Defined in Epigram.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 10, 2 September 1908, Page 50

Defined in Epigram.

superstition. Seeing supernatural significance in natural phenomena. Ignorance makes its guesses its gospel. Loyalty to dead traditions of belief. Treating the Infinite as a .monster to be placated or a fool to "be cajoled. Religion" grown rancid through perversion. Seeking to scale the heights of Heaven by ladders of mere rite and ceremony. Ascribing abnormal ’ warning power to ■mere coincidences. Senseless, servile fear adulterating religion. TACT. The diplomacy of kindness. Courteous consideration wedded to quick wit. First aid to the injured, in conversation. Delicate self adjustment to the individuality -of others. Smoothing the seamy side of situations. Doing a kindly act in the kindest wa/-. Clever seamanship among the rocks and shoals of conversation. Instinctive fineness of action meeting a sudden need. Watching the time and tide of another’s mood. Emotion controlled by expediency. CALMNESS. The poise of the soul. Peace and power through self-control. Kingship over the emotions. The disciplined soul asserting itself in an emergency. The mind’s serene superiority to outward storm. Mastering emotion, not masking it. The will chastened and dignified in suffering. The atmosphere of a soul at peace with itself. Living in the holy of holies of individual conquest. The peace and restfulness of the depths of our nature. pessimism. Mental dyspepsia. The stepmother of despair. Moral blindness 'boasting of its clear vision. Poisoning the waters of another’s hope. The kindergarten stage of atheism. Viewing life as a proofreader, with eyes strained to see only errors. Universal suspicion on the rampage. Mental colour blindness that sees Oulv black. Living in an atmosphere of sneer, snarl and careasm. Dissecting a nightingale to prove it has no song. JEALOUSY 'Morbid distrust of one's supremacy. Restless rebellion against real or fancied rivalry. The heart’s luinger for the sacredness of sole possession. Living in the shadows of love, not its sunshine. Suspicion "breeding doubts of loyalty. A stain on the ermine of love’s faith. Fear of loss poisoning the waters of possession. An agony of doubt torturing the soul of trust. A mental poison that in small doses stimulates love, in larger ones, kills it.