or hardship that besets him — and sometimes of defeats dragged upon him by bad thinking and bad organization — turns ill-tempered: his shouting rises and his clamor multiplies, to avenge himself upon the weakness of his own soul, which was unable to know the good because it never knew the drawing of plans, which are the foundations of success.

Everyone who has neglected a duty invents excuses for himself, to quench in his soul the revolt of truth, and to lull to sleep the dignity that cannot abide shortcoming. If every person accustomed himself to do what he demands that others do — were he in their place — following the ways of refined order, without indulgence toward his whims or deception of his conscience, every condition of the individual and of society would be set right.

Criticism without firm action on the part of the individual has become a hateful thing; and this will not disappear until order is made a habit from the very beginning, from childhood, in the home and the school and the street, under the guardianship of woman and with her participation, in mind and in practice, inside the home and outside it. And whoever grows used to order acquires in full the virtue of justice: he knows his own duty as he knows the duty of others, and knows his own error as he knows the error of others, because he is able to put matters back in their proper place.

And facing one's own soul frankly with its error is the first step of reform: the reform of the individ-ual and the reform of society.

I once entered the house of one of my acquaintances, and found the lady in a state of great agitation and stormy anger. Before I could ask her what the matter was, she recounted to me the mistakes the servant had committed — enormous, in her eyes — and the consequences they had dragged upon the house and the children. I looked and I reflected, and I saw that the greater fault came back upon the lady, and that the servant's sin dwindled beside her own; and that had she been fair and just, she would have

passed judgment on herself first; and had she paused and thought, she would have set things right, and would have known that the raging whirlwind

breaks the branches, uproots the trees, tears out the windows and the doors, and pulls down the tottering walls — it wrecks and does not mend. Indeed it is the wellspring of fear, anxiety, and aversion; while the calm breezes grant joy and refreshment; and a wise will, sound guidance, and balanced conduct set right the hidden places of souls and put in order the outward faces of things and their inward ones.

The responsibility of the house-wife can never be equal to the responsibility of the servant; and the laying down of the family's order, and its protection, falls upon her shoulders before those of any other member of the household.

And when the household budget deteriorates, ill temper rules its members: the man begins to brand the woman with extravagance, and the woman begins to trace the fault back to the man, to his squandering or his negligence — and thence a discord without end. Yet the setting of a system for the budget, in which expenditure balances income, prevents the deterioration, keeps discord away, and preserves dignities.

And let no one suppose that haste in snatching a benefit, before thinking of the good or ill that surrounds it, makes matters go straight. Rather, the near benefit that rests upon recklessness is short of life, and sometimes grievous in its outcome, above all if it carries harm within its skin. The wise man is he who forgoes it for the sake of a comprehensive bene-fit, one that proceeds upon a firm order of justice which the whirl-winds of passions cannot shake.

The gift of criticism among us is lively and rebellious upon every lip and tongue, which points to awareness and wakefulness. But everything that revolts without order perishes before it prospers and builds. With criticism, then, must march the task of organiza-tion, and the task of confessing the pure truth, that plain right may prevail.

Yes, criticism is no evil omen; it is a sign of understanding, of devel-opment, and of life — on condition that knowledge and sincerity accompany it; that it be supported by the criticism of one's own errors before the errors of others; that it be aided by the desire for reform, not the lust for defamation and the love of revenge; and that justice attend it, and a tolerance built upon knowledge of man and of the qualities and inclinations he harbors within him.

And behold, the world today is like a raging volcano: shall not every man set his affairs in order, making himself ready for the events to come? And shall not woman rise and take her part in this ordering, showing worthiness and experience, and a readiness to draw plans and to carry responsibilities?

For order, though it may take hold of man with a certain severity and bluntness at times, is a guarantee of ease, of rest, of peace of mind, and of a dignified life, because it is the child of sound and mature thinking.

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