Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

slant danger OF forgetting. We dwell
In the town of Stupidity larger part
of the time than 1t rs pleasant for us
10 admit, for this town harbors two
sorts of Inhabitants. There is ono set
which does not think at all. There is
another SGT which does a fraction OF the
necessary thinking, and mistakes it for
the whole. The former class consists
OF those who take their opinions ready
made; who sometimes perhaps have
thoughts. but never ideas; who get their
Views on politics from their party their
views on religion from their minister
ana their views on business from their
associates. TO this class ! venture 10
hope that few Yale graduates belong.
But the errors OF the members of The
second class. who do imperfect and in
adequate thinking on these subjects,
are just as dangerous as those Of the
hrst clnss-in fact. perhaps more dam
gcrous because they natter themselves
that they are using Judgment when they
are using misjudgmcnt
There is terrible temptntion-I
speak with feeling. for il is one to
which / am myself subject in the last
dcGree-.to make up our minds on tho
basis OF half OF the evidence and then
say and DO things which prevent us
from ever hearing or uppreciating the
other half We act like the Judge who
having heard the witnesses for the
complainant. refused to listen TO those
or the defendant, ana could not re-
train from expressing his indignation
that the defendants counsel should
try to offer any evidence at all in be-
- ne lam
ton had shown his client to be-
UNNNITrINGLY DOING
OUR BROTHERS INJUSTICE
l do not believe there is one of us
here who would willingly 10 an inius-
ticc TO n fellow-man. Yet day hy dav
and hour by hour we are unwittincIv
doing our brothers injustice by seeing
our own point OF view to the cxclu-
sion of theirs. We condemn meu
whose ends are as good as our own
because they are trying 10 reach them
by n route which is rot on our man
We iniiict the penalties Of public dis
approval. or the yet worse penalties
Of social ostracsm. on men who ought
10 be our friends. and could easily he
our friends II 1t were not for the fact
that we had Judged them on the basis
Of some casual prejudice. or some
newspaper story that was two thirds
untrue, before had chance to
know what they really were doing.
hate 10 think how large n part OF tho
sin and shame and pain OF the world
Is OF this unnecessary and prcvontablc
character.
This is Just the sort OF thing which
II Is our business to prevent, both as
students md as Christians Our col
lego course has given MS an oppor-
tunity for u wide outlook on life We
have been taught, to know many kinds
OF men. TO judge evidence deliberately
TO wcigh the value of different sorts
OF achievement. We shall be false to
our trust If we contine this study OF
men md of evidence and of values to
our professional life, ana leave II out
or our friendship aud our politics and
our religion. Tho more our college life
means to us. the greater is our duty
to Judge of mon ana their conduct
deliberately ana wisely. even rs Jesus
himself Judged OF the conduct of thos.
about Him.
How can we 20 to work to do this?
our text gives us three practical direc-
tons, which have proved valuable les
sons TO me each day OF my life. though
am far from having learned them yet