The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
MANS DUTY
 TO MANKIND BaccaIaureate Address
 at Stanford. POET PAINTS HIS IDEAL. EDWIN MARKHAM'S ADVICE TO
 STUDENTS.
POET PAINTS HIS IDEAL.
Declares That Each Person Should Subordinate His Private In- terest to the Public
 Good.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 22-The baccalaureate oration was de- Iivered to-day by Edwin Markham of Oakland, principal of the Tomp- kns University Observation School, well known as poet and contributor to Americas leading magazines There was a very large audience, including 1S0 young men and women of the grad uating class. The closest attention was given to the address.
 After saying that the topic was pecu- liarly appropriate to the time and place MT Markham traced the growth of the social conscience through biological and political history from the most an- cient times. He defined the social con- science as the power that led us to perform our social duties, to give un- selfish allegiance to the state, and to build up the public safety. Until a man bows to the mandate of this con- science he is not truly a man. It de- mands Gin the highest expressionD that a man shall subordinate his private in terest to the public good.
 Among other things MT. Markham said:
 man born into mere naturehood sym pathzes only with himself or his imme- diate friends and family. As his heart enlarges he comes to feel a loneliness with his tribe, his city his nation: Finally the vast oneness of the whole human race may break upon his thought, and then he becomes world man, citizen of the planet. He is now beyond the petty patriotism of the hour, for he IS a citizen of the world republic. He sees now that the interests and destinies of the race are one interest and one deS- tiny Such a man does not seek for special privileges; he will not accept a life of ease and luxury at the expense Of the comfort and well-being of the peo- ple He seeks to find his rest and Joy in the rest and joy of the people. Such man is a co-worker with the divine pur- pose in the world; he is a man reborn, man of the social conscience.
 My friends true personality is achieved only in the sacrifice of service. Christ announced the process in the significant words Except the grain of wheat fall into the ground and die 1t ab1deth alone. And except the individual life be sac rifced for the common good 1t Wlthers and wastes away. The life of the lndl- vidual Is function of the common lire. If it would grow 1t must fulhll Its 1unc- tion Let me say again that there Is no true personality except through the con- secration of the individual to the SerVlce of the common good.
 tive of all personal development, the mo- tive of all education and culture; the end in view in all our gettings d1 a ga himself worthy and faithful servant or the common life.
 The making of ones own personauCS of all the anarchy and evil in the lnstl- tutions and customs of the world. me man who takes this atutuaes fsri eIea III taee hes comes a destroyer, for he makes man kind his prey and the universe hlS proWl- ing field. And in destroying others ne destroys himself at last. By cutting him. self off from the needs and synpathles of his kind he falls as severed pougn' yfa iC In U V.
 The great souls have always preached q gospel of unselfish service to the pub lie good They have called on men every where to subordinate the private self to to the public self. And the great souls were right In the spirit of this ideal, my friends, all the highest and holiest work of the world has been accomplished; In this spirit the patriots of all ages have defended the national honor ana puIie Ir this spirit Socrates drank the hemlock rather than set a bad example to the rick carried the education of the heart to the warning tribes of Ierne's isle: In this spirit Gustavus Adolphus and William of secure the rights and liberties of the peo- ple In this spirit Savonarola thundered against the iniquities in church and state oSd strove to build in Florence his dream of a Christian Commonwealth. In this spirit Garibaldi rejected the crown of a King of Europe. In this spirit Shelley spoke for the oppressed in a fire of social passion through the pages of queen Nab" In this spirit Mazzini held on to bis heroic hope through his long lonely beloved Lincoln held the duties of his public life as sacred as the worship at an altar In this spirit Carlyle came crying that this is a Gods world. and that we must find our work and do 1t well.Car- lyle. the wisest and the saddest of this group of titanic men.
 These are men of the social conscience these are the great souls that have flung out the cry of liberty among the nations.