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Show 156 Tilt~ L11JERTY UEJ, J,. l' . llO is more open in his Eclfish-rcspcctahility to us ' 1 "cos traces of the l't bccnuso 10 ~ ness nncl scnsua. 1 Y rudfl'c n. dollar to a . . ou. If you g o • ~:1mc thmg m Y t . if you llrink wino, d cause, he grudges a con ' . goo • ·r u nrc selfish in your family, d · t·s brancly; 1 yo ho rm" . 1 . . if you will not sacrifice n · t rannical m ns ' ho IS y ' t your conscience, be will not 1 d U cuo:o:tomcrs o nm rc ~ II ·n never tell you tho subtle 'fi cone 0 wt sacrJlC . . rt on him, indeed it is probably . fl once you cxc m IU • 1 drcd other influences, all intermingled Wtth n mn . I that no one can preCise y tending the same way, so • . silcntl 1 l to it. still it is present, qUiclly and y ca cu n. ' . in the other exerted cYcry day' for ovtl here, as l Nobody cnn sec it-just asno-cnsc for gooc . b . c influence that d cn.n sec the fearful atmosp en .. bo y . berg alongside a ship, eh•llmg comes from an tee . ' lives - but tbe whole air aml freczmg t:ut ::n:uencing tbis and you are Jere it is there ; . tber down, becau~e individual, keepmg your bro ta' d down yourself. you ho.ve 8 1 b f influcnoo We can generally find wa.ys enoug o AM I MY Dlt0THER1S Kl:o:E I'Ell? 157 over our brothers, if we only desire to influence them. I once heard a man ask John P. llale, What can I do about Slavery? Do ? said that generous man, do as you would do if all your own brothers and sisters were in Slavery; you would find something to do then ! The truth is, we do not begin at tho beginning, by realizing that peo-. pie are our brothers and sisters, and so we do not help them. But we should do so. " He is the virtuous man," says the Hindoo proverb, u to whom tho whole world is as one family. But the words, I and mine, constitute narrowness and baseness.'' It is not agreeable to hear a man say, <~It is for my interest," " It will benefit me." We feel attracted to tho man who says, " It is a good thing;'' ''It ought to be done;'' ''It is needed." Needed, that iB, by somebody. Aro we not our brothers' keepers 1 While my brother requires a thing, and cannot secure it for himself, it is my affair also, and should be heeded. The 14 |