Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Arthur Brisbane
page 48 of 366 (13%)
page 48 of 366 (13%)
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Children left locked up alone all day while their mothers work
for a pittance. Men, uncertain of their future and of their children's future, engage in a constant struggle for wealth that is not needed--a struggle that develops in the end a passion as useless as it is degrading. Unless you believe that the world is perfect because YOU happen to have enough to eat and to wear, you should be discontented. You should remember that the world's achievements and great changes have all come from discontent, and you should be, in as many ways as possible, a breeder of discontent among the human beings around you. THE AUTOMOBILE WILL MAKE US MORE HUMAN One of the commonest and most disagreeable sights in a big city is that of a strong, brutal human being beating a weak and overworked horse because it refuses to do what it cannot do. Brutality inflicted upon horses is atrocious. But the bad effect of such unkind treatment of animals on HUMAN CHARACTER is far more serious than the actual physical suffering inflicted. ---- The perfection of the automobile will do much to improve human beings by taking away from their control and from brutal coercion |
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