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Rogers said in regard to evil that Sir John 

 Mackintosh and Malthus and another philosopher 

 whose name has escaped me, all agreed that the 

 attributes of the deity must be in some respects 

 limited, else there would be no sin and misery in 

 the world. 



We use the words "good " and " evil " in a narrow, 

 personal sense. To the farme r the frost that blights 

 his crops is an evil, but not to the squirrels who are 

 waiting for the nuts to fall, or to the man who suf- 

 fers from hay fever. Rain is a blessing, b ut how 

 easily it becomes a curse ! A cold wet spring cuts 

 off the insect pests, but delays the plowing and 

 planting. It is hard on the insectivorous birds, but 

 the plants and trees profit. The grasshoppers that 

 eat up the farmer's pasturage make good provender 

 for his flock of turkeys. 



Blight and struggle, frost and drought, weed out 

 the weaklings and beget a hardier race. 



Moral evil — intemperance, avarice, war, lying, 

 cheating — are on another plane. They are peculiar 

 to man. Nature below him knows them not. But as 

 they are against nature, they perpetually tend to 

 correct themselves. The business world has learned 

 that honesty is the best p olicy . Cheating is un> 

 po pular because, in the long run, it does n ot pay. 



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