Way of The Seekers — Page 80
80 THE thereby making it easier for this vice to spread. Propagation of evil amounts to a kind of national suicide. 2. Selfishness: To promote and prefer personal interests when they conflict with national interests. 3. Wanton surrender to vice and disobedience to law: For instance, prostitution or public drinking. 4. Procrastination: For instance, laziness in the performance of national duties. 5. Neglecting the moral training and education of children. 6. Neglecting the educational needs of children amounts to destroying a nation; for children of today will become the nation of tomorrow. 7. Being dirty and unclean: I have mentioned this vice earlier in the sense that others feel disgusted because of the stink. I mention it here in the sense that it causes disease which ultimately could destroy a nation. 8. Lack of the sense of responsibility: This means not to feel the obligation to do one's duty. 9. Lack of understanding and tolerance of another’s failure to perform his duty or of the resulting loss whether the lapse was due to oversight or to an error of judgment, or was deliberate. 10 Rebellion: At this stage Huzoor, interrupting his discourse, said: A friend has made a suggestion which I had a mind to dwell upon. I take this opportunity to do so now. The friend reminds the missionaries and other advocates of Ahmadiyyat not to employ harsh language. I agree and insist that we must be always courteous and polite. You will not find any harsh language in my writings or speeches. Do I not feel hurt when the Promised Messiah (on him be peace) is reviled? Indeed I do. But I have never countered harshness with harshness. I know some people would quote passages from the writings of the Promised Messiah (on him be peace) to justify occasional use of such