This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... their community. But if they had at first coolly talked over the matter and figured what the office was worth, and one had bought the other off, then there would have been a good officer, and good feelings all round, and no hateful antagonism. The largest showing of the evils arising from a mistaken idea of a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... their community. But if they had at first coolly talked over the matter and figured what the office was worth, and one had bought the other off, then there would have been a good officer, and good feelings all round, and no hateful antagonism. The largest showing of the evils arising from a mistaken idea of a value, or a stealing, antagonistic way of trying to get things, is seen when two or more nations are contending for control or ownership of something in common between them, for then we have as bad a mess as the inventive genius of man can make. In view of the fearful evils that result from war, or human antagonistic force, it becomes a momentous question as to how much crowding one person cr party should patiently bear from another person or party, before using law or antagonistic force, or how much preparedness should be had against possibilities of danger from aggressions of others. In olden time high grade individuals would not bear a single insulting word without demanding instant retraction or the ultimatum of a duel. But common sense has changed this; recourse is had now to the courts for settlement, and in many cases the kindly, forbearing way is taken. It is probably capable of scientific proof that in stealing between man and man, the thief never gains as much as he loses, and the only way to prevent theft is to make the would-be thief plainly see this to be true. And what is thus true of individuals must be true of nations. So, as we have before intimated, nothing will permanently stop a war until one or both sides see that it is for their own interest to make kindly concessions, and the larger the concession that can be made in a kindly, patient way the better. The difficulty of either side in a disagreement making such kindly...
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