Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1912 — Being Convinced. [ARTICLE]

Being Convinced.

It is said that Andrew Carnegie’s use of simple spelling has “irritated” some people on the other side of the water, Who have read his published speeches on certain subjects. "The effect on the reader/’ says one man, “is irritating, rather than convincing.” An American, commenting on this comment, says that if a person cannot be convinced by reason and sense, irritation is the next best thing. Now, whether or not one believes that irritation ever is or was or could be a wise method of procedure in causes good or bad, it Is a notable fact that irritation often seems immediately to precede conviction. For example, take woman suffrage. I know of a dozen cases in which violent dislike of the idea turned almost without warning into approval of it. Will the irritation simple spelling rouses in the breast of many of us fade into acceptance of it? - _/•