Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-27

We are afraid we will never be .
| success, because We have never been
able to master the ability to walk
through halls Is II we were the only
person in them. 81
We are too much interested in human
beings, we guess, not to see them
when we meet them; and too honest
not to admit we see them when we do.
No doubt all this shows a meas
urable quantity of inferiority complex:
But why should one be ashamed OF
his l. c.?
There is nothing which makes q
person a human being more than his
inferiority complex. A monkey has
none. But a human being has, no
matter who he Is, or how much money
he has--or hasn't got.
The real "me" of any man or woman
is his or her inferiority complex. OF
course, those two words mean nothing,
In themselves, but what they stand
for, in the lingo Of modern psychology,
is quite solid
Today's psychological patter, as
misunderstanding as it sounds, will De
gone in another half century, ana
another set OF terms will have taken
its place. The facts behind the terms,
however, will be about the same, one
may feel reasonably sure.
This inferiority complex, often enough
the real me of the human being, Is
the blend, the precious mixture, OF all
the inhibitions, the taboos, the great
thou-shalt-nots, Of centuries OF living
by hundreds of human beings.
The fact that we are here at all
means that we all come down--hAve
come down through the ages, genera
ton after generation. Somehow IN the
process things called mooesty, shame.
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fashion now Is to blush when they are
named
With them have come certain feelings
which have accompanied certain classes
of society. America has made the dis
cllssion of these classes, even, thing
tabooed But they did and do exist.
MANY a Young man born to wealth
nevertheless is a timid fellow, shrink
ing from the "voice Of command IN
others. He cannot help it. 1t simply
means that somewhere in his ancestry
were men who were not as socially
prominent as he is now. On the other
hand. there are many inferior products
OF civilization who nevertheless take on
all the earmarks of those born to posi-
tons of wealth and breeding. THIS
comes about because the native shreWo-
ness Of the human pack will produce q
certain number of these In each gen.
GRAFTON. They by no means Vitiate the
general rule.
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The proper way to handle ones own
dear inferiority complex Is to act as
If one were proud of it, rather than
ashamed Of It. Pat it on the back, and
examine it with intelligent curiosity.
Do not be ashamed Of it, as some up-
starts are Of their old parents, who DO
not exactly meet the approval OF their
swell friends.
A well behaved inferiority complex
has its good points 1t Is that part OF
our character which makes us live up,
If anything does, to the good doctrine
found in Philippians, iv.6: Finally.
brethren. whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatso-
ever things are just, whatsoever things
are pure, whatsoever things are lovely.
whatsoever things are of good report; II
there be any virtue, and If there be any
praise. think on these things"
without a measurable quantity OF
inferiority complex most Of us would be
going around knocking others in the
head, at the slightest opposition, or at
the least word we did not like, the
smallest glance ir1hospitable. For
there Is an inferiority complex which
Is complex, indeed; this contains in it
self certain sort Of pride, honor,
decercy-in fact, the old-line virtues OF
the human race. Have We not reason
to be proud Of our inferiority COM