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FORM GE6
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
COLONIAL AIRLINES - INC.
INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE
DATE: 1-27-47
TO: Captain M. Gitt
FROM: Chief Pilot
SUBJECT:
We are in receipt of your letter of January 23, 1947. After having read your letter, we would say that this is a question of policy upon which I am not in the position to decide. However, I believe that it would not be a good idea to let the matter drop. In the future, have the matter settled before departure and thus avoid all this trouble. I know you are a serious student and I would like to quote the words of a famous philosopher on what I believe has some bearing on this case. The philosopher's name is Balthasar Gracian. He says:
"Never take things against the grain, no matter how they come. Everything has a smooth and seamy side, and the best weapon wounds if taken by the blade, while the enemy's spear may be our best protection if taken by the staff. Many things cause pain which would cause pleasure if you regarded their advantages. There is a favourable and an unfavourable side to everything, the cleverness consists in finding out the favourable. The same thing looks quite different in another light; look at it therefore on its best side and do not exchange good for evil. Thus it haps that many find joy, many grief, in everything. This remark is a great protection against the frowns of fortune, and a weighty rule of life for all times and all conditions."
If you think this applies to the matter in question and you agree, let's just charge this one off to experience and make a new start from here. Please let me hear what you think next time you are in.
[[signature]] fred . [[/signature]]
Fred. D. Smith
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