemy ofthcir school
days. The latter could bc prOpit'
lated, in many instances, with the
swcctmccts and cake whirh his vic.
tim hal iondly imagined he would
enjoy himself, The bully of the
world at large looks down with I'M
mitigatcd contempt upon such tri.
fcs. He places 4 very high value
upon his bullying powers, and he
utilizes them upon scientific prin-
ciples. When he is II master he
knows that, by bullying his ser.
wants, it is just possible that he /
may cause them 10 do more work .
than they would otherwise do. [.
When he is Il servant he io2ls that .
by bullying his master (ior 4 ser.
want can, if he chooses, do this to u
certain cxtcnt) he will not be asked .
to do disagrccable things, or re-
quircd to work harder than he feels
he ought to. This is u short sight
ed policy, but then your remarkably .
sharp people often find that they .
have been too clever. The bully is
not the only one who imagines that,
bccause he gets what he wants for
the time being, he is pursuing
wise policy. Apart from this desire
to make money and secure their
own comfort there is, on the part Of
many people, an insane desire to as
scrt their authority and indcpcn-
dence. They will flare up at the
slightest opposition, and avail them,
selves Of every opportunity Of lay
ing down the law. They are always
taking good care to let those peo-
pie over whom they have control
know what will be the effect of GER
tpin acts of which the bulies do
not approve. When the victims
nrc quito innocent in anticipation
Of the misdcmeanors to be com
mitted, the bullies speak to them rs
if they were the most guilty wretch
,s alive. They generally elevate
their voices to an unplcasanuy high
pitch. Bullying, too, is used us u
means of obtaining and avoiding
paying money. There is the cred
tor, who, personality. waits upon
he debtor, and bullrcs and threat
ms him; there is the debtor who
eceivcs his creditor with sarcasm .
md abuse Both obtain some ad-
'antage for the time being. There
ire plenty Of disreputable bnIlics. {
ooftcrs and cabmen are remarkable ,
or their ingratiating civility when ]
they are no less remar-
;ablc for their tcrocious surlincss .
when the time for payment arrives.
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