If you are one of the many millions who have not and can't get money or power, see what good you can do without either.
You can help carry a load for an old man. You can encourage and help a poor devil trying to reform. You can set a good example to children. You can stick to the men with whom you work, fighting honestly for their welfare.
Time was when the ablest man would rather kill ten men than feed a thousand children. That time has gone. We do not care much about feeding the children, but we care less about killing the men. To that extent we have improved already.
The day will come when we shall prefer helping our neighbor to robbing him—legally—of a million dollars.
Do what good you can NOW, while it is unusual, and have the satisfaction of being a pioneer and an eccentric.
CRUEL FRIGHTENING OF CHILDREN
The most acute suffering is that produced by FEAR, and those who suffer most acutely from fear are YOUNG children.
Who does not remember the intense agony in youth based upon the superstitious teachings of some foolish older person?
And how many children are made miserable through the hideous fear that comes from threats and from punishment postponed?
If a man should be whipped incessantly for three or four hours he would think his tormentor a monster of brutality.