The literary digest . inhibition may come from a badeconomic derangement, fiom our failure tocooperate decentlj with our fellow men,or from the discouragement which is apt tofollow when the victims of any particularmisfortune are generally assumed to bedown and out. Ihe man who has losthis sight is not essentially difierent in thisrespect from tho king w ho has lost hiscrown, the child Avho has lost hisparentsin a crowded street, or the woman \\ho haslost the love upon which she has stakedeverything in life. Under ordinary cir-cumstances all will be heart-broken andfull of panic. O
The literary digest . inhibition may come from a badeconomic derangement, fiom our failure tocooperate decentlj with our fellow men,or from the discouragement which is apt tofollow when the victims of any particularmisfortune are generally assumed to bedown and out. Ihe man who has losthis sight is not essentially difierent in thisrespect from tho king w ho has lost hiscrown, the child Avho has lost hisparentsin a crowded street, or the woman \\ho haslost the love upon which she has stakedeverything in life. Under ordinary cir-cumstances all will be heart-broken andfull of panic. Only with this new revela-tion of the meaning of life can normalityand happiness be regained. Putting the matter into one pregnantphrase, Sir Ai-thur said that the most im-portant phase of the Avork was defeatingthe spirit of defeat. Almost every boy Avhocame for help was afflicted Avith a maladymore serious than physical blindness, hesaid—the malady of discouragement. And The Literary Digest for February 8, 1919 51.
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