DON'T GROW CALLOUS!
THE worst danger that a human being has to face in wartime is not the maiming of the body nor even the warping o£ the mind, but the: slow, insidious blunting of the heart. Against this menace we cannot be too constantly on our guard. A slight toughening of the sensibilities is unavoidable, and' indeed necessary, if we are to retain our reason in the face of the mounting horror and- villainy which now surround us. But it is fatally easy to let this toughening process got too far, until we find ourselves growing more and more numb, less and less capable of being moved to sorrow or indignation—or, conversely, to gratitude and delight. For it is impossible to have it both ways; if the faculty of grieving is allowed to atrophy, the faculty of rejoicing dies with it.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 179, 12 November 1941, Page 4
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142DON'T GROW CALLOUS! Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 179, 12 November 1941, Page 4
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