Article May 27, 1905 Issue

"Judge righteous judgment."

EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES.

From the beginning, mortal man has constituted himself a judge. He has judged himself, his fellow, his environment, the universe. Even the Almighty has not escaped the ignorant and presumptuous criticism of mankind.

Man's judgment, unless governed by Principle, has invariably proved fallacious. From the time that Cain misjudged Abel and sought to slay the troublesome exemplar rather than to follow the good example, until the present day, mortals have usually judged according to human standards,—necessarily involving human limitations,—and the inevitable consequence has been erroneous judgment.

One of the most plausible and least apparent disguises assumed by this form of error is inuendo, that subtle nothing which seems to result in such a profound something. It has about the consistency of a cobweb that clings so tenaciously to face and hair when unexpectedly encountered in a summer ramble; you can scarcely see it, but you feel its suggestive presence long after it has been swept away.

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