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History from the files of The
u.il Tribune 10. 20. 30. 40
and SO yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 11, 1953 (Saturday)
This soring"; excessive rain.
fall, highest since 1016, may
be the indirect cause of for
est fires later In the year.
John Lusk has announced
the opening of a piano sales
business at 333 soutn niver
side ave., representing Kohler
and Chase company.
20 YEARS AGO
July 11. 1943 (Saturday)
More help needed for harV'
est I mi hay and grain crops.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Royal
Brown of E. Pt. was forced
. to come to town Thursday on
biz. and emerged wttn a nair
cut." 30 YEARS AGO
July 11, 1933 (Monday)
Young Democrats of coun
ty to hold "Dutch lunch."
Eggs now selling for 22
cents a dozen on Portland
market.
40 YEARS AGO
July 11. 1923 (Thursday)
O. J. Showers Installed
noble grand of Odd Fellows.
Watering time on east side
cut to two hours; residents
protest.
SO YEARS AGO
July 11, 1913 (Thursday)
Pacific and Eastern railway
offers excursion to Butte Falls
for round trip fare of $1.
Local anglers discuss fly
casting club.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct la superior)
seven or eight Is excellent; five or
six is teed.
1.
bile?
Do common houscfltcs
2. Complete the following
saying, "I would rather be
right than
3. When an individual pals
more sugar and starch than
Is needed by the body, the
excess Is stored in the body
it what?
4. Chopped apple, celery
nuts, with mayonnaise, served
on lettuce is called a
salad?
9. Which President of the
U.S. owned an estate near
Nashville, Tcnn., named "The
Hermitage ?
6. The Yangtze River is In
Siberia; true or false?
7. Was John Cabot an Ene
liih, or an Italian navigator?
8. Washington, D.C., is lo
cated north or south of the
Mason-Dixon line?
8. Aboard yacht, would
mean be prepared In the gal
lery or the galley?
10. Niagagra Falls is- be
tween what two bodies of
water?
1. No. 2. " . . . President."
3. Fat. 4. Waldorf. S. An
drew Jackson. 6. Fall
(China). 7. Italian tailing In
British employ. 8. South.
I. Galley. 10. Lake Ontario
and Erie.
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THURSDAY. JULY 11. 1S3
Backward, Zip Backward
Motivated by (1) the spirit of scientific inves
tigation, and (2) a desire to give favorable pub
licity to the Post Office's new zip code program,
we hatched a little scheme with a friend in
Eugene the other day.
His name is Bob Frazier and he's associate
editor of the Eugene Register-Guard.
We wrote him a note, making a carbon copy
of it. We put the original in one envelope, the
copy in another. The first we addressed:
Bob Frazier
Register-Guard
Eugene, Ore.
The other we addressed :
Bob Frazier
Register-Guard
07401
That 97401 is the zip code for Eugene. We
wanted to see which letter would get there first.
We dropped them in the mail at the same time.
A FTER all the publicity about how the new
r zip code would speed delivery of the mail,
because mail handlers could sort through num
bers faster than written-out addresses, we ex
pected the zip code envelope to zip to Eugene
m nothing flat.
Well, the envelope with "Eugene, Ore." on
it was delivered the following day.
The envelope with "97401" on it was back
on our desk the following day, stamped "Re
turned for better address."
Zip, shmip! E.A.
Pidgin
Probably, among former servicemen in this
area who served in the South Pacific or Korea,
there are those who are familiar with Pidgin.
This is the lingua franca of the "no tickee no
shirtee" kind.
We were surprised to learn the other day
that it is one of the world's major languages,
spoken by an estimated 30 to 50 million or so
people in one or another of its variations.
Basically, Pidgin is a simplified mixture of
English (or whatever other language was spoken
by western settlers or conquerors) plus words
of strictly local derivation, and adaptations of
words from other languages.
A FASCINATING and amusing article on Pidg
" in appears in the current Harper's magazine,
and it declares that it is one of the most useful
and widespread languages in the world, despite
some of its seeming incongruities.
For instance,' a New Guinea native described
a piano as "Him fella big box, you fight him,
he cry." Or, a Chinese servant on announcing
that a sow had given birth to a litter: "Him cow
pig have kittens." ., .. ;
It has its dancevs. Duvinc- World War II
allied troops in the South Pacific were instructed,
instead of "Halt or I'll firel", to say "You fella
you stand fast. You no
you fella walkabout me
THE potential utility of the language was dem
1 onstrated by writer Gary Jennings by the story
of the British consul in China who was asked
by a Danish sailor to marry him to a Chinese irirl.
Each could speak only their native language
plus a smattering of Pidgin.
Ihe consul said: "This man wantchee take
you home-side makee wife pidgin. Can do, no
can do?" "Can do," she replied demurely.
Pidgin achieves the "lowest common denomi
nator of understanding" due to its great sim
plicity. It has no case, gender, tense or number.
The principal bar to universality is the fact that
me varieties 01 riagm ao not an stem irom tne
same language source, although most varieties
snare a number oi words.
THERE are attacks on
One investigator pointed out that a normal
New Guinea native can learn Melanesian Pidgin
well enough in six months to begin instruction
as a meaicai assistant,
iisit 10 ao so would take live or six years.
And the article exnresses a belief that, dosnitp
attacks, Pidgin is here to
ua immense uuiuy. ne
"The good things, the simple and useful things
like Pidgin, die hard. In some far distant day, when
an Earth spaceman lands on the first-discovered In
habited planet, It's safe bet that he'll announce him
self with not -take me to your leader' but the
lime-honored Pidgin greeting: 'Me Friend'."
A nice thought. E.A.
Back to
We may not be headed back to the horse and
buggy days. But we're
the hoi-se days.
1 he Northwest magazine reports that there
are now in Oregon about 100,000 horses, mostly
for pleasure riding; that
try catering to them are
lion, and that horse-shoeing alone is a $1 mil-
lion-per-year business.
Horse-shoeing, incidentally, is now a well
paid craft, and is making a strong come-back.
There was a short course for farriers (black
smiths specializing in hoi-se shoeing) at Oregon
State University recently, and it drew students
from as far away as Michigan and Ohio. A sec
ond course, to start Sept. 30, is already filled,
and the only other farrier class on the West Coast,
at California Polytechnic, has a two year waiting
list.-E.A.
can walkabout. Suppose
killim you long musket."
a
Pidgin from various
but to learn enough Eng-
stay, simply because of
concludes;
the Horse
well on the way back to
the horses and the indus
worth some $100 mil
"We're Doing 70 And He' Still There"
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New Home
To the Editor: After 12 won
derful years of residence
in the Rogue Valley, we, by
reason of. transfer, have
moved to Corvallis to estab
lish a new home. Most of our
time in the valley was spent
In Medford, the hub of south
ern Oregon, where our lives
revolved around the many
contacts made by our chil
dren, where we became ardent
supporters of civic under
takings; where our affilia
tion with different groups
and organizations multiplied
continuously our wide circle
of friends and where we ex
pected to spend the rest of
our lives.
However the wheel of for
tune spins, someone is bound
to gain, and therefore we feel
that we are the lucky ones
to be able to come to a city
much like Medford. Home is
where the heart is, and our
home is now at 1502 Dixon
street here in Corvallis.
We could never begin to
personally contact all the
wonderful people who made
Medford mean so much to us.
Therefore we hope that many
of them will read this letter
because we are sending all
our very sincere appreciation
for their good will, good
cheer, assistance and under
standing. Medford, by its peo
ple, will hold the warmest
spot in our hearts for many
years to come. The kids, Ste
phen, Dennis, Julie, Pat,
Kevin and Shannon, miss you.
So do we.
Edllh and Bill Dugan,
1502 Dixon St.,
Corvallis, Ore.
Death
To the Editor: G.H.B.'s
question, "How does one
reconcile himself to the In
evitability of death?"
Firsl. one must have faith
that man was created, and is
not an unexplained circum
stance.
God, the Creator of all
things, animate and inani
mate, of the entire universe,
has planned the course and
purpose of man; He has given
and revealed that plan in His
Word, not only in writing,
but In the flesh, in the person
of His Son, Jesus the Christ.
This person lived out the pur
pose and course set for Him
by the Father, who promised
such a one from the begin
ning IGcn. 3:15). That we arc
in the embryo slate, now In
this world, is evident, and the
Scripture declares that we
must be born agnin (Jn. 3:3)
and that rebirth is a Spiritual
activation upon our fleshy
personality: that this fact
changes our entire outlook is
very evident by the witness
of every human that has ex
perienccd rebirth.
Look upon the earth as the
womb in which we receive
that Inception; look upon the
Savior as our Father who has
left us the necessary means
to be in readiness to meet
Him when He returns for us;
He will surely come, and
soon. Events that have taken
place and those in formntion
arc surety that we are mak
ing no mistake, "For the Lord
Himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the
voice n( the Archangel and
the trump of God; and the
dead in Christ shall rise first,
then we which arc alive and
remain shall be caught up to
gether with them in the
clouds, to moot the Lord In
the air: and so shall we ever
he with the Lord'- (First
Thess. 4 1618). v
The new birth Is brought
about by the Individual con
cerned. He invites the Holy
Spirit to come into his heart
to control his life. Confession,
to Christ, of sin and the ap
peal for forgiveness Is neces
sary. "He that bclicvclh and Is
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the case.
baptized shall be saved"
(Mark 6:16).
Reconciled to God - recon
ciled to death should It come
before Christ comes in the
clouds.
James Williams,
P.O. Box 441,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Aquarian Ago
To the Editor: Before dis
missing the subject of changes
that are to transpire in man's
physical vehicle during the
Aquarian Age now dawning,
there are two faculties which
we should touch upon in our
discussion; namely, hearing
and sight.
Due to the accelerating vi
bratory rate in the electronic
structure of the body, the
ranges of hearing and sight
will be greatly increased. At
present, the ear can receive
sound waves of approximate
ly 16,000 cycles per second.
By the end of the Age, this
figure will be nearly doubled,
and sounds of the etheric
planes will easily be heard.
The eye is now capable of
receiving light waves of about
seven hundred thousand bil
lion vibrations per second.
This figure is expected to be
increased to 'more than eight
hundred thousand billion,
which means that many eth
eric objects will be within the
range of normal vision. .
Changes will also occur at
the psychic level of man's
being. His inner vision and
inner hearing will become in
creasingly stimulated. Many
can now see and hear psy
chically to some degree. Per
sons in whom such facilities
are active are considered by
the majority of mankind to
be somewhat demented. How
ever, clairvoyance and clair
audience will come into prom
inence as Earth progresses
further into the Aquarian
Magnetic Field, and such un
foldmcnt will be natural and
normal.
Among the most interesting
things man will be able to see
is the human aura. According
to its colors, much may be
discerned regarding the state
of man's physical and mental
health, and his- spiritual
growth and evolvemcnt. Medi
cal doctors and spiritual lead
ers especially will find this a
most valuable ability to have
at their disposal.
' Another phase of psychic
sight will also become evi
dent - that of x-ray vision,
or the ability to look deeply
into or through objects. Phy
sicians in whom this faculty
is active will clearly see the
various organs and functions
of the body, and by such ob
servation be enabled to make
accurate diagnoses.
The mind of man will be
sharpened to a startling de
gree, and become an amazing
instrument through which
thoughts and ideas from the
realm of Divinity itself will
stream forth, manifesting in
a variety of ways to enhance
his life experience here
The quickening of the three
faculties resident in the super-conscious
aspect of man's
mind - intuition, inspiration
and genius-will open the way
to spontaneous know ledge
and wondrous accomplish
ment which at present would
stagger the imagination.
Louise Wopschall
Route 1. Box 408
Eagle Point, Ore.
Ashland's 4th
To Ihe Editor: On behalf of
Ihe Ashland Chamber of Com
nterce and the whole com'
munity, 1 wish to express ap
preciation for the fine cover
age on our Fourth of July
celebration which Included
excellent publicity both be
fore and after the event.
Since Ashland's traditional
celebration was the only one
sponsored in the Rogue River
Valley It was uapmiaml to all
1ZJ
U.S. Denies Encouraging Revolt Against
Diem, But
Br PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Newt Analyst
In Saigon, U. S. officials re
acted sharply in public and
bitterly in private to charges
by a South
V i e tnamese
public prose
cutor that the
United States
had encour
aged a 1960
attempt to
overthrow the
government of
President Ngo
Dihn Diem.
The U. S. Embassy denied
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Reuters, the big British
news service whose dispatch
es are used by many of Amer
ica's large newspapers, car
ries an interesting description
of what it calls the White
House "state coach" which,
it says, served as an eye-opener
for the huge crowds during
President Kennedy's tour of
Western Europe.
The dispatch adds:
"The bullet-proof blue car,
with its dozens of extra fea
tures, was flown by cargo
plane across the Atlantic to
Germany, Ireland, Britain and
Italy. Wherever the President
went, it was always there,
waiting on the airport apron,
to be used by the President
whenever he chose."
THE Reuters dispatch con
tinues: "Although other U.S. Presi
dents have taken their cars
abroad, President Kennedy's
limousine undoubtedly out
ranks its predecessors for ex
tra features and gadgets. It
has detachable roofs of trans
parent plastic, metal and can
vas for use in any type of
weather. Nine roof combina
tions can be fitted.
"The cas has such useful
accessories as radio, emergen
cy lights, fire extinguisher,
guns and ammunition clips.
Among its unique features
are two-way radio telephones
to help link the President
with U.S. command posts
throughout the world in case
of an emergency."
7???????
Well, of all the catastro
phes that could happen at this
disturbed hour in world his
tory, the worst would be to
have our President assassinat
ed while on a good will tour
of the older world. So, from
any common sense standpoint,
it must be conceded instantly
that whatever precautions
may be taken to prevent such
a world catastrophe are fully
warranted.
But this was a peculiar trip.
Its chief purpose was to build
good will for the United
States. It was designed to
show our friendliness for all
of Europe. So let's do some
supposing.
Suppose a guest came to
visit you. Perhaps an Easter
ner, fearful of the wild and
woolly West. Suppose your
guest brought along and
WORE, whenever he left the
sanctuary of your house to
go through the streets, let us
say, to the home of one of
your friends for a party a
suit of bullet-proof armor.
Suppose he wore it openly.
In that event, what would
happen to good will toward
him in your town One fears
that it might go glimmering.
T ET'S absolve our President
from any complicity in
this armored car (fitted up
somewhat like a military
tank) deal. His courage has
been proved. He proved it in
the fires of war. Not only
was he willing to risk his life
in battle for his country. 'He
was willing to risk it to save
the life of one of his men.
His courage needs no de
fense. ut-
" Suppose that when one of
our heads-of-state visitors
say Premier Khrushchev,
when he came to visit us some
years ago, or Premier Mac
million of Great Britain, on
one of his reasonably fre
quent visits insisted on an
armored tank as a conveyance
whenever duty called him to
travel through the streets of
Washington.
What conclusion would we
come to? One fears that it
wouldn't be complimentary.
This armored car business, as
described in the Reuters dis
patch, sounds like it might
have been hatched up by some
of the young men who are so
numerous in Washington.
It doesn't sound like a very
Rood idea for a good will
tour.
the valley to know about it,
and certainly our large crowd
appeared to be in a gala mood
and enjoying every minute
they spent here.
Again our thanks.
Clinton W. Lorbcr,
General Chairman
Fourth of July
Celebration
Ashland Chamber of
Commerce
Ashland, Ore.
Relationship Still Troubled
the charge "flatly, officially
and unequivocally."
The State Department in
Washington issued a similar
denial.
Actually the charge was not
new.
It stemmed from a short
lived revolt which began on
Nov. 10, 1960, by 500 or so
South Vietnamese paratroop
ers and marines.
The rebels seized most of
Saigon's principal buildings,
including Saigon Radio, and
surrounded the presidential
palace. Over the radio they
announced that Diem's regime
had been overthrown because
of its autocratic rule and ne
potism and has "shown itself
incapable of saving the coun
try." But the rebels failed to
capture the president and two
days later the rebellion col
lapsed with the arrival of
loyalist troops.
The day after the collapse,
Vietnamese officials accused
the U. S. Embassy of encour
aging the revolt and of
spreading rumors in Vietnam
and abroad that the Diem
government was corrupt, anti
democratic and inefficient in
fighting communism.
Despite U. S. assurances
that it was satisfied with fail
ure of the coup and continued
all-out aid to the regime, the
charges frequently have been
repeated, notably by the pres
Matter of Fact by j0SePh aisop
(c) NfW York Herald Tribune Syndlcala
A GREAT TURNING POINT?
Washington -Behind a care
fully maintained facade of
coolness and calm, excitement
is rising in the
Kennedy ad
ministrat ion
over the possi
bility that So
viet - Western
relations have
reached a
truly major
turning point.
"Can this
AJsnp tiling be real?
is the question the policy
makers are currently asking
one another. The answer, or at
least the first part of the an
swer, will come when Gov.
Averell Harriman goes to
Moscow on July 15, to discuss
a ban on all nuclear tests, ex
cept underground, and to ex
plore Nikita S. Khrushchev's
proposal for an East-West non
aggression pact.
Harriman can, of course, get
a dusty answer. The Soviets
may very easily say, for in
stance, that they are entirely
ready to sign an accord ban
ning atmospheric, underwa
ter, and outer space nuclear
tests - but only if the Presi
dent of the United States an
nounces an indefinite mora
torium on underground tests.
TN THAT case, the test ban
negotiations will be right
back where they were, before
Khrushchev showed readiness
to break the ancient deadlock
in his speech in Berlin. Again,
all sorts of fish hooks may
prove to be 'hidden in the pa
per bag when the proposal for
a non-aggression pact begins
to be looked into.
Yet the indicators point the
other way, towards the even
tual conclusion of the first
really significant Soviet-Western
accord since the signature
of the Austrian peace treaty
shortly after the death of
Josef Stalin. If that is the out
come, it will mark a very
great turning point indeed.
In part, the indicators are
purely atmospheric. In sev
eral ways, ranging from the
behavior of Soviet officials at
the July 4 reception of our
Embassy in Moscow to the
rapid signature of the so-called
"hot-line" agreement, the
Soviets have lately been show
ing an unaccustomed cordi
ality and a new, more forth
coming spirit.
fpHE change in atmosphere
would matter little, how
ever, without the more basic
indicators. On the one hand,
after some anxious moments
in the winter and early spring,
Khrushchev has plainly re
gained an entirely free hand
in the Kremlin. He is firmly
in the saddle again, and can
make any agreement with
President Kennedy that he
sees fit to make.
On the other hand, the Sino
Sovict quarrel has plainly
reached the stage in which a
final break is no longer avoid
able. It may come now: it may
come a little later. But come
it will, and when it does come,
the chances are that the break
between the Russian and Chi
nese Communist parties will
be swiftly followed by a
break in state relations.
Being on the naked brink
of a final break with China,
Khrushchev must want an
agreement with the President
much more than he did before
It will strengthen his case in
the intra party dispute. It will
also strengthen him. at home.
It may even permit him to
take the long-deferred changes
ident's brother and chief ad
visor, Ngo Dinh Nhu.
In 1961, as fears of another
revolt against Diem's one
man rule mounted, the Uni
ted States sent Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson to Saigon
once more to assure Diem of
its support and even more
aid.
But, while the U. S. public
ly supported Diem and pri
vately urged him to institute
democratic reforms, there was
increasing evidence of gov
ernment resentment against
what it regarded as American
interference.
United States newsmen at
tempting to report the "dirty,
untidy, disagreeable" little
war encountered government
harassment and occasional re
fusal to renew theii visas.
On the government level re
lations declined to a new low
because of U. S. dissatisfac
tion with the Roman Catholic
Diem's handling of his rela
tions with South Vietnam's
Buddhist majority.
A roughing up of news
men by Vietnamese secret po
lice also expressed the gov
ernment's displeasure with
them.
There seemed little doubt
that Diem was out of touch
with and had lost the sympa
thy of the people.
On Diem's side was the fact
that he had put down the pri
vate armies which plunged
in Soviet investment - policy
which are so badly needed to
solve the Soviet farm problem
and broaden the Soviet pro
ductive base.
IN THESE circumstances, the
Kennedy policy-makers are
proceeding cautiously but
hopefully. The principal
NATO ambassadors have been
informed that Governor Har
riman will only be empower
ed to "explore" the meaning
of Khrushchev's non - aggres
sion pact suggestion, but will
have "no authority to make
commitments in this respect."
The response from the Al
lied governments has been
good on the whole. Whatever
is done (if anything at all is
done) can hardly be expected
to command support in Paris.
But West Germany Is the real
key to the Allied position, and
here the way has been smooth
ed for the Harriman mission
by the President's highly suc
cessful visit to Bonn. The
West German response has
been particularly encouraging.
Altogether, there are no
visible reasons why an agree
ment cannot be reached, at
least on a ban of all the kinds
of nuclear tests that can be
policed without an interna
tional inspection system, and
perhaps on much more than a
mere test ban. In a most lit
eral sense, it is up to the
Kremlin. If the Soviet leaders
really want an agreement, it
is just about theirs for the
asking, and for once in a way,
the Soviet leaders seem ready
to act.
TF SUCH a turning point
really does lie ahead, more
over, its significance cannot
possibly be exaggerated. To
be sure, the new road will
hardly lead on to such fig
ments of Gen. de Gaulle's
imagination as a Soviet-West
ern pact aimed against the
Chinese. Yet the new road
can lead very far, if the right
start is made on it.
It can lead, in particular, to
a general normalization of Soviet-Western
relations which
should result, in turn, in the
kind of internal evolution in
the Soviet bloc that will make
normal relations still easier.
That may not sound very dra
matic; yet it really means a
fundamental change in the
present trend of history.
THE HOTTEST SPOT
IX HELL IS RESERVED
FOR TKOSE WHO REMAiN
NEUTRAL IN A GRAVE
CRISIS!
-PAHTE-
"Whewl I'm glad America
his country into chaos after
the Geneva armistice agree,
ment of 1954. that he hnJ lM
stitutcd land reform and had
made economic progress
through American aid.
It was also true that it was
at the insistence of his much
criticized but tough sister-in-law,
Mme Nhu. that Saigon
had been cleaned up and lost
its luster as one of the world's
outstanding sin-cities.
The question for the U.S.
now to decide was whether
Diem still was its best bet lot
a democratic South Vietnam
or whether he and his family
simply were holding on to
power for power's sake.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
lc field enterprises. Inc.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES ,
The kind of joke a person
cannot take about himself is
a surer index of his character"
than the kind of joke ha
relishes about others; whaS
he does not find "funny",
about himself is always the)
weakest part of his nature. .
The man who has loo
high a respect for women is .i.
as despised by them as the
man who has not enough.
One of the great unsolved ,
riddles of restaurant eating
is that the customer usually
gets faster service when the:
restaurant is crowded than 1
when it is half-empty; it seems'
that the less tne staff has to
do, the slower they do it. ;
,
Nowhere is it more im- v
portant to "hale the sin, but ,
love the sinner" than in ' '
rebuking or punishing a t
child; his action may be ;
labeled "bad," but he him- '
self must never be called f
"bad," and we must enable '.
him to distinguish between f
behavior and character, so i
that his self-confidence is ' ;
not broken down. '
What we call "brute force '
can be mental as well as
physical: The person who.
tries to overwhelm another
by assailing him with verbal
arguments is just as much a
bully as one who uses physical
force.
Most criticism is a form
of egotism: The more differ- 1
ent kinds of people a man r
does not like, the more (,'
right we have to suspect 1
that he wholly approves
only of those who are pre-,
cisely like him. (But the '
neurotic inconsistency in .
such a critical person is
that, if we probe deeply !
enough, it will be found f
that he doesn't like himself
very much at bottom.)
Most "veils of secrecy" over
governmental operations rrn.
ceal nothing more mysteriou I
than administrative incom -1
tence; what is called "secu- f
rity" is too often simply tho
insecurity of those running
the operation.
If you are looking for a
hair in your soup, you can
always find one, merely by
shaking your head dole
fully as the plate is put be
fore you; and there are peo
ple who go through lite nev
er understanding why this
always happens to them.
It is not in our power to
like or dislike, but it is in our
power to be kind or unkind;
the first is a matter of feel
ings, the second a matter of
will; and much of the world's
trouble springs from a con
fusion between our private
emotions and our social obli
gations. What adolescents rarely
learn until too late was ex
pressed with admirable
terseness by Thomas Hux
ley, when he said: "A man's
worst difficulties begin
when he is able to do as he
likes."
Tile profound irony of peo-;i
pie going to war for "idco-r
logical" reasons is that tho
people get killed, but tho
idcologics manage to survive.!
1
doesn't have any problemil"
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