The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-26
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The Brotherhood of
Human Weakness.

$40 Truman Weakness singular tolerance seeing clearly the
l--- fundamental and'universal human weakness
At the time other drawn such terrifying
pictures of the inevitable results passion seshness
Macbeth Lear and Otho solemn lessons morals this
wise had too much sympathy with his fellow beings
condemning them.
Sometimes Shakespeare who according tradition re-
peats the thought two three times in different
showing how deep an impression it made on him.
In the Merchant of Venice where Porta
Judge, is lecuring Shyock, she says:
''In the course of justice of US
Should see salvation. We do pray for mercy
And that prayer doth teach all to
: The deeds of mercy"
And in Hamlet" he says
"Use after his desert and shall scape whippng
Shakespeare to have been particularly impressed his
observation, doubt with the
his just what he would like have that all fail and
and the difference wrongdong chiefly difference degree
mixing Lear he suggested that Judge should
place.
So long and angels they
short of their ideals The fine thing that they
recognize the fact that they below it. It also apparent that
the long the ideals of men get higher
curious fact is that few without ideal in
fuence time other they practically up
it. This is true of occasional criminals
On the other hand nfmes of temper nerves. physical
weakness insufficient will habits indulgence and the influence of
environment checker the life of the of the
tons The that proof against all temptations always yet
be born.
Shakespeare drew from those things true
his that should be exceedingly
denim their fellow SINCE of fact practically all
the category The that temptation has par
probably he himself will be bowed by another kind temptation
The fact that kind of yielding leads the pneny and public
disgrace and the other buried out of sight mans heart does
particular difference the evil
The at large knows what done we'll the that
was locked up.
In the words Robert Louis Stevenson who himself great
and accurate observer things this EARTH that kind feels
mighty lonesome when he wakes up in the morning
Society for its Defense puts that
tain But punishment they receive properly ndcve
but only the of justice and protection after ALL
important reform the that breaks law than
suffer- In beyond doubt he has only
cular temptation strong for him. danger the
penenary find other temptations strong for them The good
that still him ought not be lost because society afford
to lose good anywhere
Of there ncogbes and born with crmnay
minds and few that totally depaved But there
Shakepears day. and he brushed aside all
that the strict justice of good enough Justify
feeling OF superiority others less fortunate
In other words Shakespeare for kind democracy morals
wherein all recognizing the heavy difficulties of e should be
more inclined help the that slips than tread him.
Balngton Booth and his wife the kind of people that
Shakespeare would have liked They the of
religious order chiefly the work helping released conv We
imagine there not abos useful society The
frmed criminal persistent eproach pleasant
template In most also quite likely that he unnecessary
reproach