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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