Evening star., 1926-05-20

possible. They may even try to re-
main on friendly terms, but inwardly
be as far apart az the poles.
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If one will try TO think. however, Of
the true man in every one. he prob
ably will avoid holding these unthlnk-
ing resentments. and, even in cases OF
real injury. will come to the point
where he will simply forget.
holding resentment, as various
teachers have taught since early times.
is something which works 80 per cent
of harm to the ono holding it. one
of the most valuable of old liebraic
maxims is, "As Il man thinketh in his
heart. so is he"
Another Is, 'IIe who digs a pit for
another shall fall into it himself
Usually this is applied to physical mat
ters, rather than to mental, but us
intellectual application is no whit less
apparent.
If you dig q pit Of spleen, and envy
and i'll Will in your own mind. hoping
that some one will fall into IT. in Il
figurative sense (and bust his darn
neclz), YOU probably VIII end by stub
bing your big toe on the edge. ana
plunginG in head first yourself.
Thus when we have forced upon
our sight the ill-bred action Of an
acquaintance. and we unwittingly re-
mark upon it to a friend, and the
friend stralghtway trots to the ac-
quaintance and tells him about it, and
tho latter thereupon refuses 70 speak
to us----
We should worry,
Instead Of cursing the chap as an
i'll bred fellow (which, OF course. he
isl. we will simply try our best 10
1 IT,. a l1I
in him is the one Who loves his wire
and little ones. the fellow who is try
ing hard. out of none too much orlGlnal
material to reach certain standards
BY doing our best 20 recall that the
real man is tho best one that he sees
himself not so much the petty one we
see, that such aspirations as he mas
ought to blot out his faults. we may
erase from our minds something. that
is hurting us. and leave him 10 90 ms
way. and God be with him
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Look around YOU and see upon all
sides, not only in personal AFFAIRS.
but between nations. the tremendous
amount of i'll viii and friction which
exists because practically no one uses
his intelligence upon these common
problems Of everyday life.
They taught US in school to con
iugate the Latin verb amo. Il love,
but left lis to apply the principle our
selves. aud with lamentable results,
for men are given 10 acting before
thinking.
Thus. when any one fails TO speak
TO us in the street. instead OF instantly
thinking. "IIe did not see me, We
fall to wondering what we have
done to him" and probably make
some such remark as Getting up
stage. eh?"
We recently overheard the follow
ing instructive colloquy between two
young men Of the very highest
standards One. speaking Of going TO
bed early. said. jokingly, Yes, ] and
all the old ladies go 10 bed at 9
O clock d." The other looked somewhat
amazed, and the first. seeing the look,
asked, What did YOU think l said
The first blushed, and replied, II
thought you said, j and the old lady
go To bed at 9 O'Clock" The other
smiled "I thought you did. but you
must know as we'll az do that ]
would never say such a thing, even
10 You" AZ the other did know it
perfectly we'll. but had fallen victim
to the common failing. he wisely said
no more. He had failed for once to
see the true man in the other, the
man of aspirations.