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where virtue might pass with fearless
step and devotion might worship at ev-
cry wayside shrine.

Wnere Virtue might pas with FEARLESS
step and devotion might worship at ev-
cry wayside shrine.
There are nobler things in life than
wealth and power; there are far richer
treasures Cor the citizn than lie hidden
in the mine: for neither the vast out
line Of the domain nor the illimitable
within its borders, neither the
grandeur OF our encircling mountains
nor the beauty OF u silver streams, |
the rapidly multiplying states.
populous cities, nor the %unrivaled ex-
panse OF rural cultivation can awaken in
the breast such emotions Of pride and
as the unfaltering BELIEF that
through all and over all this glorious
are established SUCH laws and such
institutions as will preserve forever. as
the irreversible inheritance of the Amer
lean people .the absolute equality OF
manhood and the universal enjoyment
OF human rights"
A nations flag represents it's sover-
eighty. 1t is adopted by its supreme ~
thority as a symbol and syn CT itself. and
wherever it waves the fact OF the sub
stantial control Of that authority at that
point is thereby asserted. The flag is
therefore an expression to the eye OF the
Of things and attracts the SYM
pathies and antipathies. the joys and
sorrows. the hopes and fears 0; those
Interested in the sovereignty it repre-
sents. 1t is the rallying point OF senti-
ment and OF energy; it is associated
with all the heroic deeds and achieve
ments that adorn our nations history;
the might Of it recalls all those sacrifices
so cheerfully made to establish Ameri-
can Institutions and enlarge American
liberty.
In the early history Of Massachusetts
John Winthrop wrote: The only way
that the life in the new home may be
saved from becoming base, discordant
and disappointing, is by these settlers
carrying into it for every day and for
every act the Christian spirit Of broth
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great enterprise Of organizing the state
will come to nothing. And this applies
today to the building up OF a great state
for Wyoming. Only by mutual love and
help and a grand. patient self-denial can
we meet the task that lies before us.
Young friends. l thank God that u
common school system is Sc organized
that it holds high the standard of patri-
otto love OF country. We believed that
in a republic like ours, where the people
are the source OF all po-
litical power. public education
Is a necessity. We believe that
the people cannot act wisely upon ques,
tons OF the greatest magnitude without
proper information and without train
and understand their relations to the
state. society and individuals. Unless
the mind is disciplined by study and
close application it is incapable CT COM
pretending important truths and apply
ing them to the complicated conditions
Of every day life. Books. magazines and
newspapers are great educators and aid
very materially in the diffusion OF
knowledge such as is r quisite and
necessary for political action. and yet
20 fully appreciate this course Of inform
alton and be able to separate the wheat
from the chaf it is necessary that there
should be a reasonable amount OF
groundwork in actual study and disci-
pline at home or in MI schools. both
common and for higher education.
The growth Of the common school
system in this state and throughout the
union is very gratifying and gives prom
Use OF rapid advancement in general ed
tendance at our high schools. acad amies,
semiHaries and universities Is full OF
encouragement OF better discipline,
higher education and a more enduring
patriotism. While the people Of the IN
tied States are as we'll educated and per-
haps better. all things considered, than
the people Of any other country, yet we
should not be satisfied with existing
conditions as to intellectual and moral
development. hut should push forward
with more energy than at any time in
our history. Il the matter OF education,
as in every other, there is no such thing
as standing still. We will either ad-
vance or %retrograde and while chief
reliance always has been and always
will be upon our common schools. with
out which our retrogression would be
rapid, yet our higher education must not
in any way be neglected. There should
be an upward movement continually in
that direction.
The United States is destined to be the
battle field Of the world. Our geographic.
cal position and the very nature OF our
Institutions make this necessary. On
this continent are gathered people from
every other part OF the world, and the
great social, moral and political ques-
tons that affect the destiny OF the race
must be considered and solved by US, OF
the clash Of ideas and conflict Of inter-
ests will destroy the republic.
1t is not my purpose at this time to
discuss any Of these questions. or even
to name them, but simply t. suggest that
as questions Of the greatest moment for
the present and future welfare OF the
country and the happiness Of mankind