. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . but any of them referred to the adventure; it was soentirely out of order and at variance with a shore-leaveschedule that they were, if not ashamed, shamefacedabout it. However this small act of kindness no doubtin after days was remembered by the participants with asecret thrill of pleasure and a satisfaction that no otherkind of expenditure of the eight sovereigns could haveafforded them. And maybe also these eight pounds wereplaced at compound interest on the credit side of thefinal balance sheet to meet a long list of debits. Whoknows ? V
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . but any of them referred to the adventure; it was soentirely out of order and at variance with a shore-leaveschedule that they were, if not ashamed, shamefacedabout it. However this small act of kindness no doubtin after days was remembered by the participants with asecret thrill of pleasure and a satisfaction that no otherkind of expenditure of the eight sovereigns could haveafforded them. And maybe also these eight pounds wereplaced at compound interest on the credit side of thefinal balance sheet to meet a long list of debits. Whoknows ? Virtue is its own reward—always. That often it alsois its only reward does not detract from its value. It isits own reward in as much as it gives one a gratifiedconsciousness of having done the right thing. To refrainfrom doing evil is a negative or passive quality of virtuethat counts for little. To do something of which oursense of right approves, and our conscience commends,is the kind of virtue that is its own reward. It is positive. and active, and reacts with a spiritual kick, moreexalting and satisfying than the kicks from highballsand shots. If there is anyone that hasnt at some time experiencedthis, there is something wrong with him and he shouldtake stock of himself. Likewise will deeds that we havedone, that by the same consciousness we know to havebeen wrong, linger with us somehow, and on occasionsbreak out of their concealment to make facesat us. Applied Socialism Theory and practice should prove each other. Hux-ley says that if a heory is not workable it is a bumtheory. He does not say it in just that way, but thatis what he means. This aphorism as applied to socialismis illustrated by the following story, which not onlythrows light on the subject in a general way but alsoshows what the mass conception of socialism is:—OneIrishman was explaining the theory to another, say-ing:—You see, now, if I had a million dollars I wouldhave to give you one-half.—That
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