Mohave County miner., 1895-05-04
Compromises.

The Philadelphia Ledger we'll says
There are few greater necessities Of 60
cial life than the spirit Of accommodation
which 10 realized in mutual compro.
mises. Two persons may think indie.
pendently on many subjects; they may
have different hopes, fears and desires
their tastes aud inclinatlons may lead
iu opposite directions; their judgments
may form contrary conclusions; and as
long - they are alone they are free to
cherish and develop them % they please.
But directly they come together into
moro " less intimate companionship
they find the necessity Of making mu.
tual concessions, both in speech and
conduct. The closer the relationship
between them the more imperative 10
the need for reciprocal surrender. No
friendship can long subsist without il;
no marriage can offer any hope Of hap.
pinees where II does not exist. All con.
certed action 10 dependent upon Il. Part.
ners in business must defer to each 9th.
or. To recognize differences without
surprise, 70 respect them without sntag-
onism, TO accord them their just and
ightful place are essential elements in
ell successful or serene human inter.
course. Burke, in bis speech on con.
eilistion with America, says "All gov.
ernment, indeed every human benefit
and enjoyment, every virtue and every
prudent act, 10 founded on CON mpromise
and barter. We balance Inconvenience
We give and take; We remit some rights
that we may enjoy Others"
Yet, though compromise 10 30 neces.
sary to human welfare, it has it's limits,
beyond which it ceases TO be q blessing.
The smisble people Of the world, those
who can always v,eld easily, gracefully,
and without an effort, who never push
their own views, or insist uDon their own
way, or argue q point, or contest q
method, are very apt 10 exceed these
limits. They forget that concessions, to
be effective, should be mutual. II the
giving up be sll on one side, it is bad for
both. 1t may strengthen sel6shness,
establish obstinscy, intensity dogmatism.
Besides this, 1t contentedly resigns what.
ever there may be Of good in the views
which are thus forced into the back.
ground. No one who perpetuslIy bide-
the hight he has received, or the knowl.
edge he has gained. is faithful TO his
social obligations. II mutual work is
impossible without compromises which
should not be made, then each party
must Withdraw and work in his own way
with those who are more In unison. But
q very great deal oil useful and united
work may be accomplished by those who
are widely separated in various ways. IL
there ID only mutual respacs ss founda.
tiou.
There are. however. other compromises
with which society has nothing to do;
compromises within your own breasts,
between right and wrong, duty and incli-
nation, truth and deception, selashness
and generosity, high principle and low
conduct. Few, If any, deliberately re.
solve 10 forsake the good and cling only
70 evil; bot multitudes. while ranging
themselves on the side Of the former, are
yet trying 10 get the satisfaction which
they think the latter will afford. One
man compromises between his sense Of
justice and bis desire for gain; another
between his duty to bis family and his
love Of sslf.indulgence another between
his allegiance to truth and temptations 10
fslsshood Many Of the ruined lives we
mourn ov or may be traced to just such
compromises.