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wings, before they are dead, and throw them back 
into the sea, to drown there or bleed to death. That 
is what we do, and /f is horribly cruel, too. So do 
not let us think about the cruel things the Spaniards 
did—yet. Let us think, first, about the cruel things 
that are done by people in our own country, and try 
to stop them. When we have stopped them—a// of 
them—then we can think about the Spaniards—and 
some other nations. 
You know there is a proverb which says, ‘Those 
who live in glass houses should not throw stones ;”’ 
that is generally one of the first proverbs we learn, and 
always the very first one we forget. I am afraid that 
those old Aztecs lived in rather a glass house, for they 
had a plan of cutting people open, whilst they were 
still alive, and tearing their hearts out. Horrible! 
was it not? But they did not durn people; so, when 
they saw the Spaniards doing so, they were shocked 
at them. As for the Spaniards, shey were shocked at 
the Aztecs doing this other thing, for shat had never 
been heir custom. So the Aztecs and the Spaniards 
were shocked at each other. People are very easily 
shocked at each other, but they are not nearly so 
easily shocked at themselves. Now I come to think 
of it, I never remember hearing any one say, ‘“‘I am 
shocked at myself!” And yet it would often be a 
quite sensible remark. 
