The Denver Jewish news., 1924-04-24
MOST PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO THINK,
WHILE OTHERS THINK IN A CIRCLE

WHlLE OlHERO lH1INh LIN "A ClhCLL
What Part Is Japan Playing in the Concert of Nations?
By VICTOR NEUHAUs
Man is queer animal One of his most pronounced
doing things the difficult He is taught that the
shortest distance between two points is straight line But ne
the first thing the world knows he's travel
a circle He's covering considerable territory but
arrives nowhere.
Have you ever made a investigation of the i'm
particular invention? If have it's virtually
certainty what struck most forby wonder why
the of the improvement when he was making
his invention You couldn't understand why he didn't DO what ne
In oe9 cases out of 1000 the improvement invention
nothing the smphcaon of complicated combination
Oftme simple amazed that the
nveno overlooked it. Sometimes hardly seems possible
made without the improvement being
that simple overlooked in
complicated Just bear in mind the
human propensity for travelling in a circle.
despse the mitaris nevertheless he has some
worth emuang Direcnes is one of them
nanmae target he can hit an ami
mated target To hit the target ne must learn now 10 ann prop
ey distance how to pull the trigger And the sharp
these simple things He shoots straight
nsncve In other words he learns to subordinate all his facu
quickly automatically to the requirement The
sharpshooter teaches this
LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD AND POINT THAT WAY AND
YOU WILL HIT THE BULLS-EYE EVERY TIME.
the with thinking it is with shooting. And what
thinking? 1t the recollection and association of facts
experiences with their relation to the present and
to the future as these relations appear to u.s.
Straight thinking depend learning 1t depends
experience And everything ese experience properly
applied, brings proficiency
Viewpoint plays an important part straight
ing upon mountain and looks down
entirely conception of the picture before him than
does the who views the from the plains
trouble with people that they afraid
think They probably don't realize that they afraid but the
circles they describe when they think they thinking
something decidedly Men of today in
thought than the old seafaers
the advent Men of all nations
hug the shoals of tradition closely They oath to break
try straight lne-the shortest distance between
Realization else the world would not send its political
demagogues to disarmament conference.
regulation of world affairs left in the hands and to
the minds of scientists and great artists of all the nations
mpossibly within short time 1t folly
to marists out mlitarism One might we'll
bootegger make prohibition fact instead of
fancy.
Great scientists strangers to petty jealousy They are
using their brains to end-world beerment They
the discoveries of others and possible improve upon
them.
military dppmatists only
their side of question In fact they interest in the
welfare other peoples tho their point of view
make of the people they ignore They're thinking
circles because precedent reeks with circular thinking
If children of all the nations should be taught in school to
and the viewpoint of other peoples what
different world this would bel teachers would teach world under
standing they would produce generation of and
women.
but have this in all
beings physical be different but
bodies bulded in the and the handwor
Creator We realize differences but the trouble
isand weakness well atroubethat do under
stand the why of these differences.
The black black for which is all sufficient to
nature There in his skin which makes possible fer
him the cline which he created Had he been white
of would extinct before white
set foot in darkest Africa The yellow yellow for
reason. In short
There for the characteristics of the
of nation the globe Understanding of those
Sons understanding peoples Understand
ing brings nations together just binds individuals together
He who would be leader of worlds symphony orchestra must