Part 82

1. Desire and service can continue throughout life.

III. VARIETY AND RHYTHM:

a. Varied life with single Aim:

1. Concentrate on one thing at a time, but not on one thing all the time.

2. The meaning and worth of Knowledge.

3. Never be bored, or bore:

α. Sense of humor; and use of silence.

4. Work and play, exertion and rest, must harmonize:

α. Even your pleasures will reflect your character, or taste.

b. Be a rhythm, a measure, a force like music in the life all about you.

SIXTEENTH MEETING

Social Relations

I. THE AVOIDANCE OF BITTER PARTISANSHIP:

a. Take sides, not with persons, but with causes.

b. Use all. Be for all, and against none.

II. SOCIAL SYMPATHY:

a. Humanity as a vast Self:

1. Democracy means we have all the right to be equal:

α. Faith and reverence for self in all.

β. Service is larger self-service.

γ. Each does his part; hand and head.

2. To keep well, to be satisfied, we must care for the sick and miserable:

α. Starvation.

β. Old age.

γ. Contagion.

b. To care for the weak strengthens the strong:

1. To destroy the weak is dangerous loss. (Rome and Sparta.)

c. In passing judgment on crimes, hate not persons but their acts: