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_ COURTESY J
A. M. Forehand sent to The Herald
office an interesting article on “Cour
tesy,” written by George Peck, chair
man of the Board of the National
Labor-Management Foundation, which
appeared in the current issue of Link-
Belt News. The article follows:
An old friend of mine, long deceas
ed, upon occasion was wont to recite
a maxim with great emphasis and
feeling. It went as follows:
“The kind things that you are go
ing to say when I am dead and gone,
say now so that my heart may be
cheered and gladdened by them. Post
mortem kindness does not heal the (
wounded spirit, and flowers on the
coffin shed no fragrance backward
over the weary way by which loved
ones l\ave traveled.”
Courtesy, that most inexpensive of
all human virtues, seems to have been
lost in the shuffle somewhere along
the way. Perhaps the reason for this
is due to the trend in recent years
toward paternalistic government, un
der which people take for granted as
their due any service rendered or
kindness,extended, and feel that there
is no necessity of expressing thanks.
The praiseworthy custom of saying
a kind word has been tossed into the
limbo of the Horse and Buggy Days.
What was formerly the rule, has now
become the exception, and very few
folks now take time out to say kind
words so that “hearts may be cheer
ed and gladdened by them.”
We excuse ourselves, and I include
myself among the shirkers, by telling
ourselves that in this busy day and
age, we no longer have time to make |
the friendly gesture. Ralph Waldo
Emerson exploded this fallacy when
he wrote:
“Life is not so short but there is
always time enough for courtesy.”
To say the kind word is not a one
way street. It blesses both the say
er and the one to whom it is said.
Washington Irving pointed out the
truth of this when he wrote:
“The constant interchange of those
one thousand little courtesies which
imperceptibly sweeten life, has a hap
py effect upon the features, and
spreads a mellow evening charm over
the wrinkles of old age.”
Courtesy, the almost-forgotten art,
sets the individual who exercises it,
upon a pedestal. That man or woman
stands out in a materialistic age as a
shining beacon. It invests the indi
vidual with an aura of greatness. Al
fred Lord Tennyson gave recognition
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to that fact as follows:
“The greater' man has the greater
courtesy.”
And James Thomas Fields put it
thus:
“How sweet and gracious even in
common speech
Is that fine sense which men call
courtesy.”
Now what in the world has inspired
. me to write in this vein and to quote
some of the great poets and writers
of the past? It is due to a letter re
ceived recently from a newspaper edi
tor. I had written him extending my
congratulations on a well-earned and
richly-deserved promotion from Man
aging Editor to Editor of his news
paper. This is a custom which I have
practiced over the years whenever
something of this nature comes to my
attention. But, alas and alack, few
I have extended me the courtesy of
acknowledging a friendly gesture.
That is what makes this particular
letter a stand-out. I am not divulg
ing the identity of the writer because
I know that with becoming modesty
he would wish it that way. However,
I can quote his letter. Here is what
he wrote:
“Thanks for your note of congratu
lations.
“It is a pleasant surprise to receive
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: relationship has been strictly busi
ness. I think the world might im
t prove as a place in which to live if all
of us took time out to say nice words
i to those who deserve them, and even
to those who don’t. Thanks again.”
| Yes, courtesy, the least expensive
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| warming*\he hearts of- both the giv
s er and the recipient of the courtesy,
i Kind words do cheer and gladden.
And by the way, have you written
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| port this or that piece of legislation.
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. something he has done that merits
i your approval. His mail is filled with
- complaints and demands. How re
reading it will be for him to receive
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To paraphrase the maxim of my
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i are going to say when I am no longer
your Representative, say now so that
my heart may be cheered and glad
dened by them, to the end that I will
be inspired to labor even more dili
gently and wisely in the interests of
my constituents and of America.”
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