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Show Dc Charitable, i Hasty judgment of the actions of others is dangerous and often unjust. We measure too much by some superficial super-ficial appearance, and condemn hastily when, if we knew all and understood the motives and reasons, we would warmly approve. We sometimes say of some one: "This pain, sorrow or loss has not deeply, affected him." But ,we do not know. It is like the death of a few of the Eoldiers in front of a regiment. The broken ranks close up again into the solid phalanx, and the loss is not apparent. There may be 110 disorganization, no surrender, no craving for pity, no display of despair. It is like the calm dazzling play of the waves warmed by the morning sun after aft-er a night of storm and disaster. There is no sign of the wreck; the tide has carried the debris away far out on the ocean; the treacherous water has swallowed swal-lowed all signs and tokens of the night's awful work. We see only the fairness of the morning, not the suffering of the night. Let us be charitable in our judgment and condemn not when we do not know. Detroit Free Press. |