In the old days the bee-master to reach the honey killed the
bees, but now he contrives to spare the bees, who continue to
live on and share their own sweetness. A similar transformation
is being effected in the hives of human industry. There is an
attempt to get more justice, fairness, and even mercy, into
commercial rivalries; to substitute some plan of cooperation for
the existing competition, if that is possible. That glove-fights
are being substituted for prize-fights is indeed a slow approach
to civilization, yet the thinnest gloves are a concession to the
rising sentiment of humanity; so in business, modern society
is getting rid of certain naked brutalities of antagonism, and
giving to reason and compassion a larger place. With aching
head and aching heart, thousands to-day feel that the struggle
for gold and bread is bitter enough; yet a better spirit slowly
emerges, tempering the fiery law.--W. L. WATKINSON,
“The Transfigured Sackcloth.”
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