Excerpt from Our Failings
From what source did you obtain the materials for your book? Such was the question put to me by an old friend and well-wisher, when I gave him some of the following essays. Well, where does one get such pictures of the soul? As far as I can remember, my answer was: Most of it has been learnt from self-criticism and self-examination. That is, however, not quite correct. I have also observed others.
But nothing is so deceptive or so dangerous as the critical observation of the failings of our fellow-creatures. Yet if it be done with good intentions, coupled with self-criticism, it will lead to self-knowledge, a thing as difficult as it is important to acquire. In order to ascertain the height at which we ourselves stand, it is good to compare it with neighbouring altitudes. In the same way, by examining others, we shall be able to get a measure of ourselves.
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