Evening star., 1941-04-06
FORGET IT!
Why it paYs-often-io develop short memory
by Andre Mauxois

NO know him only too well When he was in Rome . "
This tendency to judge individual by single unortu
nate lapse bad enough but much dangerous than that
is the similar tendency to Judge nation by
another of its members And unfortunately most of
opinions of nations bound to be ooored by
the conduct of small number of individuals with whom
touch 1t may be that these individuals truly
representative of their people, that the incident which has
offended of absolutely Importance Then the general
judgment is, of false - but it will stick minds
nOnetheleSs.
One of my English friends had employee lost
opportunity be violently anti French Whatever hap
pened in world affairs France to blame. Was business
bad? France preventing European recovery Did Ger
many Austria? France had supported Austria
Finally, surprised and rrtated my friend said to the
But what has France done you? Have you personal
reasons for detestng France?"
'Yes" the other replied.
We'll what did they do to you?"
Why, in 1914 served with the British army in France
and day went to farmhouse and tried to buy egg
The charged sixty cenmes for it few minutes
later Frenchman entered and also asked for egg The
did not that still there, and she sold it
him for forty cenmes Then realized what France like
| have forgotten it,
That hated forty million human beings because
person had overcharged him twenty centimes.
KNOW Frenchwoman who passionately dsikes Great
Britain because she brought up by English who
he says treated her harshy and dipped her face basin
of cold water when she lost her temper What
that this hatred based memory of childhood has had
international results! That child later became the wife of
important French politician who at every opportunity,
manifested his active wi towards England When tried
get him explain his attitude discovered that of the
essential of his phoba the influence of his wife
What the remedy? We must refrain from such quick
and easy Judgments strike petty grievances from mind
before they into stubborn preudces Instead of judging
people by action phrase that has shocked
wounded us, let give him another chance Then
should often discover that we were wrong.
Nobody go through life without accmulatng GER
number of grievances Life is struggle There people
in this struggle who have interests contrary to and fight
U.s. There others who have different nature from
and dispease 1t inevitable that should feel strongly
against both of them But in certain souls such feelings pass
like light cloud in pure sky without leaving trace;
in Others they stick like splinter in the flesh and become the
of moral absoess. grievance like weed; it
is up appears it does harm If it is given
time flower and spread its Seeds it will spoil the entire field
Eliminate the grievance before becomes prejudice that
is the sign of a weH-ordered mind.
That which is past says Francis Bacon lis gone and
irevocable, and have enough to do with things
present and to come
related that the philosopher Kant after brief quarrel
with man named Lampe, home and made this note
Remember forget Lampe 1t would not be bad idea
to adopt as ones motto: Remember to t0get