The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-02
SCIENCE OF MAGNANIMITY.
(By Brownlee FriX)

+ A farmer sold his place and bought
farm in another county, because
his neighbors were so mean. With his
family and his furniture and his cat
tie on the road, he stopped at
spring near where lived an old fel-
low who should have been teaching
philosophy but who, on account OF
lack of education, had missed his
calling. This farmer told the old
philosopher how mean his neighbors
were and that he hoped he would
never see them again. The old phi
losopher said, "They are just as bad
or worse where you are going" And
they were.
Soon after that another farmer,
who was moving, stopped and told
the old philosopher that the only
reason he was moving was to get
near better school and that it near
" broke his heart to leave his neigh
bcrs as they were such good neigh
bors. The old philosopher said, "You
will find them just as good and as
kind where you are going" and he
did.
You have perhaps heard of the fel-
low who died in the prime of his life
of spite which had backed up and
soured in his system. a nelghbor OF
his, an old fellow who could gener-
ally say something good Of every man,
after trying his level best 10 think
OF something kind about him, said:
"He was not as mean all the time
as he was sometimes.'
There is no doubt about the fact
that many man actually suffers
ard dies from rheumatism, from heart
trouble, from liver complaint, brought
on by the poison of haze in his sys-
tenn. He just can't forget and does
not want to forget those who have
opposed him. Any doctor will tell
you that this is true.
An adding machine Is wonderful
piece of mechanism. 1t will add a
column of figures nine yards long.
Press the button marked "total" and
i. will give you the correct answer
Press another button and you will
hear a rafting tinkling ,ound as it
literally throws all those figures out
of its system. Now press the "total"
again and it will print "OO"-two
goose eggs! All those figures are
gone forever! An adding machine
which would not throw off all the
figures of yesterday and last week
and last year would not be worth
thirty cents. A salesman could not
law such a machine on you, could he!
"Forgive us our tresspass as we
forgive those who tresspass against
u.s." "Do unto others as you would
have them do unto you" There IS
sound philosophy in the Christian
religion. How the world loves the
man without a crouch! He is like
bucket of lemonade when we are
thirsty! He is like thousand dollars
when we are broke! A glad welcome
awaits him everywhere! The fellow
who is built like a good adding ma
chine is all right!
Julius Caesar was built like a good
adding machine. You remember when
he overcame his greatest rival, POM
pey, and all the correspondence be-
tween Pompey and his followers came
into Caesars possession-plots to
overthrow Caesar-you remember
Caesar had these letters burned with
out even reading them. He forgave
his enemies without even finding out
who they were! Caesars fame will
live so long as men love magnanimity.
Robert E. Lee was built like
good adding machine. He fought
with all his might ard when at last
he surrendered, he at once became
a loyal citizen of the Union and ad-
vised his soldiers to be true citizens
of the U. S. A. Please let me say
right here that the old soldiers who
wore the gray are, deep down in
their hearts, as loyal to the flag OF
our country as loyalty itself! l DO
not believe there is man or woman
in the South whose heart does not
thrill at the sight of the flag, and
few, if any, who would not, if need
be, willingly and gladly die for 1t.
It is much harder to forgive when
we have been whipped than when
we have whipped. Lee was big
enough, grand enough, noble enough
to do that!
Abraham Lincoln was built like
good adding machine. He fought
good fight into which he put every