, 1876-02-26
epresenting the interests Of the snohemlsh.

f,r ind pen lrnce, bur, on the contrary, quit,
num'rr ~ them sent messengers IN meet
the Prr,ian king, anil Offer him cmbens o
Surrpnd,r- dirt from their fields and wate
from tl,ir streams. Some of the states re
fused tnioin Athens and Sparta in this gra,
war of defence because of the Olympic
gamrs then bling celebrated. Plrasur,
lefOre lnsinrss was their motto. That r8
plnit of Le"nidss stands not only asa marv"
ot conrsgp, hut ~ II melancholy picture oi
the want of union, and Oi even human
hrothrrhoo'l among thuse classic Al lt,s
While L'oni.las and his three thois,ni t"r
300) we're diving ut Thrrmopvlr thu Ptrsi ms
were pouring into Greece by another pass
Only few miles saway Of which either the
phlnsohic statesman knew nothing nr for
the defense of which thev ha,i~n no other
handful of heroes Thus Thrrmopyla was
iotll the glory and the shame nf Greece th
emblem of personal hrroism and of shame.
! ful Doliticil hi-union.
Thus rhr liberty ofihnt far of period fail
pd hrcnuIr it dill not hecoinr,tlip atmosphere
and aoi of great nntional ideas. hni only I"
nortrv and statuary aud architecture AMI
gamrs The liberty that does not develop
the power to lief fn itself is II poor humnn
condition. The first impulse OF lie ~ 10
preserve life. Hence all n man hath will he
give for his life. The first impulse of the
free shoui he to preserve freedom. But this
imrnlsr Greece had not.
Its states MI lav in dscor !, like heaufinl
fragments ot broken vase While their
printers mintrd and their poets slng and
tl"ir philosophers lrrnm'd. all the sur
rom ling hnrlarinns C0nli come in plum.
der the classic cities Mt phasur'. Even
Gr"k wit availri nothing. t"r though one
If III" Sp rtnns slid, IF the p rann arrows
shall hlrkrn th sky then We shall fight in
the sh,lr." the wit did not slve the l@nd,
for the arrows dill c'Oud the sun, hut the
s'n,lr became the >ha'!oS of death. Gere
w,s only Young girl. beautiful hut foolish,
The glory Of our Cpntur' is no 10 I've found
in the mere fact of freedom. hut IN the fact
that in thi4 cas. Of m 'tion. this release from
restraint. III ST. states have not placed art
above urGn. und poetry above the pursuit
If >ti,rsm nShin
A hnndr d y us lived after reason had
tnln nrw dvrlnpmrnt, hundred years
coming after B,cnn had wakei mp the sleep
ing faculty ca,'e,l "cnmmon SENSE" 'nNd
rel Years lived after snrh stntrsmen ~ Wash
ingtnn and Adams m r II and B lrkn anh
Jefferson had hr"Nn a. a'lorn earth. are some
thin, very diff rent from cpn'uy taken
from tn" 0l "po"h in which Rome aud
Gr.rce lived and died. II 1850 had we pos
scss'd Greek StltPSmen fresh from III" Ath
e"s nt anriIn'tv. nnt trace of the Unite
3 ates would row rem in. lint M. big' t r'tv
alone wonl'l h" standing, III N 'nth ~ hring
in ashes. md through TINT largest city some
"iiitrrng king wOnlh lr driving in CllnriOt
nr grll. But our Freedom came nItrr thr
world hnl '.com" full of larger and grand
ppihcnl i'lrns II came after the stu " of
g,vrrnmont had out rankpt the stu " of
marbles and pirtures II came when the
| we of ne hran'ifnl hal given place IN III"
love of ~" uaful and the uooi AMI hence
ou~ freedom hecan NJ once the soil mar of
Olympic gamrs hur of large ideas of state
nnl ~ all thu plrts of humrn lite. When
di>union appeared IN the horizon, tho value
nm absolute Necessity ut preserving the one. |
ness of the states sprang un in the same in |
Stnn'; snrrng forh from all the past grnrr.
a'irns NJ study AMI experience, md millions
nf men came from thc mOnItains AMI the
vallys i"spirch by sentiment of which
IWNHt NP'c NH'N N''U'US' Wv ''NCW |
whok country, Of a political unity. No
4, tr nsk~l 10 he cx"ued IN account %
Olympic games, Int nll tn" varied business
rs I'm pleasures of life were forgotten in the
conception and love of political
ruth, III forgotten b, the hearts that grasp
ri the idea of" Nation"
Thus onr century Of free movement of in
,ellect surp Iscd the oil centuries ot dem NJ
rncy in the that into our century the
DIst hal pnurc'' grTt idcls to @ loved and
developed. The liberty to worship God is
II little value If one las only n little or
wicked god above the altar, hut IL his Gm
" the Infinite One. then tb, liberty of wur.
hlp turns into boon. So our national free.
Ion became valuable. iecallse all the genrr.
.tinns lust before na, in England, in the
Nutncrlan ls, in all Europe, had Iern pour ng
ntu the minds of our statesmen the Grand
,lru of 4" nntion.r and into the peupIrs'
,rar, n rational p,tri,tic sentiment. GREECE
owed Irillnncv more ,hun IL loved Greece
M,rk now another ppcnli,ri'y Of the past
,nndr.d vr,r. And ay,in Thai ~. NAV str
he vain. nj onr dav and our nlA,r H., ia
nnk ~ ,h. sam, niJ v,s,.r,l,v The hws
# Snnr,n ,nl A,hsns b,L r.f.rpnce IN the
.,,iIn,,,mant ,f ,h., h,,Iv -,,b.r ,ban NJ ,hs
ni,,I ~ ,orJ Tha I,n,s -, T,,cur',rs r,,Ja
,',',n,s,a rnth.. ,ha' ,,,,,n TL, o,'a,;"n
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