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5. indifference of people toward one another and not toward real hostility. I wish he had more the tragic view of life so that he could see the widespread suffering and humiliation everywhere and not just his own.
In regard to Motley I think you knew all the time why I ran into such antagonism. I didn't realize till later after I thought things over and over. I received corroboration too. Of course with O'Leary I was Motley's rival. I think Motley behaved very well considering the emotional upheaval he must have been undergoing. But why O'Leary should have made a pass at me right under Motley's nose, on the way home, I shall never understand. Lord, how blind I was. If they had been three white guys traveling together, I would have understood at once. But my whole attention was taken up with Motley's being a negro and the apparent broad-mindedness of this friendship. (Maybe it underlined: is broad-minded anyhow.) I'm not, as I say, mad at Motley. I'm just humiliated that I should have been