The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21

chance expression called forth by earn
estness. The other man replies in kind
and the remarks of the first grow
warmer. Before either knows what is
happening, weapons are drawn and the
end OF that little business disagreement
is found m a new-made grave and a
JAN cell And the man in the cell fire.
quently finds himself wondering, as the
keen anguish OF remorse bites into his
brain. what It was that made him kill
the man who was. perhaps. his friend.
He failed 10 rule his own spirit. BE
not hasty In thy spirit 10 be angry"
said the unknown writer of Eccie-
siastes. ''for anger resteth in tho
bosom Of fools" That seems a harsh
way to put IT, but 1t is the truth. An
ger does rest in the bosom OF fools.
Many. many are the heartaehes caused
by unbridled anger. They are heart
aches that cut like two-edged swords
for they hurt those who inhict them as
wen as those upon whom they are
inflicted.
The anger which ends in violence is
not always the worst form of anger.
Every day words are said which those
who utter them would give their homes
OF happiness to recall. Boys flying
kites haul in their white winged birds;
you can't do that when you're flying
words" said the poet. The little, pet
ty quarrels make life as miserable as
the big ones.
A woman. who was divorced from
her husband. once said that she traced
the unhappiness of her married life
to a quarrel she had one morning with
her better. or her worse, half. over the
question as TO whether or not il would
rain that day. II was their first quar-
rel, the first time they had ever spoken
unkindly 10 each other That quarrel
led TO others in which husband and
Wife were equally to blame. and the
end of it all was the divorce court.
How many parents inniet ehastise-
ment on their children, not because
they desire 10 correct the child. but
because they are angered at the child
Every man and every woman can con-
troll his or her own spirit. Those who
say they cannot. place themselves on
the level OF the lower order Of animals.
II is fair and reasonable to expect more
OF man than Of a dog. and yet some
dogs exercise far more self-restraint
than some men.
The even tempered man is the kuc-
cessful man, too. Isn't this proven by
ordinary observation? Are not the
best business men you know the men
who never give way to their passions
unless tried beyond human enduranceY
II is an old trick OF debaters to make
their opponents angry. The debater
who becomes angry can never mar
shall his arguments in logical sequence;
be must lose track of the vital points
at issue.
SO II is In the commercial world Men
who make no effort to restrain them
selves lose opportunities that men of
cooler temperament never fail to |
grasp and hold. And temper is a good |
thing, in its way. The individual who |
doesn't become angry when circum- |
stances warrant 1t isn't very much of |
citizen. Nobody likes the weak. |
milk-and- water gentle |
man, who always agrees with every
thing that's said and who requires no |
argument TO convince him that white |
Is black 1t is against the unreason-
able temper that these words are d. !
rected. the temper that makes noun
tains out of depressions and fearful
spectres at night out of lilac bushes in !
bloom
All OF us are more or less guilty: all
Of US need the curb at times, and all |
Of us can. If we will. live more and
more in accordance with that greatest
Of all the rules OF life:
Whatsoever We would that others
should do unto you. do ye even so TO |
them" ...4.f ....