The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-03-02

OF those upon whom in our days Of
prosperity we lbok with a pity akin
to contempt would dwarf our imsg-
ined heroic proportions to the pyg-
mics they are were the tables turn
ed so that fortune and opportunity
smiled upon them. So much depends
upon environment and the quality
of educational advantages enjoyed,
well as upon the natural material to
be developed, that II is hardly fair
to draw comparisons. for given the
same advantages the man who is
Tilted and perhaps, ssorned might
have outstripped his brother in the
long run. 1t is never q wise plan
to judge by appearances. Nature is
full of surprises And no least
among them is herr system of valu-
alton.
1t is not, however, by reason of
our imagined supSriority that we al
ways differ FROM others. There are
many persons who are handicapped
in their endeay ybrs through timidity
or a sensativ9hess to the opinions
of others. If fhey once get the fdea
that they ar9 not meeting others on
equal basis. AZ they are made to feel
that they Are undesirable in any
way it is the nature of the highly
strung, sensitive person to withdraw
into his she'll, as it were. and refuse
to venture forth again. Some Of us
have little patience with those whC
apparently seem to prefer TO live
to themS selves and who ignore our
we'll mebnt, but possibly .untimely
advances. 1t is hard to sound the
natures of those unapproachabl,
persons and after one or two faint
hearted attempts to draw them oul
we are very likely to leave them t,
themselves. We may perhaps argue j
and rightly. too, that if our ad.
vances are not responded to it is
useless to TRY To make any further
impression, and yet the fact remains
that different persons require diff
ferent methods of handling, anG
that often Il Persons happiness de-
pends on our ability to help him
find himself. If we were to try and
put ourselves in the place of SEN
sitive persons, and there are times
In most OF our lives when we are
more or less sensitive to the opin-
ions OF others, we " would perhaps
realize something of the difficulty
under which they labor. In the
first place they fancy all kinds of
which Oily do not ex-
ist and which, therefore, other per-
sons cannot take into account, md
this feeling coupled with their ma
tural reticence makes them anything
but attractive and interesting per-
The world calls them
peculiar, and hnder that head
are classed many of the unhappies.
and most dissatiS flied of Gods crea-
lures. In way their lives are
tragedies becap pse no one under
stands them. and in their own opin-
ION no one cares about them, and
they spend th eir narrow existence
in seclusion because they are not
like other people. and consequently
nave no part in those interests
which really are natural heritage
Of all.
II we could only realize that We
are all created equal; that God sent
ds into thi6 world to dwell in one
great brotherhood; that class dis
iinctions are as perishable rs a
fragile toyi the world would prove
a better place in which to live and
man a noblier being. The height
and depth OF the Creators love for
us is measured in the fact that He
made us in His own image, and yet
we desecrate hi3\ handiwork by set
ting up our own standards By which
to pass judgment.--NeNSs and Cour-
ier.