The Washington herald., 1916-11-15
Changing Standards
d. JOHN 10. nanny,

the large-minded and generous attitude
Is, Of course, the only one worth taking.
Any other Is a compromise and a limita-
ton of ones self There is such a thing
as buying success at So bitter price that
failure would be Infinitely preferable.
have In mind now the case OF a man
who has built up a great business on
the blood OF those who have been in HIS
employ. A large part of his life he has
spent IN scheming how to get most by
paying least. Meanwhile his mind and
his soul have shriveled and he has lost
practically as well as spiritually. For,
in many ways. he shows that he was en-.
dowed with the original mind. capable of
large, even OF noble conceptions. II he
followed the higher rather than the lowe.
tendency, he might have been far mora
successful than he is now and a far
greater character as we'll The time that
he spent in his petty and ignoble calcu-
lations he might have given 10 really pro-
ductive thinking. He believes that he =
one OF the most advanced Of living men.
He talks about his methods with a pride
THAT In itself is measure of his blind
ness. Nature Furnishes him by making
him display his worst qualities in his
iboasting.
The old small methods, associated with
competition, the cause Of so much loss
To the world in the way Of health and
character and social feeling. are bound
To- give way before the new spirit, which
places profit not above but below hu-
manity. Each year the world realizes
more keenly the need OF establishins
higher standards. The time is unuues-
tionably coming when certain kinds of
success. SO highly esteemed today, will
be regarded as disgraceful.
The measure OF health is the measure
OF LIE. And In the social organism health
operates very much as it does in the fn-
dividuaL The world is just waking up 10
realization Of the Importance of keeping
the social consciousness sound The task
Is so tremendous that it is not surpris-
ing many people should believe it can be
! accomplished only by a revolution. But
the greatest revolutions are not those
that make the most noise They can go
on without the sound of a gun. They reach
deeper than ideas, deeper even than the
subconscious. They give life to elemental
feelings overlaid and smothered by many
generations OF misunderstanding and
convention. Not TO be aware OF what is
going on in this regard throughout the
civilized nations of the earth is to be
woefuI!y behind -he times. And yet there
are mulutudes who are unaware
Serenely they repose in the consciousness
OF bygone period. They even take a
Tride in their attitude and give it fat
tering names.
| Awareness is surely one of the most
effective means Of keeping abreast Of the
times. Here We all fail We are only
imperfectly aware.
About US we note expressions of deep.
! lying forces that strive to convey their
meaning to US. but We understand only
| imperfectly, or we misunderstood. or We
remain Indifferent
| There are those who believe that the
souls OF the departed are struggling Il
communicate with us as We pass though
the fog OF material living. The obstacle
! lies. we are told, not as We so fondIy be-
| lieve. in the condition of their being hut
in the condition Of ours. Similarly. the
truth about the social consciousness does
not so much elude us as We eIude it II
not only waits 10 be taken. II continu.
ally ofers itself When II is finally
! brought to light the chances are that
the world will see II has always been un.
derstood by few who, in vain. have
tried TO make il known to others.