A mother has three children. One of them comes running in crying almost
as hard as it can, and says, "John hit me with a stick." Mother calls
John and punishes him for hitting Sister with his stick. By and by Mother
finds that John did not do it, but that a playmate did. A mistake was
made.
Sometimes one hears something detrimental to the character of another.
On the strength of this, one may pursue a certain course of action. By
and by it may be found that this first report is not entirely true to
facts, and one regrets the course of action taken. A mistake has been
made.
Mistakes are made in every department of life, mental, spiritual, physical;
in the home, in school, in the laboratory; in mechanics, in business,
and in government. It is simply impossible to know always what to do or
to say. Mistakes, more or less, are occurring all the time. Many of the
things we know we have learned by our mistakes. A farmer becomes successful
by eliminating the mistakes of the past, by ceasing to do the things
that proved to be inefficient. A manufacturer becomes successful by
eliminating the weaknesses of his product, by eliminating his mistakes.
So with every department of life.
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