The oasis., 1898-04-02
MEN AND NATIONS.
rboughts About the Present Crisis In America.
BY "rEmo."

"" HOW it fN w k0st 'ftt ttft iu' V of A man who is aroused either in Accommodation of evil or defense 0f that (which Is right. His very face will ap- hear transformed; out nf 1t will have Disappeared all traces of pettiness, and as his face Is thrown hack and his eyes flash, the hest that Is in him Twill shine forth. These supreme moments are to he cherished. They throw things into their right prnpnr- lions, when it seems to the aroused nne that even life itself is small natter in cnmparison with the truth that must he spoken. Personal ease and comfort are despispd until the tOngne has uttered the words that are inspired hy a released nature. The jmportant tling at such moments is Teen tn he that ihe thing tO he done must be done, nn matter who the In- fiividual may he who does it; hut that the nne who is aroused tn do. must do rr be false tn the greatest that Is in him. And t0 that drnlsed life the truth cnInes home that failure tn do Y And in dare, may nlean that tile deed end the daring will never be done: Tor no two human beings 'nllnw exact. ly he same lines nf life or meet the same npl nrtunifies. A call to task is therefore found tu he a solemn fhing that tests and siffs down t0 small limits those whose tasks are dnnc in he dread feiruf Lhelr never fehrhing if left unduue Thrilling 1t io see A nature on fire. The henlhers nf the fHdy must suffer lf | need> he til' the work K HfliShed 1he feet must run and not be ,geary the h,dy labor and not rebel, the hraln act and nnt falter; yet neither fret nor body nor brain have any in 'rreSt ln the duty: they are merely ~r'anIs who must suffer till all Is a"he ny he individual who sits in ehlrol of brain and al. lesser orgaLs.
 
 Multiply all these many million ''m"S and then yield yourself tn The Fnhder that fills the snni when "h"le nation thrills and rises in intinl- N' The onward sweepof the tempest. 1he tesisiless power of the fldp inc Nupendnus motion of an earthouake gre 'rlileS beside it: fnr this Is h'o'I 'Inn that is alive, that has brain. ''at haS purpose. A whole people e."uSed |" actlnni> a spectacle nr awe. '' "fh nW d species nf revelation n'''''n minds think alike, and move fr"ard tn discharge the task that is ''''re them, individually and V |v',ect'vely, the SuhImIty of the 'K"' 'FatScends Infinitely the sublj- !. s'eN1 nat inanimate nature eyer set .
 '''e human eyes. Where there have
 '" 'r'hlng or even imnortant differ
 eo' ''e'ore, there will he one vast Msttt "'''N' ln the presence nf inc natioual n"'y' levelinv down of 6iettiness will ! lanlen ny a leveing up of VI "Nt' Strangely like man k th;s ,,'o a' vt men and of mlnds. Deep in 7 {, |",'nal Consciousness it. iS under. !, 'ou WI, mat love of ease and the getting <, n"'" ln unlrammeled peace are I sa ,o ','., ""SV ln the balance when weigh. n,., "No national duty. Like the N n "'' nation awake is forced onward
 'S inner convction os what is ,t n'vo, ' ""n Just and the c, nseoueuces ,k,n,1 ', rave 10 the Arbiter of ma.
 "' "a, 'a'eS' tron whom cometb na. htart n, ,"'p'a''un and from whose E iap of , n.' 'uercy t"mes direct the feel posse,sa. ,Iy ,I ana commi~eratinn that