SELF-ESTEEM V. VAINGLORY.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 12 August 1920, Page 3

SELF-ESTEEM V. VAINGLORY.

Says "Onlooker" in the "Waikato Independent" : "Wheu a man gets to that stage in his life's joui'ney where he considers he is of 'some' importance in the world, arid incidentally gives liie- hat (or head) an extra tilt, pro suuiably with the vain idea of iqi pressing others with the importance or his omnipotence in the Order of Things, the only cure I c »n recommend is to taiie him out on a clear starry night, an.l do a bit of star-gazing. If he kas sufficient brains (and has not developed the chronic staje of his disease) an hour or two contemplating the Great Things beyond the littleness of our tin.pot world should suffice to restore his equilibrium and make him realise what a tiny speck of saud he is in the vast desert of humanity, To contemplate the millions of heavenly bodies which scientists say are worlds larger than our own, and probably inhabited by millions of human beings much aiore intelligent thin we are, has a very humbling effect upon the mind. This does not necessarily imply that we should regard ourselves as miserable crawling, snivelling things. Every mVi has a perfect right to believe himself as good as his brother, no matter how high a tstandard he attains or aspires to ; but there is a vast gulf between self-osteem and snobbery or vain-glory."