Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-30
are here crowned with the fadeless lau-
rels which encircle the brows of the

are here crowned with the fadeless lau-
rels which encircle the brows of the
conquerers and rulersfof the world
THE emancipation of labor has been
followed by its recognition and the dig
nifty of its function in human affairs;
and now a pathway is open up to the
difficult. assent of Parnassus The rri-
umphs of Industrial genus nave created
conditions by which millions can live in
comfort and hope, where thousands
dwelt in poverty and despair They
have made possible gigantic fortunes,
which are the wonder of our day. But
the material revolution and its rich re-
suits which are thus emphasized have
diverted the mind. culture and ambi-
tion of ingenious youth to paths of gain
rather than fame. unless under new
CODE gain in large measure be fame.
The dollar, or its eager pursuit. weighs
down the wings of genius and prevents
it's flight to the lofty heights where con-
gregate the Homers ana the Shake
speares. Millions and Byrons, the Mich
ael Angeles and the Raphaeis and their
peers. Our time does not produce their
equals.
I'VE have now no Tennysons, nor
Longfellows, nor Hawthornes. nor En-
ersons. Perhaps 1t is because our Mich
ael Angeles are planning tunnels under
rivers and thru mountains for the con-
nection of vast systems of railways and
our Raphaels are devising some novel
method for the utilization of electrical
power; our Shakespeare are forming gil
ay,ft tp III I'M of fol
our Tennysons are giving rein to fame
les and Imagination in wild speculations
in stocks. and our Hawthornes and En-
ersons have abandoned the communings
with and revelations of the spirit and
soul which lift their labors to vision
of the higher life and the JOY of It's
inspiration to exploit MINES and factor
les.
When this period of evolution is over
and nations and communities have be-
come adjusted to normal conditions, the
| fever and the passion of the race for
| quick wealth and enormous riches Will
be over. Then we will grow, the academy
| and the study will again become enant-
| ed with philosophers, posts historians
| and the Interpreters of God in man. I'm
less this shall happen. then let tho lux
uries and opportunities disappear, even
/ scent earthly pleasure and the disap-
pearance after death which comes from
| leadership in business. be the rewards
| of the successful; but reserve the Tenn
| pie of Fame for those only whose deeds
| and thoughts are the inheritance. edu-
/ cation, Inspiration and aspiration OF
endless generations.
!" In Europe the handicap of class and
privileges which 1t is almost impossible
| to overcome and is rarely surmounted
4 prevents any adequate representation
/ from the working people among the
\ leaders in government, the army, the
| navy. letters or art. The reverse is true
lin the United States.
Thru the opportunities of free edu-
cation in the common and high school:
thee hildrent from the home of the Ia
borer and the cottage of the artisan arr
i continually rising to distinction in liter
1 ature, the professions and control ol
Egreat industrial organizations. The pow
1 erty of the present with its barriers and
/ hopelessness is unknown to our ciylliza-
/ ton. The log cabin, the narrow quar-
| ters, the Strengthened circumstances
| the daily hardships and saci<ces OF
\
/ tending the youth Of nearly all our dis
/ tinguished men. were not the gringine
| poverty of the old world. BY the blaze
of the fire places at night brainy and
ambitious boys tired in body from the
days toll, bu. fresh Of mind, learned the
lessons of hope and careers in the lives
/ of those living once like themselves and
who We're in after years honored and
1 successful in public life upon the bench
/ in journalism, in libraries, in art. and
! several of them presidents of the United
| States.
| "Of these twenty-nlne. who will be
| left thousand years hence? The rail
! splitter who became president of the
/ United States. emancipated the slaves,
| saved the union and in a speech of ten
minutes at Gettysburg set a classic in
| the oratory of his country. which con-
| densed philosophy and pathos of the
| civil war will be immortal as Abraham
| Lincoln. There is one character here
which has TODD the test of time and
| grown brighter with the years. Wash
| ington has no predecessor, contempor-
aries or successors. By the common
| Judgment of mankind. he is the noblest
example of all countries and all ages of
| human excellence. If on our 125 cf ma
| tional existence no other man has risen
| to the realms Of fame orr country's S
! contribution TO the niarvelous nine
teenth century would be complete and
supreme in George Washington"
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