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Show Si 1$ 1 For Meditation 1 5 OOOOOO rt g By LEONARD A. BARRETT S ft ' 1 5 HATRED FN HIS last hook, "The Plains of Abraham, 'l Oliver Curwood writes a convincing chapter on hatred. He makes his character, Hepsibah, say, "When you say you hate, you're simply sim-ply giving evidence o' the fact that you've been bitten by a snake. This snake lives in our blood, and it's a cuss for brewing trouble. There's no hate like a white man's hate, not even an Indian's, for it's deadlier because o' the power and knowledge behind'" it" Undoubtedly the day comes to every person when in the struggle for existence exist-ence and the efforts to secure one's rights in the present competition of life, the impulse is strong upon us to express pent-up emotions rather than to repress them. A fight for the right impelled by high motives may be a noble encounter, but a fight engendered engen-dered by the spirit of hate is futile and useless. Hate creates jealousy and jealousy causes war. Hatred is like poison. It kills Ideals, and plays havoc with the psychic centers. Hate tends to enlarge one's ego and is the cause of more crime than any other factor. Hate Is never satisfied. It Increases in intensity as It expresses Itself. It ensnares one Into a path of utter ruin when it once dominates the personality. personal-ity. Hate Is indeed .a snake, "besides which the copperhead o' the swamps is a gentle and kindly creature and one we should look in the eye with friendship and love." "This snake lives in our blood it has been hard at work for years until hate is becoming be-coming the biggest part o' the air we breathe." We can understand the early Indian tribes cultivating the spirit of an intense in-tense haired, but there is no excuse for it In our day of educational and spiritual onlightment. (Cel. Western Nnvspaper Union.) |