The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-24

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the numbes 81 men and vosnea VIC -
the csvic sooseaousDess. the municipoI
rsspoasihtsssy and ioysisy, aud the Iarrer
Hsopoef1on sieiy. becQmes the number Who
live Tor thesnsesves a1oue. Ifour e;fv s -
progress IL any real sense aud in the hirh-
ess sense. Then Is behooves N 20 ssand
ioyaiiy ~ ser uplifting isssitusions. her
ca uIenes: fsss homes, her schooia Chicago
and vicaoeo, il it, seiosh ssruer,es. II r.
:ofoid aasss and waste; but Is q great and
Inspiring. zoe. il its literature. Art.
schools. churches and homes. lei every
e1sy learn che lesson from her shortcom-
ines ana ssom her successes. We have
pefnepe digreessd = tissis In oar yaoeaiix-
ing: cus tss4 % far bot that ws may CONE
OscA 20 ti:s outline Of our thought and
record Of sroersss, nos onlv IN intsrrs.
tsonsi exrositioas and In tie building Of
Thirdly in national aehievemept n
chicago hss managed the Wortd's fsir the
Iess Of sEs nation has done the most Ia
Snsssute its success: and the Worlds
1 r, csaeny marks the progress Of our own
-. mo SITS Of America Every child in
n sns poolc sno private schools Of the land
directly OF indirectly almost evsry man
ana womag has had some persouai inter-
est involves. One has only 10 visif first
sne Doiidiag where the aboriginal Amer
'can hie ~ shown; then. scattered here
sno mere. she examples OF our primitive
- OF 9 century ago: and then.
me ouiid'eg Of Liberal Arts. Machinery
rrs ,a. AeIse.aiturai hsii. Art museum and
81 ~ building to grasp some Idea
y the psY,gress Of Chicago has BEEN
Pnenomensi. What shall We say Of
tne progress Of our nation! II VI
70 MOI iet car great progress blind us 70
our peris. shay We not ind in this progress
: great hoEe7 Visit, il you have time.
escn OF thestets bui.dings; visit the gov
eminent thibit In the governs ent build
snk sno ye'A VIII rsad the record III snor-
Hous progress q every turn. There 10 20
much Of IL % little 70 remind u Of the
oep1vatioes OF hundred years ago, that
We torxet = nat this wsIl.nieh endless ex.
nfoision msans. Simply q : record of What
has been attained. aside from its supreme
e1ucstionas junction, It's lofty prophecy
~ = wnst - 90 come IN the providence Of
ood. hs Worid's fair marks the progress
o. eur coustry in every department. OF ac-
,thropy anss religion; eli Of which ws shall.
consider especially next Sunday, - in.
vowed IN siie fAir - an educator.
but wasn't 70 speak Of one element Of
national progress that is the growth of
patriosisu:; The Worlds fair 10 essen
italy natl, nal in rs inception and spirit.
Il shows tse greatness Of our nation, that
sne lar cag Be % free from provinciaiism,
20 cosmopolitan and yet 90 national. IL
can 70 fsom the Worlds fair with
out respecting our nation. or
how any American can think Of il
without living his country more We
must remsmber how primarily our pro-
gress ~ sation rests upon the soiidity,
perpetnitys; order and freedom of our ma
tionai institutions. We forget this and
our duties< We are filled every Fourth Of
July With the story Of how our institu-
tons were established aud how our Iibcr.
ties were won. forgetting that these glori-
Gus records are nothing TO any man who
. not insTared thereby to learn how our
liberties ara 70 Be used and our institutions
hettered. When We perceive In the Worlds
tais record Of the products Of our ma
sSonN htssory In var and In psaee. We
must not % blinded By the splsndid sight
rather tnapired By what ne have and
haven't dos,s TO do al we ought to do In
behClding then In the Worlds fair record
Of . pe0pls's patriotism let us not forget
our own PERSONAL patriotism and loyalty to
the f1ag y. love: . patriotism which must
spring froin . love Of home and native
land. without which deep and tender aGec-
ton in its ;,eopie no nation can live and
progress. The Worlds fair II . national
event that ought TO remind every
man, woEsAn and child Of his civic afec-
tions and ssuties. Without such remind
ers beware of the curse which befeil poor
Philip Nolan In the pathetic tale. The
Man Without Country Do you not re-
call the tcene where Nolan Is reading
aloud to s4ms Of the ships officers the
Lay Of the Last Minstrel then Just pub
lishsd arsa listened to by all for the first
time; how. - he came to a certain passage
he turned = little pale. tried to read on.
but after few lines cnoked, turned GRIM
son, huried the book into the sea, rushed
90 his sta:eroom. and, poor fellow was
not seen again on deck for two months?
"Hreathes there the man with soul % dead
Who uevat 10 himself hath ssid.
This 10 ny own. my native lana!
Whose hssrt hath ueer within him buru'd
A home sic footsteps he hath turu'd
From wa-3dering on = foreign ssrandf
II such tsssre BE-, 20 mark him Welt
For him - minstrel raptuses swell:
High thessgh his Titles, proud HE name.
Boundiess his wealth - wish can claim
Despite ti.oes title. power and pelf,
The wrst$h coucentsred all in self,
Living. s@Ali forfeit lair renown.
Aud, doesiy dying, shall go down
To the vas dust from whence he sprung.
Unwsps. .snhonof'd ana unsung."
LET ths progress in our national senti.
ment whssh the Worlds fair displays on
every harsi. be lesson not iost on US.
"Much that has been said would be re-
peascd in substance, were We to consider
at great lsngnt how the Worlds fair Is q
record OF the worlds progress. Almost
every exh>o has written in itself. Behold
the progress of tbs world. From the Cliff
dweilers 10 Mound-buiiders; from the
Esauima,sx to the Indians. behold the
progress Of the worlds From the ietlches
of the savage to the convent Of La Rabida;
from the ssenomin ational exhibits. to the
worlds Congress OF religions. behold the
progress of the world! Four hundred
years after the discovery Of America by
Columbus. the nations OF the earth have
met 70 skow the progress Of the world |!
Splendid s,urpose, noble recordl Let US
not be fiilwd with any fulsome Satisfaction
hut ratAes with divine discomfort. Let
az sry TO catch something of Browning's
meaning CHEN he writes:
.prcwrsss. ;aan's distinctive mark alone,
Not Gods. sad not the beasts. God 10. they are:
Nan part4t -. ana wholly hopes 70 b.
".Aud ne said, Whereunto shall We
liken the .incdom OF Godr Or with what
comparisss;, shall We compare nr II 10
like graz, of mustard seed. which. when
IL is sown n the earth. - less than al the
seeds that he in the earth.
"'But Then il - sown. IL groweth
m and hsscometh greater than all herbs.
and shoossth out branches; SO that the
fowls of she air may lodge under the