Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-01-01


o,cs the possibility q his ha'int
- ~. feeling be IS anErier siiil
Tss oHendiug speech or actions grow ?
= -s~-fe--nce every time he thinks
-sf.s r has a bearing on this and
- .ss, and on another. What an
.--.-.fsls fellow Jones IS. anyhow
H1w small and how mean,
II = all this while Smith has
taa, overlooking his own smallnes-
---os- 10 certainty. By bis ovn
i-srtion be has made it plain that ne
r.-,s ,o, ssnsiy call his friend Jones
II sccornt Al the ume-the thing
uss not of enough Importance!
ya- IL has been important enough
,o- bfm 20 nurse and consider and
co,s--ue until a court Of record
through an e1 yarts statement oi
fset and fancy could not hope 10 de-
te-miDe The right aud the wrong OF
81 How far such a man may 90 "ith
his absurd line Of illogical argument
is 1sst bis own sane belief
For example. the offended one may
feel in his heart that the offender j.
more fool than knave. In a question
involving judgment. tact, intuition
and the catalogue of finely adjusted
sepsfbiliies. smith who has been Of
Tended. may know that Jones IL not
worth consideration. Yet IN the IN
reasoning anger and hurt al the
hands Of this incompetent Jones' the
ioHended smith. In searching for the
motives and sinuosities Of Jones Of
fense. has given Jones credit for the
most subtle mental penetration and
the keenest possible ability 10 give
dress and force % the application OF
his dlsDleasure or contempt. Pro-
vldlnz. OF course. that the offending
Jones ever had meant such a thing
Providing Jones ever meant "a
voice dlspleasure or contempt This
. Is the material point 90 the whole ar
rument. There are words spoken a
million times a day between warm
! friends which n aut 70 the analyst:
which smith calls into action would
disrupt all social relations all over
the country. But In sane intercourse
between friends worthy OF the name
Il IS taken for granted that a friend
Is a friend. He speaks and acts as
he pleases unless in possible mis-
understanding the friend Of the sec
ond part. acting the friend. asks that
friend for an explanation.
There are frietions in the inter
J course OF friends. They are TO b'
expected. But no friend In anger will
take the attitude OF nursing and mis-
constituting that friends motives
Rather. he will be In the position o
trying 10 find the mitigating clrcum
stance which will account for IL. But
on the other hand II Is frequent that
a man who Is friend 10 scores on this
basis Is offended by an acquaintance
IN the business or social world. and
instead Of giving the offender an!
benefit OF doubt in motive. takes e
his own cause any benefit OF doubt
that might exist. and as complainant
and Judge finds the defendant guilty
and passes sentence ex parte in the
whole matter.
"smallness" In the sense that Il
has been used here as an aggressive
something must find smallness for it'
mark before Il is effective! A bird
shot AGAINST the armor OF a man o.
war would be lost. Il Is not small
ness, necessarily. that one may fee
a possible slight or slur; the small
ness comes Of giving IL exaggerated
attention 10 his own decentralization
II small man through smallnesi
gives this oftense Of smallness beyonS
sane recognition OF the fact there ar,
Just two dilemmas between which III,
offended one may escape: He may
admit his own small ealibeF and
nurse his grievance. even 10 the ex
tent Of boring his friends to death II
its recital; or. he may refuse TO re
eognize the littleness Of fact or OF his
fancy and forRaf n In an hour