Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-28
we Do Not EaenPlit BY Manners on
Manly Morals; and Fail 10 Brighten
Each Others Lines, Says d.. Silbsr

ambassadors Df ths various states
represented a. his court waited on
hln with their congratulations, 40
they wero introduced and sevefa7lN
bowed, tho pontisf bowed In return.
ON thla the mastor OF ceremonies
told him that no should not have
returned their salute. ''oh. 7 bcG
Your pardon" said he. II have not
been pope long enough 70 forget
good mannors." ~
This anecdoto contains indeed n
wholesome lesson. Most OF us are
only too promo TO forget and nsaiSet
our manners and morals, Three daya
ago tho pulpit and press had much
To- say about good will TO mon." Hut
two days ago. yesterday and today
neither writer nor reader, neither
preacher nor pariahoner gave evi-
dcncc Of that good viii Ca new"
neither In manners nor IN m0raia,
The rcason for thlh IL. / think, that.
when wo speak OF man. We mean
certain kind az MAJ. Unconsciousiy
peoples aclnshness. ana narrownoss
mako them apply the torn "man"
only To- him whose skin IN OF a cer-
tain color, whose clothes AFRO OF n
certain cut who weave n stiff shirt
and shlned shoes, who does hts bus
mess In certain bank and wore
ships In n certain church. such an
unconscious Hypocrisy ia there n
peoples make ups that thay cOn-
stantly talk ot tho brotherhood OF
all men and yot draw n narrow cir
clio round just a few human beings.
calling these men and everyone else
monster. Much Of human Iifb n
traRical; humnn existence aud human
experience ara full OF sadness and
sorrow, hut the snddaat tragedy, tho
profoundcst sorrow, II censed by the
artificial barriers that are set up be-
tween man ana man. between brother
and brother, Tho progress OF science
! demonstrates every day more cloafly
that All men ara brothers. whether
| they viii or not; II not FOR veal then
for woe. But our ingrained eei6sh-
ness. our intolerant prejudice ana
Partially do not permit I'm TO per.
colvo thu truth ana practice tho
truth. And what In tho result Y---we
profess u readiness TO do herd things
for uod's sake. but refuse 10 do easy
things for mans anlee: we strive for
GodiInoaa. but ignore manllness; We
build up the0logies, but neglect tol~
rrnnce; we multiply doRmss. out
minimize doctrlnea--in a word We
kcop an deepening tho dividing lines
between man ana man.
Samuel SMILES tells somewhere In
A'tN wsrkas5fyUsao rfst str.sssasr sthreugh
u miAty mountain region who saw
soma object moving In tho distance.
II seemed 30 myAtlfylng and strange
looking that tho traveller took II for
"a monster AZ he drew nearer to f..
ho Riiw u wAs a man Whom he came
IN 10 II no found II wns his brother.
so II In wits IN. We SEQ monsters
In zach othor and not men nor broth
ers because we do not kako the trous
bio to como near eRch other and 20
know ana undorstand each other. We
regard each other only from dis
tnnco and. therefore, fail 20 SEQ that
we all have much tho Eame feelings
ana fnllings. the same capacities and
characteristics, much tho same Lean
ings ana longlnga and strivings. We
J fall 10 see tho universal ana human
ties by which all men are knit to-
gethcr ana. therefore, fail 10 tighten
each others burdens and to brighten
others lives. Wa fail 20 exemplify
by mannerS our manly morals.