THE CHANGELESSNESS OF CHARACTER.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE .5PEOPAT014.1
Sra,—Your impressive article in the issue of April 6th on "The Changelessness of Character" seems partial in its promisees, and consequently in its conclusions incomplete. It is partial as it deals with the mental attitude disproportionately. Character has specially to do with the affections. Are the affections a fixed quantity P Do we not grow broader and larger in heart, or, on the other hand, become narrow and small, by time P We can never be said to stand still. Those common expressions, such as "a different man," "a new creature," "a changed character," become meaningless if character can be stereotyped and changeless. Who has not known as the years roll on the same personality, but an altogether changed character P The discipline of life is for the very purpose of changing the character, and life can only be said to fulfil its true purposes when the character is ever
rising to higher levels.—I am, Sir, &c., A. D. W.
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