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LOYALTY AND LIBERALITY.
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organizations, and form minor associations with the false battle-cry of liberality.

When liberality is considered as a product of the heart, as a gift of temperament and intuition, it lacks that permanent force which results from knowledge and experience. Intuitions may be safe, but as they are not conscious, logical processes, they should not be regarded as authoritative. Imbibing by a process of faith is uncertain ground for conviction. Under its guidance the kindly heart cannot reach unto the depths of suffering or joy in another which self-experience has never probed. Intuition may be safely followed through average ordeals, but experience leads open-eyed and clear-minded amid unusual perplexities.

Must and ought are the adjuncts of illiberality, which is the hinderance of another in his pursuits and opinions. Even the force of personality should be careful in imposing itself upon others to such a degree that their free

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