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Mother and I Continued from page 31) sharply modified in our household. But, while we were permitted to cry out our frequently divergent opinions in groups consisting of the family or very close friends, Mother made it clear that we were expected to behave differently in the presence of guests — important or otherwise. Our silence in such cases was not mere obeisance to good manners, but a credit to Mother's good sense. For she took great pains to impress upon us that we should learn by listening to others. While, in the interest of intellectual development, it was not considered impertinent for my brothers and me to disagree with Mother and Father, and even their friends, this liberty, I must confess, did not restrain us from impertinence. On occasion we took a dislike to certain of their friends, and with the cruelty of which only children in their thoughtlessness are capable, we told our parents of these antagonisms. I should feel much more compunction in retrospect save for the recollection of how well Mother handled — and for that matter, still handles — such youthful arrogance. Sis and Buzz, my two oldest children, got a sample of Mother's sound philosophy when they indulged the same dubious freedom of making known their distaste for several of Mother's friends. The children were spending the summer with Mother while I was helping Father in Washington. Mother was not the least bit fazed when she learned that her grandchildren were hostile to some of her guests. She called Sis and Buzz to her, and calmly explained to them: "If you are going to grow up to be the right kind of people, it is just as well for you to learn now that human beings have different personal tastes. Each one of us is entitled to choose our own personal friends, but at the same time none of us has the right to be intolerant." With her grandchildren as with her children. Mother is the same good teacher. She is happy to discuss any and all people with us, but on an objective basis, not on a basis of closemouthed dislike. Mother never lectured. She taught by deed and example. Because of her own strong compassion for humanity, she could not help but impart her concern for the welfare of others to her children. As far back as I can recall. Mother's influence was as great as my father's, and under it my brothers and I developed an interest in government and politics as a reflection of the needs of people. It was second nature for us to hear Mother — from the time I was a child — discuss settlement work in New York, and to hear her connect individual cases to broad social problems affecting hundreds and thousands of others in any large city in the United States. All of us children profited enormously from hearing Mother and Father discuss these things at mealtime and other family get-togethers. They made government sound human and exciting. 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