Evening star., 1926-03-17

loudly he tells the world" that 1t
Ia the best little old car ever.
4 ma n may tell hia wife, with loud
emphasis, that he is not in rut
at the ONCE. but in the depth Of his
own heart, though the time OF revsia
tion may be long deferred. he will
besin to realize that he has not been
honest with himself.
Eventuslly--why not now?
This IL what It is TO be intellect uai-
ly honest. II mea ns 10 think clear r.
~ inwardly, TO know the truth when
confronting 1t, however bitter, and
10 admit II. TO know the truth about
men q nd things. snd TO admit it--sh,
there arc two different matters.
IL 10 not enough just to know. The
admitting Of truth IL no less i'm
portan than the truth itself. ], is
u question, even. whether being en-
tirely ignorant is moi better than
kno wing but not admitting.
As the radio technlcian would put
IT, the latter state Of affairs sets up
an internal resistance in your bat
teries OF living. with the result that
stra ngs noises crop up In your loud
speaker.
vrur batteries run down quicker.
100; the whole efficiency Of the receiv-
.e, Is lowered. For we are. all
Of rs. receiving sers. ~ we'll as ira ns.
mitters, in this life. The urge TO send
out il no less than the urge TO re-
ceive
When We fool ourselves upon some
point, either trivial or important, we
are succumbing to the inferiority com.
plex Of which the astute psycholo-
sists speak. Instead Of looking the
disasreeable In the face. we are turn
inS our heads away-and then having
the efYrontery to declare thst the dis
agreeable isn't there al all
Being intellectually honest, then. Ia
entirely and funds me ntsiIy different
from being honest with money. The
latter is q matter Of training. to some
extent. ~ least: The former is some
thins bet ween God snd you.
Financial honesty has 10 do with
the dr0ss Of this world interesting
dross. II Is true. bur dross neverthe-
less. ss man discO,er when he is
called upon ut last TO lay it all down.
intellectual honesty. on the other
hs nd. deals with the intangible but
mighty forces OF the mind. the hume n
spirit, the soul. or whatever one
chooses TO can those things which
moth cannot consume nor rust de
strey.
In Journeyine through the world
every ma n has . divine chance Of be
ms somebody. sta ndins for something
vet how many Of us throw II away
in ways when we know TO be trivial
y nd silly.
We paw The air ard foam at the
mouth about our ''hberties," when all
the time all we want IL II drink Of
slcohoI.
We fool ourselves Ia q hundred
ways simply becs use we are not
honest with ourselves. We fall TO
get down 20 rock bottom. and. what
ia worse, II We do reach there. Of
are forced down 10 such funda :
mentsis. we refuse TO admit it. but
come up talking about velvet a nd
feather beds.
IL must not bt thought for sec
ond that being intellectually honest
is any excuse for being wha: is com.
moniy termed 'brutally frank The
dear friend who tells yOu disa srees BILE
things s'fOf your soOd" il bore he
yOnd endurS nee. tie has not yet
learned that all the III ne tells YOU
others said simply recoiis on himself
The man who tells il the man who
suffers.
Being intellectually honest, then.
does not imply being mean. II simply
means being honest with yourself