EASY TOLERANCE.
Real tolerance is born of love and shows itself in the desire to consider others, to be open-minded to the opinions of others, to be kind in all our dealings with others, and generous in our estimates of others, writes the Rev. Hugh Black in his book “Christ or Caesar.” But this generosity and good-will can easily become soft compliance. When a moral issue is drawn, tolerance can spend all its time in straddling the line. It can become a mood of easy-going concession and that very soon breeds indifference. It is not hard to be tolerant, if you do not care one way or the other, if you are hazy about right and wrong. Some men are praised for their breadth of view and their wide tolerance of differing opinions, who should be blamed for having no opinions to speak of.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 17, 31 October 1938, Page 4
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