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Show THE SPIRIT OF 8ELFI8HNES3. Declared to Be Reipontlble for Many Present-Day Evils. Itov. William It. Huntington of Now York said recently that It was more dangerous to bo a railway brakeman than to be a murderer, and proved his assertion with statistics, showing that ono murderer In 13 was hanged, whereas, where-as, ono brakoman n 30 was killed. Discussing this startling fact tho other dny, Dr. Huntington said that tho wide-spread Bplrlt of selfishness was no doubt responsible. , "Wo Incline," he said, "to put our-selvos our-selvos too far ahead of other people. We could all make no better resolution than to bo less selfish. As it Is. wo are too much llko tho art student. "There was, you know, a jioor Vermont Ver-mont art student who shared a studio-bedroom studio-bedroom with a Journalist from Wisconsin. Wis-consin. "Tho Vcrmonter went out one morning morn-ing to do the marketing and brought home two chops. He laid them on the tablo and tho cat leaped up and devoured de-voured one. " 'Hang It,' he said to his Wisconsin frjend, 'tho cat has eaten your chop!' " |
