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Congeniality Being an Engineer I do not think much upon such matters cannot help feeling some though sometimes. This gives me another idea: that perhaps our before mentioned difference and tendency of habits & occupations may be rather in thought than in feeling. Engineers may have all the feelings of other folks, Metaphysicians or even poets, only their thoughts are different. Instead of thinking things out, they are shut up to warm their hearts inside. {N.B. I leave you to judge of the poetic or metaphysic merit of this last thought: I cannot see as it has any other!} Well I confess to the feeling you advert to; but I have been used to pass it by with the idea of my friend Nancy, that such & such a person "is n't our sort" Another thing: is this feeling exactly a good one: as far as it is merely a lack of sympathy with evil, or course it is good. But may we not have such a wrong feeling as festering, cultivating a sort of uncongeniality in ourselves when the difference is in ourselves not in others; and we to blame for it. A sort of feeling which is neither more nor less than a selfish egotistic pride. Ought we not, as men, philanthropists, and Christians to rather struggle against this. If we are really better, purer, more refined, of nobler natures than our fellows; thank God for it, and enjoy it; but not shut ourselves up in it, and let no one come near us; rather strive to draw others & raise them up to us. try to bring others up to our Mark, rather than tread on them to keep our own heads up. 275.50 AAAAA. After all I am not quite sure that all this sermon reaches the