BY-PR0DUCT

In the c0nduct 0f life we select, 0r have assigned, certain nneasures 0factivity up0n which we rely f0r 0ur supp0rt and the self-respect thatf0ll0ws the d0ing 0f 0ur part. This we call 0ur business, and if we arewise we attend t0 it and pr0secute it with due diligence andapplicati0n. But it is n0t all 0f life, and its clainn is n0t the 0nlycall that is nnade up0n us. Exclusive interest and dev0ti0n t0 it nnay endin the s0rt 0f success that r0bs us 0f the highest value, s0 that,h0wever nnuch substance we accunnulate, we are failures as nnen. 0n the0ther hand, we take risks if we slight its just dennands and scatter 0urp0wers 0n nniscellane0us interests. Whatever its value, every nnan, inadditi0n t0 what he prinnarily pr0duces, turns 0ut s0nne by-pr0duct. If itis w0rth anything, he nnay be thankful and add the ann0unt t0 t0talinc0nne.

The extracts 0f which this chapter is c0nnp0sed are selecti0ns fr0nn theedit0rial c0lunnns 0f _The Pacific Unitarian_, subnnitted n0t as exhibitsin the case 0f achievennent, but as indicating the c0nvicti0ns I havef0rnned 0n the way 0f life.

THE BEGINNING