Show As Others 4 See You Yau VERY little consideration of ot the tho A AVERT matter Is sufficient to convince that it is just as well welt that the tho frequently fre Cre- frequently expressed desire to see ace ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves as others see sec us Is so o oer o'er er very rarely rare rare- ly h and Imperfectly fulfilled Indeed tho the de desire Itself appears appear to be 10 If not altogether stupid at nt least remarkably rash Tho The average human being beInA would prefer one Ima Imagines a measure of or peace comfort and contentment in his life and there would be an un end to all three throe with an answering of ot that rarer prayer For it Is ver very certain that no one who cared enough h about the tho opinions of at others to want to know what those opinions were could stand tho the strain of oC tho the revelation of them It would be he Impossible to get the tho balance right be between he- he tween ruinous conceit and intolerable despair There Thero would be bo the most violent violent vio yb- lent and disorganizing fluctuations of ot feeling and life lite would become such an exciting scramble to and fro between the hl high h places of or joy and the depths of unqualified miser misery that there thero would bo be neither time nor energy left for tor an anything else and genuine well founded happiness would become Im Im- Im possible MOST ONES In fact If It you look around upon tho world worl as you OU l know now It you rou will probably probably ably find that tho the most comfortable people are those who are arc sublimely unconscious of ot the existence of ot an any other othor opinion than their own It Is II not that they are of or that large hard build which scorns acorns the tho opinion of othera others others oth oth- ers era and anel Is sincerely indifferent to It It Is that they are utterly unable to realize tho time possibility of ot a different op opinion i n Ion For them all the tIme happenings of ot their orld end have one aspect and one only onh There Thero can n be no other They hold sincerely sincerely sin sin- cercI and tenaciously tenacious that all nIl who of offend offend of- of fend tend against thorn them lIe se e the tho offence exactly exactly ex ex- as they see sea it In any dispute they are so positive of ot tho the righteousness righteous righteous- ness of ot their own cause that those who are aro arrayed against them are aro only fools tools or knaves And though this faith often brings It Its victims to great reat bewilderment it commonly furnishes furnishes them with so warm a sense of ot their own virtue and general excellence excellence ex ex- ex- ex as to form ample compensation tion for tor an any passing distress at the unconquerable stupidity of tho the world SIMPLE A AND AD D INTELLIGIBLE So In their ordinary relations with other people there Is the tho assurance that the others regard them If It not precisely as they wish to be res-ar res regarded at least In a way was which they understand understand understand under under- stand perfectly Lacking complexity themselves they believe that all are equally equall simple and Intelligible They Ther never want to know what others think of or them because they are quite certain that they know lenow already That makes cs or seems scorns to make for tor comfort In the thc world And although It Is doubtful whether those of ot us who are differently made would care to give Ive up our greater power of understanding understanding- and appreciating the point of view of others In exchange for this comfort It ItIs Itis itis Is at least certain that we do wisely refrain from desiring the perfection of this power 1 I |