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others, to see that they are not injured and that they 

 have secured to them the fullest liberty of thought 

 and action. But to feed fat a grudge against others, 

 while it may or may not harm them, is sure in the 

 long run to do infinitely greater harm to the man 

 himself. 



The more a healthy American sees of his fellow- 

 Americans the greater grows his conviction that our 

 chief troubles come from mutual misunderstanding, 

 from failure to appreciate one another's point of 

 view. In other words, the great need is fellow-feel 

 ing, sympathy, brotherhood; and all this naturally 

 comes by association. It is, therefore, of vital im 

 portance that there should be such association. The 

 most serious disadvantage in city life is the tendency 

 of each man to keep isolated in his own little set, and 

 to look upon the vast majority of his fellow-citizens 

 indifferently, so that he soon comes to forget that 

 they have the same red blood, the same loves and 

 hates, the same likes and dislikes, the same desire 

 for good, and the same perpetual tendency, ever 

 needing to be checked and corrected, to lapse from 

 good into evil. If only our people can be thrown to 

 gether, where they act on a common ground with the 

 same motives, and have the same objects, we need 

 not have much fear of their failing to acquire a 

 genuine respect for one another; and with such re 

 spect there must finally come fair play for all. 



