The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09

.,,ons ui'iohs, mere OF lew
a , 70 one infinitely rsoSl'
lent PARTICLES" like the ser,ona "p'l.
Emerson. When we meet an rnI. VI
fellow-man our instinct n NJ. "n
"heave half a brick at him Is ~ ~. "
nothing to do with him beeauss u. NV
not know him. But II We ma, w
unknown fellow-man in good soc,,-
we behave decently to him becorsa~S,'
ideal OF society is equality among yr. -.
and between hosts and guests ".
have to suppose he is somethinv M
ourselves or he would not be IN ,o.s
society; and so we consent n enSr..
him, and when we have been civil !,
him we find that we like him littla' M
like him greatly If 1t appears tina, bsm
Of like aspirations and endeayors v,s
ourselves. In any case we make SHOW
of liking him. for any show OF disllkirv
him would be vulgar. But the oulv
terms OF great liking are parity Of A..
piration and eneadvor.
Without this we cannot hara r..
ternity, and when we have this We SHAH
have n brotherhood liberated from
those irksome burdens and CALLING liz,
which society now inficts upon natural
brotherhood. Society does this lgnor.
antly, OF course, In conception Of th
family which Is a survival of the times
when enc family was adverse to an.
other. when each was the germ Of an
unfriendly gems, tribe, clan. and each Of
its embattled members might not 50
unjustly be made to answer for all the
others.
But In civilization the individual not
the family, has been found TO be The
social unit: he is precious, and Il Is he
who Is regarded. He is regarded IN
and for himself, and not because be h
akin TO this. that, or the other one. II
he does wrong. he is punished, and none
OF his kin are made TO suffer through
the state, as they are in barban@
countries. where the innocent kindred
of public enemy have their eyes put
out when he is put to death. In this
the state shows itself more humane than
society, which still regards the family
as the unit so far as TO defame mani
his brother errs, and TO defome all bis
brethren II the man himself goes
wrong. Society still recognizes fra.
ternity only in the natural sense, and
has vet to learn that any love between
brothers is altogether supernatural, and
not an Iastinct, like the love Of Of.
spring.
Fraternity Is supernatural, as all e.
Witty Is. The man was an animal and
natural; now he is citizen and super
natural, so far as he is civilized. What
we may do is 10 civilize him so iAor.
oughly that this fraternal feeling VII
impart itself to all humanity. AT pres
ent the most of men do not wish 70
share In the blessings OF supernatural
| fraternity. because they dread IN mem
some latent quality of the annoyans
they find in natural fraternity FOE
.he brotherhood of blood. which ug
did not choose or seek, they often OTeaA
away as soon as they can, and uea'
their brothers on a business ioouas
They buy and sell with them; they lena
and borrow. and take and give uslly'
or IL for shame's sake, they do not uel
secretly feel defrauded. They live apaH
from one another, and keep their ianll'
los separate. II one brother pro'p''
beyond the others. they are suspl'l0s
Of him. and justly, for at the oO''On y
his heart he knows that they are ~
longer his equals, and fears INA. ,.u
will some time put him to shame Os an
his equals. We all thought II very u''s s
when the new rich man ceased % ,o :.
his brother TO dinner, ana salu' V ~.
must draw the line somewhere -
we all fe.; the joke the more Oecau i',i !,
our secret souls We had the pO'en.,lOI% ar,
of tho same meanness.-C'Wno A - 4.
brethren" by w. d. Howeli'' u
Century.