Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-06
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 : Sunday.sMorI7ni4s 1T y1N E nj Talk ak.
"PAssINa TIE BeeKs

q don't care to Stay on thie, job any longer" declared a young man free
 garding a certain situation. ,- You cant pin anyone down to atiytl1ing. From the, offieea a,psss ttpsstp9 the presi- dent, they're all busy passing the
 buck qE: s,ss.,isfsi ssf:s ssta,..i.. z z. For the. beneht htSof the uTaiIitiated, the quoted phrase should De :ex-
 plained. It signifies, according 'to the best available: information, the prac- .tise of evadifig ssponsibi1ity, of When aflyones passes the buck ? '4,lie simply. sidesteps. all personal .respon.- .sfbilfty, knowing that the worker un- ider him; i6r the official over him. as, the ease may lBe; is going. to do the same thing when his turn comes, The trick IS to refer any complaint br inquiry to the next office, before the Ieom mplairing of ifidifring party has time to settIg down into "a chair, or
 even removes his hat. s..
 From all appeafsnaaes.5 the ..hlck' :, Lis very. widely t..pa ssSd' In the in Ivestigation of the average accident,
 for instance. it. proves. impossible to fix the blame or, .afybodys si,s Plenty: of reasons. appear why no one. sin r-s ticular, can be held accountable. sih the end therefore, it is. generally, con- fault. As, scirctInst apces :s cannot be punished, the case is quashed. ,..sss. Much criminalitXg is now laid to. the charge cireums stances. 7, A physical rather than <, sa- Ineral defect is as serted when a. man goes wrong. We assume that.Ythe criTiailial tlr oba ply has some lesiept s0f, ha,T brain, or. a ] jaundiced HveT<IAfhsT than a < nasty
 disposition. lie should, be tTnated- by a doctor rather than . a Judgesss His proper abode is a hospital rather than a penitentiary- ei s4 E. ssssast s-; sa5 There is, moreover, the famous
 scapegeat known asr heredity. JAS an excuse for moral failure. one. expla ins
 that he. was born, with certain faults that admit of nos euEbing ng~s3 His: father
 and grandfather before him, he. re-
 minds us, were sleKenly, CT eintemper- ate, or light -fngered-@+ What can ], be
 expected of the scion of such a. line I 1 He simply passes. the buck" back te his ancestors. @sts 4s 9s-r;a, sS t,> es5 1 All this various evasion .of Fespen-
 sibility might be r.eal allea.arfine aftss,ii
 there were really anything fine about
 such coward dfees The slainkeFAs .Zeak fl
 worthy of better cause. 1fehaH stht
 Ingenuity displayed 4Hs Bndingsg. ex,
 lcuses were -uSAd isNS seaepAmg gs,1 and
 Isolving ones legitimate problems; Vt, .l should all be more vaauabse citizens st and. neblef soAlsss All ssrgz nf1ss7ts ssx T One, of the,sdfamattcs stories :ofs tn, EOld TestaneFtScis thA,s rilt teEsiew r+he fltween King Davtd.ssaifd e e,s rropfe J Nathan. The, prophet ,-iilas rehearset ! in the royal. presence the stofpsyef al
 l Ii man has stolen at}les one AtHe lamb 6 .J a poor peasants farm er. ::At the: recitA .E of the wrong .rhea Kings: anger ftarfs'
 tforth. "The man who hatf%1iDnee thi
 shall surely die { 'iles said .2ixigsEss .,4S : But the pE9phets had told his stDr, , flor a purpose: Heswas :fhinkiTfg al
 the time, ofs Tche EifgiszseWn s'iflfser
 able conduct in E tlfes : matter of sABatil sheba, wife of urs&h. Atrd -t -tti1e. noJ turned the. fAH,lfefee of tiae argunen ;. against -the.e royal offender ATho , are the man l3A ess xclaimed Nathan i f tones that one ersifi51ar i1lgIshaeia we ma !, be sure, never 4tdrget The f6otor lei lthe royal ciiee s33yH his ffran1ee trembTe g as. he left .tfEsaas yhetss presence , call on God foi " ercy and. perlfap, to write one ps1ofg rthese1 perisent1s , psalms that shear Iris name. n 7gl9zss r | ; s r tgs.. ;.L Not otherwise fs God continually de t claring to each one of us 'Ti1op al n Ethe man!" No proxy can represer d Jus in the. presence of any of the gres . Thurman obligations. Neither heredit : nor environf1efit, nor government, nc : Isociety will answ ef for 1t. The Al e mighty sends the Dill home to the ir itiividual. aes11E ssi ~ ff9z " q One cannot begin ssoo esffy ths e part of hisc: moral s'educatfon .thS s lteaehes him to be honest with h
 Tesponsibili lities1 Efilfdfen who j a1
 taught to stand ubsto their own proI t Ter tasks and to take their Own is V ciplfnes without whining make trus il worthy and responsible citizens e and by. They are likely to go fal a ther and to < last longer than if e shifty people .e iss sss.s
 al But- it is not alone in tie lpress1 d world that honest dealing is service : able. The habit eiiTfgs as we pass oi # into that unseen calm where no su: e | pncion of evasion is possible. where, ! Y last. every one Of us shall give tat ej count of himself go God - s.s zss3 es THE PARscgN.i {