Chapter 27 no one kicks a dead dog

King Edward VIII - Duke of Windsor was kicked in the ass by schoolmates at 14 for... In 1929, a major event that caused a national sensation occurred in the American education circle. Scholars from all over the world rushed to Chicago to watch the excitement.A few years ago, there was a young man named Robert Hawkins who graduated from Yale University while working and studying. After graduation, he worked as a lumberjack, a tutor and a clerk in a clothing store.And eight years later, he was appointed as the president of the University of Chicago, the fourth-ranked university in the United States.How old is he? 30 years old!It's unbelievable.Veteran educators shook their heads to express their disapproval. Various criticisms and accusations fell on this "child prodigy" like landslides, saying that he was too young to convince the public; Not enough. Wait.Many newspapers also joined the attack and played a role in fueling the flames.

On the day Robert Hawkins took office, a friend said to his father: "I saw the editorial attacking your son in the newspaper this morning, and the momentum frightened me." "Yes," Hawkins' father replied, "it was quite violent. But remember, no one ever kicks a dead dog." Indeed, the more important the dog is, the more people kick it, the more fulfilling it will be.The Prince of Windsor (the Duke of Windsor), who later became King Edward VIII, also had his ass kicked.He was 14 years old at the time and was attending Dartmouth College (the US equivalent of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, USA).One day, an instructor caught him crying and asked him what happened.At first he insisted not to tell the truth, but after repeated questioning, he told the truth. It turned out that he was kicked by his classmates.The commander called all the students together to understand why someone treated Prince Windsor like this. He told the students that the prince did not file a complaint.It took a long time before the students admitted their mistake and confessed that their reason for doing so was so that when they became commanders or captains of the Royal Navy in the future, they could proudly tell others that they had kicked the king's ass .

So if you get kicked, or someone badmouths you, remember that people do it because it makes them feel important; and that usually means you've accomplished something. It deserves the attention of others.Many people get a sense of satisfaction when they scold those who are better educated than they are, or who have achieved more in every way than they do.For example, while I was writing this chapter, I received a letter from a woman berating General William Butch, who founded the Salvation Army.I once praised General Butz on the radio, and this woman wrote to me to tell me that General Butz embezzled $8 million in donations she had raised to help the poor.This accusation is obviously absurd, and the reason for this woman's disregard of the facts is only to satisfy her own vanity by hitting a person higher than herself.I threw the letter in the wastebasket and thanked God for not having such a wife.From her letter, I can't judge the character of General Booth, but I have a clear understanding of her character.Many years ago, the philosopher Schopenhauer once said: The laity finds great satisfaction and pleasure in the mistakes and follies of great men.

It's hard to imagine the president of Yale as a philistine, but Timothy Douter, a former president of Yale, takes pleasure in scolding American presidential candidates.He has cursed so viciously that if he had been elected president we would have seen our wives and daughters victims of legal prostitution, we would have been humiliated, our dignity would have been damaged, our virtue would have been lost Exhausted, it makes people and gods angry. These words sound as if they are berating Hitler, but they are not, in fact, they are blaming Thomas Jefferson.Was it Jefferson, one of the founders of the great democracies who wrote the Declaration of Independence?Not bad at all, it was him who scolded.

Think about it, which American has ever been called a "hypocrite", a "big liar", and "a little bit better than a murderer"?There was a cartoon in the newspapers, which showed a man standing on the guillotine with a machete on his head; when he walked through the street, people mobbed him frantically.Who is he?He is George Washington, the founding father of the United States. This was all a long time ago, and perhaps human nature has improved over the years.Take Admiral Perry, the famous explorer who shocked the world when he reached the North Pole by sled on April 6, 1909.For hundreds of years, countless brave explorers have starved, frozen, or even died in order to achieve this goal.Perry also almost died of starvation and cold. Eight toes had to be amputated due to freezing and injury. All kinds of disasters encountered along the way almost drove him crazy.But the top Navy officials in Washington were jealous, and they falsely accused him of collecting money in the name of scientific expeditions and "idling about the North Pole."They may believe their own lies, since it is almost impossible not to believe what one wants to believe.Their determination to thwart Peary was so strong that in the end a direct order from the President was necessary to allow Peary to continue his research work in the Arctic.

If Perry was sitting in his office at Naval Headquarters in Washington, would he also be facing criticism against him?No, because he is not important, so he will not arouse the jealousy of others. General Grant's experience was worse than Admiral Perry's. In 1862, he led the Northern Army to its first decisive victory, which made him an instant national idol, and his influence even spread as far as Europe.Across America, bells were rung and bonfires were lit to celebrate the victory from Maine to the banks of the Mississippi.But, only six weeks after this great victory, he was arrested, stripped of his military command, humiliated, and plunged into deep pain and disappointment.

Why was General Grant arrested at the height of his victory?A large part of the reason is that his achievements have aroused the envy of those arrogant bosses. When we worry about being unfairly criticized, remember the first rule: "Unfair criticism is often a disguised compliment. Remember, no one kicks a dead dog."