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Show THOSE MOTIVES AND THE PART THEf PLAY IN THE MAKEUP OF THE MAN Someone has said that "motives make tho man. and I hardly think that Brampton Is responsible for thnt statement either. I hope thnt be Isn't nt any rate, becauso I don't believe be-lieve It to bo truo in all cases. In any Instnnco tho ussertlon Is open to doubt until It is proved thnt It Isn't, so I'm going to doubt It. 1 have heard It declared (and hero Hrampton comes In for his Bhnro of credit) that It Is really aspirations that make tho man, uinl If thoy mnke tho man 1 mpposc they mnke the woman too whut? Well, aspirations may help, but what about deeds don't the count, chirps William? You keep still Willie, this Is our say. One thing is ccrtnln, motives are keys to charac-ter, charac-ter, and that goes for something. We are somewhat too prone to Judge peo plo bystholr nets (here your deeds como in, William) rather than . by reasons for those acts. Now that Isn't right nor just, not n bit of it. Hrnmptom says it Isn't and this time William agreed with him there you me, It must bo so. Lot us see how it works out Suppose, Sup-pose, we tnko for example three people peo-ple who attend church. Nice example thnt! Hopo tho church and tho peo-plo peo-plo nro nice too! Hecauso threo peo-plo peo-plo nro at church overy Sabbnth and to nil tho iorvlces (of course, thnt's Impossible, but Just supposo It) doesn't arguo that they nro all equally equal-ly praiseworthy or blame worthy either for that matter No olr-ee, not much! Nor It doesn't arguo that they are any better than the person who doesn't nttond church nt all. They may be, but the moro fact that they attend church doesn't prove it Ono of those threo people we were talking about may go to church with a sin cere motive. Another may go bo euuso it Is conducive to tho better incut of his business or personal in tercsts .His would bo decidedly Bel llsh nnd hypocritical motive. Tho third might go Just because ovcryouo In his or her set does, and becnuse It Is fashionable to do so. That would be rather an empty und Indifferent motive. Now nil threo of these people go io church (and going to church is fij posed to benoflt ono) and yet on ly ono of them goes becauso of the Impelling force of a good worthy mo-tlvo mo-tlvo .And that one only Is benefitted by tho seeming good net This ono example- alono is sufflclont to show how dangerous It is to Judge by actions ac-tions only. We should go deeper than that. Wo should look for motives. mo-tives. The person who doesn't at tend church nt all may havo lust ns good motives for not doing so as tho ono who does nttend has for ho doing. do-ing. Just becnuso a father refuses to piny n gamo of checkers with his llttlo ton after supper Is no definite Indication that ho Is selfishly desirous desir-ous of remaining absorbed in his paper. Such would seem to be tho ccdo wero wo to Judge from bis action ac-tion only, nut this same "daddy" |