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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1931.
EMOTIONAL SIDE
OF LIFE.
FATHER G. BYRNE ADDRESSES ROTARIANS.
INTERESTING TALK,
The effects of emotions on our lives were dealt with by Father G. Byrne, SJ, at a meeting-of-the
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Lane, Crawford's staurant yesterday, under chairmanship of Sir William Hornell.
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Father Byrne's Address. Father Byrne said: No likes to be set down as emotional. that He has the general iden
displays are, to put it his manitness and rob him of a of character. It may be for this reason that a psychological battle has raged about the nature of the emotions from the days when the Stofes denied the distinct existance laf sentimental feelings to more rrent times, when disciples of Herbart would reduce them to mere sensation-tunes. It is beside our purpose to linger on this battle- field. We all clearly distinguish nur enution or sentiments from the sensations with which they are connected, and from the ideas with to which they are linked. Thus, take a simple example, in a hot day the sensation of call water flowing over me is agreeable, but if the cold water, instead of coming from the shower, is due, to the un- solicited attention of a small boy with a syringe, instead of joy 1 ex- perience the emotion of anger.
which betrays itself at once in my fave, and the idea of the insult serves to accentuate my rage. The more angry I become the less res soned action do I show in my emotional display.
Emotional. Rule.
This illustration bringa home to i In the wide part which emotions do · play in our lives; so wide a part that most lives seemed to be rulet by emotion rather than by reason, hence the work of a League of Nations, on a large scale and, on
to
Ismall, the appeal to common sense except perhaps in our banking
in everyday life. The emotions transactions, emotions tend are the reaching out of the mind carry the day. The advertiser in an effort of striving towards the plays un our emotions: does the object presented to it. The striv- fcinema placurd play on anything ing may be agreeable or disagree-else? There is good cause for this. able, or It may be associated with a The earliest form of conscious life notion of dificulty or danger: so to develop is the emotional life. arise the differcat emotions of Joy Henson has a big handicap in the or sadness, desire or abhorrence, race, Long before the little child live or hatred, on the one hand, and, is capable of reasoning things out, m the other, hope or despair, cour- he is capable of, and constantly age or fear, anger.
giving expression to, emotions of Now you will notice that all these foy and sadness, fear and love and emotions seem to be common to the rest. If you glance at the and to the animals." If a dog shows (rhart of facial expressions that jealousy when another dog is petted, have been handed to you you will we offen bear the remark: "how [see that there is a distinct muscular like a human being? We ought | reaction to emotions of joy, sadness,
put it the other way and say; Fhorror. As these muscles are con how like my dog I am when I stantly brought into play, emotional show angry Jenlousy! The dog netivity tends to become easier for never rises above his canine nature; the future.
lower
he is alwaya true to his animal All during the early years of life self: but 1, who ani capable ofthe reasoning faculty is dormant. magnanimity, of generosity, of an Gradually grown-ups begin to work international outlook, debase my upon it, often, it must be admitted. spiritual nature if I join my dog clumsily: the ten sententious ren- in his growl in the kennel of my sons advanced for not having the own backyard! Is it not because
tart have a poor show against the have at least a subconscious idea emotional striving of the that human conduct regulated by appetite for the joy which is buried emotions is.derogatory to man's in its sweetness. Add to this the higher nature that I resent the constant influence of grown-up epithet "emotional fellow"?
example in the pretty continuous display of one or other of the eleven emotions. "Look at your father- as he docs," and as four-year-
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