The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-31

envy and malice and hatred OF ones
nelghbor, for any cause, and five envy
him merely because. OF his riches, we
show We have ourselves low IDEALS
Money Is a good thing. 1t is foolish
affectation to deny it. But It Is not the
only good thing, and after a certain
amount has been nmassedlt ceases to
be the chief even of material good
things. 1t Is far better, for instance,
to do well n, bit OF work which Is well
worth doing.91 do not care whether
this work Is that OF an engineer on q
great railroad or captain OF n fishing
boat. or foreman In a factory or ma
chine shop. or section boss. or division
chief or assistant astronomer In an OBJ
observatory. or a second lieutenant some
where in China or the Phillpplnes-each
man Of these has an important piece OF
work, and II he is really interested in 1t
and hhs the right stun in him. he will
be altogether too proud of what he Is
doing and % intent on doing 1t we'll, to
waste his time In envyIng others.
Envy and Malice Great Evils.
From the days when the chosen peo-
pie received the decalogue, to our own,
envy and malice have been recognized
as evils. and woe to those who appeal
to them. To break the Tenth Com
mandment is no more moral now than
1t has been for the past thirty centur-
les The'vice of envy is not only dam
gerous but also a mean vice, for It is
always n confession OF inferlority. 1t
may provoke conduct which will be
fruitful OF wrong doing to others; and
1t must cause misery to the man who
feels 1t. 1t will not be any the less
fruitful OF wrong and misery. II as is so
often the case with evil motives, it
adopts some high sounding alias. The
truth is. gentlemen. that each one Of
US has in him certain passions and in
stlncts which. II they gain the upper
hand in his soul. would mean that the
wild beast had come upperInost in him.
|
Envy, malice. and hatred are such pas
sions. and they IRE Just as bad II d.
rected against a class or group OF men
as IL directed against an Individual.
| What we need In our leaders and
teachers is help in suppressIng such
feelings. help In arousing and direct
ing the feelings that are their extreme
oppostes.
| Following Example of Leaders.
Woe to US as q nation II We ever fol-
low the lead OF men who seek not to
smother. but to intlame the wild beast
qualities Of the human heart! In So
cial and industrial no less than in po-
lltical reform We can do healthy work,
work flt-for free country. fit for self
governing democracy, only by treading
In the. footsteps of Washington and
Franklin and Adams and Patrick Henry
and not In the steps OF Marat and
Robespierre.
So far what have had to say has
dealt mainly with our relations with
one another In what may be called the
service of the state. But the basis Of
good citizenship Is In the home. a man
must be good son, husband and faith
"o'''"'i s'od uiush'el, VIE ana
''o''ie', no. anu to'e'''os'' mere must
be no Sinking OF duties In big things or
In little things. The man who Will not
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o"e'' ''.e "oi"e'ii WIN sh'''ihs iIoi'i
Dea'ihs "''u caring 'i'aIy heaith9 chii-
uten' 'nese "''e no piace among me
''et "''u "o'i'e' WIN afe STRIVING up
"a'u anu oi'"aiu'
Family Foundation of State.
or course. the family Is the founda-
ton of nil the things in the state. Sins
against pure and healthy family life are
those of which all others are sure In the
end to be visited most heavily upon the
nation in which they take place. We
must DEWITT moreover no, merely Oh
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