Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-05-11
Tho Quality Of Unrorgivingness

remarkable rather for
whnl II with.hol1s than IL nclmdly
docs. ~ one Not met with very fro
uncnlly. H. must not be cOnlUund.
81 with that vindlctivcnoss which
Is actively malignant, but may be
dcsclihcd rs II passive verb, cOnju.
gated by some exceptional compo-
tent person from one day 10 anoth-
or over many weary months and
years; Sometimes, indeed, thirty
years cIapsc before the past t. nsc is
arrived at. 1t occasionally refers
to abstract principles, but m re fro
qucntly to IN re sentiments disguls-
ed as principles, rules of life, con
duct, uv religion, in which whole
tribes or divisions Of people may be
nursing what they call their injuries
in silent protest, and continuing to
do so through long periods of time.
when these things should have been
condonod and their memory passed
away. They occupy q set attitude
Of unforgivingenss, preserve II
through life, and if possible, make
II point of imposing it upon their
children. Prosecuted races and
sccts have sometimes done this
Perhaps tho Jcsuitos arc and yet
are not case IN point "A large
portion OF mankind resent their OK
islehcc put us II society no. ~ III,
dlvIdnals. o"PposihS Ino Jesu,'cs
to owe the world II Srudse Tor lh's'
thc ucDI Is Al! Vho more surrey TO-
Pald because IL Is noI aepehueht on
nor u'G'atcu ny ihu'viuua' c"PrlcG'
put belongs 10 inc ac'loh Oh COL
,ectlvo pouy INA. mus never n yeu oeen
Know 10 'ack recruits. 4 mere aro
certalh oau qual'.ies wllch arc usu-
a''y .ne s'rohScSI III INFERIOR organ
lzai'ohs' ana uhiorSl'ihghess Is ono
Oh thesc. on'no'l'ics ~ ID oua'y '!s'
soci"teu wilma person ana u pr'h,
c'pIe A man VINO mas ollenueo
you Is Il partisan OF Il cause you oe-
iest, ana lhis glvos Il douDic caSo
10 inc thin,s., lou quarrel WIN Inc
'nu'''ou''' VINO represents INC Prin,
PIE ana WIN me Pf'hciPlo wnlc'
recalls inc lnulVldual DOM arc
ailNe odlous lhehceiorth.
Active vindictivness is easily I'M
derstood, and has in all ages acoun-
ted for various great crlmcs-for
treason, assassination bascness,
and all kinds of treachery. But
the simple incapacity to forgive is
generally combined with incapaci-
ty of other dircctions-with q NOR
bid moral condition, limited intel
lectual powers, u vitiated or un-
healthy phisiqno; it is found in
persons naturally stupid, manned,
crippled, or stuntcd grown. 1t af-
fects the sexes about equally; for
the inclination and power OF talk
ing over wrongs destroy it in wo'
mon, and strong physical exercise
works it off in men. Love is rare.
~, but wounded solf-lovc often, the
cause of il; for "Ldm0W pardonn6
tout, Ct Tam0urpropre ne pardonne
riem." Often tho original otlenso
has been personal, and so small
that years after it is actually for
gotten, or only recalled by an effort
OF memory, while tho untorglving
spirit remains the Same. The men
tai attitude Of implacablllty has been
acquired. Now in physical life the
excitement ceases with the stlmu,
lns, but psychlcal life the laws OF
association lead farther, and spon-
tancous reaction, once excited, be-
comes itself an impulse and a fresh
starting point. A man who habit
ually broods over ono solitary lnJu-
ny seldom fails to end by having
more than one to nurse and think
about. The ability to preserve 81
lence is necessary to this condition
of mind, for who complains loudly
will quickly forgive and if wo-
man possessed with n dumb devil
(and there are snch) instinct ITSELF
tolls us that it is useless to hope Tor
pardon. Untorglvingness is essen
TALLY an uglitying quallty(wc have
no verb in English equivalent u
st suAleea French Gala1tr.) tho ,igifC:sot
mouth and lips and hard unloving
eyes are not beautiful, the marks
OF ignoble cares on the brow and
of regrets which are not repentance
and have nothing purifying about
them, 90 to make up picture
which few care to look at twice.
We have said that it is thoroughly
condition of mind, and
in fact it produces not only the APP
pcarance but the reality ofill-health
in those who indulge it. As an old
writer puts it, "Tnis black color
doth dry up the juices, and will
load the blood with bile so that it
shall flow sluggishly and cause the
and VIII ole person to
seem arid, unfruitful, and ill-favor-
ed. The men and women who have