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Show Selfishness an Evil ! CdnscjUS or subconscious, selfishness is the underlying motive -for each act of life good or bad. Selfishness fosters ambition, lures to effort; it is the beacon ,'ijhat beckons humanity on to do, attain, evolve. t Self benefit, self betterment, self comfort, self satisfaction, self t ". happiness, self elevation, ' self gratification are the character com-! com-! I "pass-points by which we steer our course of deeds. V Even sacrifice, at its grandest, noblest, is selfish. It yields n Inward pleasure proportionate to the. abnegation involved. 5uch ' selfishness commands the world's respect. ' : The nearest approach to- unselfishness is an act prompted by . . pity. But pity is a state of mind which proclaims a belief that we ( j'are more fortunate than the object of that pity. It is born of fan- i tied freedom from the condition that arouses it, a sense of false i - security. So long as it does not jeopardize, our own solid footing, we ' .feel disposed to extend a helping hand across the-gulf to the less r fortunate one. ?n Selfishness surveys sites, erects cities, mapsroutev-constructs . railroads, charts courses, builds ships and develops the industry, trade and commerce that necessitates the first three. Selfishness furthers education. Extent of knowledge deter-mines deter-mines amount paid In the world's marked for service; hence that Is the end which primarily impels study, research, investigation, the .'.quest of Information. . - concessions art made to gainrcompromlses tomef theueed r to curb selfishness by Imposing limitations and enforcing restrictions' pupnn It ; ; , l . Love is selfish. The lover labors, sacrifices and gives to receive re-ceive a return of his love. He counts his spiritual compensation adequate reward for the material stress endured. Such selfishness . : uplifts, not one, but two; it establishes ideals, cleanses, advances i civilization and leaves to posterity a heritage of progress. Selfishness is less evil than good, else the world would not be purifying Its processes by struggling upward; its goal, the continuous ' permanent, universal improvement of intellect, conditions, man-Uind. man-Uind. . |