A DAILY MESSAGE

Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1928, Page 1

A DAILY MESSAGE

WHICH IS YOUR SET?

Exci.rsiVKXKSs is supposed to he l one oi the highest and ehocio.sl of human pretensions. And yet you should he genuinely sorry for all exclusive men and women -they miss so much. Those who are horn that way stir our pity; those who become that way earn our contempt. Smugly they enwrap themselves in the mantle of a fondly-fancied superiority, believing that they comprehend within themselves all the graces ol mind, heart, am! person which go to make the world’s elect.

As a matter of Lu t they are usually tile most useless members ol society. |iow could it he otherwise? Have they not excluded themselves from the <muiiinii cause. Iroin lellowship, sympathy,

experience, knowledge and the common tench " uliiih makes the whole world

kin.” No man can be ol real value to s,,cieLv who cuts litmseK deliheratide :!f from . ouiaef wit h iiitj fellow-man.

Exclusiveness is not a- sign of gentle din-- indeed, it is gen-rally a sign i,l i lie other kind -but it s tt sure si-ni ol I,.cited intelligence, colossal conceit. deject i\e so«aa! syurpnthy, and a pttiut ia; i. of humour.

i May you and me being convinced tfial we and about a dozen other '!<*!- lows were the only people in the world worth knowing. I! a ! Ha ! Ha! What ■ m obi ip tie sense, of humour we should have !

The truth of the matter is that attyIwho is small eimugli can he exclusive: but you must have a small. cold heart, a p-il.v little mind, a an. narrow outlook, very tittle sympathy and atEaliog! ilc-r exaggerated sense of vmir own importanee. If you have these. Volt are ptialilied for the exclusive set . Uni ii lakes men and women udh warm hearts, big minds, and fine sympathies to take a jthue in the ranks of the ipelio ive set the iff which shares ,!„. world’s joys and- sorrows and. alter all, 11 icy are the only people who help I his old world on its way. r ~