Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-22
1926
THlE OTHER FELLOW.

TIL OTHER FELLOW.
We are probably unanimous in
acknowledging that selfishncss rs a
bad thing and that this would be q
happy world II that one sin could he
abolished The man who would hold
, that looking out for number one"
3 : the most important business Of
humankind is hard to find. Oc-
1asionally we meet one who pessi-
mistically proclaims that every man
is rascal and that "A mans only
show to get along is to do the other
fellow before he does you The ma
lority Of Us reject that view of life.
n theory at least though the most
Of US give our professions the lie by
living In contradiction OF the golden
{ rule. The fact Is, we are only "A few
generations removed from the savage
who was supposed to live on the
{ principle of every fellow look out
for himself and the fellow who gets
left behind has only himself to
I blame. We have not as yet fully
= absorbed the idea OF bearing one an
others burdens and have not real
ized that no man can live to himself
alone. The brotherhood OF man Is
to most OF us only the high sound
ing name OF theory that we expect
to see put into practice some time
J in the next few centuries. but not
! now. We are afraid to trust our
, brothers and expect nobody to pros
/, per unless he can overcome the pros
y perity OF somebody else and build
I, himself up by tearing others down
} We forget that God made this world
n big enough and filled with enough
4 opportunities for all of us to get
"a along well and conccde to the other
/ fellow the same privileges as our
b selves. No matter how noble our be
, liefs and professions. we lack the
/, courage and insight to take AN al
s; truisuc stand. Selfshness is too
a deep seated to be uprootcd by the
! ories and when we would be gem
n erous the old man is still pulling us
j. IN the direction Of the old practice.
" We are prone to look out for our
1'iNfH allN l'N 'All'lF W. AlA' Nilll's
II As one writer has happily cx-
d pressed il, We live in big world
- but is that any reason why we
O should shut ourselves into our self
x shncss and decline to display that
Z, interest in the lives and welfare of
4 others which is SO necessary TO our
q common good? This kind OF self
,shncss is the foundation upon which
rests all the evils that afflct the
race. Wholesome Intercourse with
our fellow beings levels many arti-
: fetal barriers and enlargcs the
vision, as well as smooths over un-
necessary misunderstandiugs and
p iealousics The other fellow proves
y. to be much better fellow than We
Z had given him credit for before we
knew him SO well. We cannot hope
70 exert an influence for good upon
even the limited circle Of our ac-
a Quaintanccship if we do not display
2 a benevolent interest in and SYM
I pathy for those things which con-
, stituto life for IT, We are not living
our lives alone or within narrow
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