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Show THE VICE Of GENERALIZING. Habit All Too General and Influential, Says Writer. According to Rupert Hughes, writing writ-ing in Harper's Weekly, tho habit of generalizing frcm slngto sontonccs is far too general and influential. Ono would think, from some of the generalizations, gen-eralizations, ho says, that tho monopolists monop-olists of money, for oxamplo, had also monopolized wickedness. "Yet tho nows of tho day will toll of preachers caught in plagiarism or adultery, of druggists soiling polsonod soda water, of bakers vending unclean bread, of theological students cheating," cheat-ing," Each trado, ho says, has its graft Tho fact is that "drawing tndlctmonta against classos Is as insano and Illogical Illog-ical aa drawing indictments against nations." There uro "burglars who n'ro chaste, and parsons who nro sots; thoro aro rick women who aro nuns of nscotlclsm, and poor women who nro so vilely extravagant as to bankrupt bank-rupt tholr ditch-digging keepors; thoro are poets who nro domestic models, and plumbers who aro voluptuaries; there are rich men who overwork, and poor men lazy enough to beg; thoro aro millionaires' sons who aro normal and athletic, and solf-mado men who nro degenerates; there are robust nthletes who aro nbnormnl, and clg-arotto clg-arotto fiends who nro leaders of progress; prog-ress; there aro Sicilians who nover saw a dagger and Puritans who seek vencdetta with a knifo or with poison; thoro aro pollcomcn who would ro-Jcct ro-Jcct a bribe, and Bonators who aro dovoted to tholr country; thoro aro chorus girls of unlmpeached repute, and Sunday school teachers who commit com-mit infanticide." Exchange. |
