one of the most coveted talents. A man who would prefer some recent
stuff to the celebrated vintage of 18--, would commit intellectual
_hari-kari_. It is said that in some of the celebrated vaults of France
they breed spiders to cover the bottles with webs and dust to convey the
delicious suggestion of antiquity. Jesus uses the preference for old
vintage to characterize the conservative instinct in human nature. This is
one of the stickiest impediments to progress, one of the most respectable
forms of evil-mindedness. "The hereditary tiger is in us all, also the
hereditary oyster and clam. Indifference is the largest factor, though not
the ugliest form, in the production of evil" (President Hyde). Men are
morally lazy; they have to be pushed into what is good for them, and the
"pushee" is almost sure to resent the pushing. The idea that men ardently
desire what is rational and noble is pernicious fiction. They want to be
let alone. This is part of original sin.

Was the above written in haste, or will it stand?

Fifth Day: Satanic Frustration of Good

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven
is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: but while
men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat,
and went away. But when the blade sprang up and brought forth
fruit, then appeared the tares also. And the servants of the
householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good
seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares? And he said unto
them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt
thou then that we go and gather them up? But he saith, Nay; lest
haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with
them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of
the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares,
and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into
my barn.--Matt. 13:24-30.

Here we encounter the devil. There is more in sin than our own frailty and
stupidity, and the bad influence of other individuals. There is a
permanent force of organized evil which vitiates every higher movement and
sows tares among the grain over night. You work hard on some law to reform
the ballot or the primary in order to protect the freedom and rights of
the people, and after three years your device has become a favorite tool
of the interests. You fou