The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-22
Be Tolerant
ny n. AppihcToN BRUCE.
Author Of The Riddle OF Personality,
-Psychology and Parenthood. etc.

/ tn. mart time you are tempted 70 criticize or
,o,aemn ANYBODY. stop a moment and ask your
self whether you would not have had ideas SIM
liar tn theirs and have acted In similar way.
II Won had been subjected TO SIMILAR lNFLU-
ENCEs OF ENVIRONMENT AND TRAINING.
When Won have accepted this fundamental
truth that EVERY NAN IS WHAT He Is
LARGELY BECAUSE OF INFLUENCES Elk
TERNAL TO HIMSELF. you will be in a posi-
,,on 10 escape from the blighting bondage OF In
tolerance. and to make yourself a greater pow
er for good.
Intolerance unfortunately. burdens and limits
the lives of most Of Us. In the words Of that
eminently clearminded thinker, Paul Dubois
We constantly forget that the persons taIK'
ing 10 US think with the heads that are upon
their own shoulders. and not with our heads /;
that they view things from another angle, In
other coiors.
we forget that we should think as they do
IL we had the same temperaments, We had
experienced the same educational, physical, in
teectual, and moral influences.
We may be astonished and panied 70 find
them far from Us. 10 see them reject opinions
! that We consider established ana indisi uLaUi,.
| We have never the right 20 consider them re-
sponsbe f~c their ignorance or TO show them
distain.
Reader, consider your own case. You have
clade money, let Us say, good deal OF money.
TO-. perhaps you married inherited a fortune.
In any event. you are disposed TO look down on,
to b. INTOLERANT 'Oward, those whose bank
accounts are thin. You regard such unfortun-
ates as thrftless and incompetent.
Perhaps some OF them are. Perhaps a great
many of them are. Perhaps a great many others
DO not think he possession OF money such an
ideal criterion Of life a. II seems 10 you As
lsuredy, al all events YOC HAVE no RIGHT
10 De intolera1t toward those less well OF than
, yourself
II you have merely married or inherited
money, you may. II you choose cor slider your.
sell LUCKY But that is al II yJu nave earned
your money by your own c1ertinus II you have
been energetic, thrifty enterprisng-vha
then?
Remember the parents vho SCI you an OK
ample Of thrift and trained you 10 boyhood n
be energetic and enterprsing Recall the cir
,umstaaces Of your early Afe--ths teachers, the
friends, the discipline Of nome and school. ths
myriad influences that coopersted 70 develop
your character, rouse your ambition, and give
your mind wholesome set
" Recall these facts, then look into tho early
e histories Of acquaintance who really are oper
TO the charge OF lacking energy and th-ift
Always you viii lind that they nav. been ex
: posed to some decisivey detrimental Influence.
faulty training, bad companions. physical Ill
health. or other adverse factor.
In short, YOU what you are ar. they are
what they are, because circumstarce. have de
yeiopod In sou and in them radically different
ideas and desires.
This does not mean iha, yr,s or 'hsy are IN
capable Of being changed ON frr contrary
they may yet become as energetic. thrifty and
snterprising you II the idea. of energy. on
erprise. and thrift are introduced into then
minds with sufficiently compelling force
: You Yourself may play some part IT, their
lpsyChical reeducation. Bui you can never dc
30 n you remain intolerant toward them
your Intolerance VIII only breed in them
envy suspicion, and anger II IA a destr1lct iye
attitude, not CONSTRUCTIVE one
When Chinese lady approaches muddy
place she beckons a boy. The bow drops ON his
I hands and knees in the mud and the lady uses
him a. q stepping stone for which service
J she gives him small coin