What is intellectual hatred Explain An intellectual hatred is the worst In A Prayer for My Daughter W B Yeats shares his hopes and fears for his newborn daughter He prays for her to have a happy balanced and peaceful life One of his key prayers is that she avoids hatred especially intellectual hatred He believes this kind of hatred is the most dangerous The line An intellectual hatred is the worst means that when people hate because of their ideas or beliefs it causes big problems People with this kind of hatred think their opinions are always right They stop listening to others They become proud rude and angry This makes them lose kindness and peace Yeats shares a story about a woman Maud Gonne who ruined her life because of her strong opinions She lost her happiness because she held on to her anger Yeats uses this example