316 STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE, ETC. 



At first sight one is rather inclined to associate 

 hatred with want of education, and a general lack 

 of cultivation, but in certain of its phases this is 

 by no means true. Nothing is more astonishing 

 than the bitterness that divergent political views 

 produce. This is especially shown at times of 

 " party " activity, such as a general election. 

 The late Bishop Creighton wrote : 



" I am convinced that every time the moral, 

 and cultivated man exercises his right to vote, 

 he seriously impairs his morality and his culture. 

 The wrath one feels against opponents, the con- 

 tempt for their intelligence, and the doubt about 

 their honesty this destroys that charity which is 

 the highest aim of morality ; while, on the other 

 hand, the necessity of stating your views broadly, 

 of making up your mind decidedly, of urging 

 all kinds of argument on others which you only 

 half believe, intellectually speaking, yourself 

 this destroys true culture and robs it of half its 

 bloom." 



Since the beginning of the War I have met men 

 whose reputations are world- wide, humane, kindly 

 professors, who have probably never in their long 

 lives killed anything more dangerous than a 



