New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

in the after wears. with a sense Of humiliation,
Rarely, if ever. He had to pass, did he not.
He couldn't take the chance OF being rl-cE=t could
he. He would have been n disgrace a. home and
everywhere else if ne had fallen down on his exams
would he not Certainly. Therefore he 1ad 70
cheat % get by. and. Tar from regarding -lIS as
something Contemplate and unworthy. he rather
plrnes himself on having successfully acc1-I hed T.
Even the drunkard has a raft Of sodden- sTeclous-
sentimental excuses for his continuous ilS1-r1ety
or his occasional periods of heTuddleuer-- Is
good mans fault most grisv II bromide atages-
is one of them. and the cheapest and most IN
truthful of the lot Then. this world Is pretty
multiplying troubles, and he suffers urca--E nom
depression. things az home are1 as they -Snt
be, or his father was a 4ruHk'tri 'e-0-r GIN .-I
handed the vice down 20 HIM. or anyone o- q nun
dred other self pallla-Ions. all equally re-Terse-
equivocal, quirkish fashioned of The mirage e-rls
But he believes in his eNrenuato1-S all ot F1-1 esd
infalbly TO his conclusion THAI he has 10 c----N-
All Travelling the Same Way
THE simple truth Is that most Of us are moon
l. ceivablv keen defenders Of ourselves and o- gCr
dongs even when self arraigued SO that we can md
all the jungle paths. make The widest ce-ours,
struggle through the most dubious rlor-SSeS- n
order finally arrive at the and OF Sell Forgiveness
Almost. one might say. It IS as much q man II
stinct defend his from himself -a seek 20
conceal his exterior self from MS lDt-Stec--Ee ego
behind screeL OF casustry- as It Is tr n- -o de-
fend his body IN moments OF physical PERI
If this the case. would not the r---eI-ll-I
be fairly shOulderIng US. y world n |n'o1 every
human being himself as others see i-' N '-t0
uninaginable at this stage Of the worll Journey:
The period NAV now be fruCtItv1rG N The -lESs OF
Time when all mortals viii be acurelE le-'"'lS n
the most minor matters OF honor aEt square DEAF
ing when thev viii Shudder and DO ruo----Et1S pen.
anCe when self examination reveals o. -Evir eve ui
intrOSpeCtiOn the slightest stain, but such S-a-e
of universal COrSCientIouSneSS. OF outright -e-ll7r
which would imply a sort OF self Carlu -z-t1 On 'He
part of all hands can be nothing now buzz Ftrn-tfS
a mere seedlet in the womb OF futurl-E, certainty
none of us can look for anything or the sort
IntrospeCtiOn itself IN hUStllrS. ey-1Eeu-.'e
world IS no very w 1espread habit Few 9t rs n
deed. have time for intrOSpeCt1On- even t.r .le 81
iOvment of the luxury thus extracted NJ --y>>-LS
over our infirrniteS and dereECtIonS- The fInTi-F
of us put ourselves under the focus only Waen VIC
fairly driven 10 II by the thrubbirES " . l--
science that viii he stilled IN spite or all tlaL
can do stun It into quiesCence, and ven men
We are very decidedly out of the common II we are
unable, by picking up little paarves every" ere -
hand. TO smear the O n stamp over all our ,-,lS'
and To return TO the state Of tranquility az sen.
Perhaps too, IN mankind'S present state OF III
perfection. if fell into the habit or mourning -o
pognantly and Vcnltently over our merely --,.'I @
transactions should he able 10 tiud time % DO lye
else world of work might ne seriously a-tectel II
dustriav if We were all 10 contract the archor1e
desire to lash ourselves wear the work 1S.lIE-
inc hair shirt over even the ttleSt OF our detects
Who knows but that Il may be what IS N,>eF
called a special diSpcrSatIou that we are able %
look with So partial and c'udOuctul an eve ur .-I
defects of character and Of conduct To .y r-,l--
iShlv impeuitent fer sins would be. ot -.u-se'
an indica. N of ohtuseress and Of mental opacity
but a world of men and women plunged forever n
state of cankerIng renlorse over admitted and ler-
haps 1nagnitied flaws. would he gloomy ann III
practicable, not say impossible, world
Perhaps, then, II Il provldent1ally nv--i-- .---~