Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-09-20

OF Lie MurcOnl SYSTEM, OF Ine
Uses Of Library" Of "The Bible in
Tennyson," Of "rhe Holy Grail" and of
Moses" OF the forty-two subjects
there was not one Of trivial or sensa.
tional character, not one that would
not invite to fuller knowledge and
promise reward for study. Now, sure.
", those forty.two boys and girls, In
writing for this notable day with Its
rapt audience and friendly applause,
must have gained much good knowl
edge and some power of thinking
clearly and Of speaking lucidly and
forclbiy. Meantime. widening circle
was instructed and inspired. Mary
does not read and write on ''The Holy
Grail" without interesting father,
mother and sister In the mystic story.
John does not study the career of Han.
nibal HamlIn without reviving grand.
fathers memories Of the stirring COS,
and setting the whole family to read.
Ing aloud life Of Lincoln. Altogether,
Is 1t not probable that the hundreds
of parents and friends who sat patient.
~ through those somewhat long and
arduous hours Of the Old.fashioned
commencement had gained something
when the day was over that even the
most polished orator In his happiest pc.
RODS might have failed to impart2
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| When President Roosevelt turns from
the trusts and the tariff to the debt of
the nation to the farmer he gets upon
ground occupied by all intelligent read.
ers Of American history. There may
be room for difference Of opinion us to
effective remedies for monopoly and
as to what we should do for Cuba. but
when 1t comes to the contribution Of
the farmer to our craftsmanship, 10
our scholarship. to our commercial In.
tegrity and financial solldity, to the
moral fiber Of our citizenship. there can
be no ground for controversy. What
the farmer and the farmers sons are
doing for the preservation Of those
Ideals that lie at the basis of the re.
public Is not political issue. That the
Presidents eloquent tribute to the
farmer ON the fair grounds At Bangor
Me-, will not be challenged In the whole
wide republic IL no reason why such
tributes should go unspoken. 1t Is 1T
ting that the Acknowledgements Of the
nation to the influence and power Of
the agricultural classes should find pub.
lie expression. While the business Of
agriculture has changed along with
other systems Of industrial endeavOr,
the influences which breed the strong
men In finance. commerce and state.
craft are stir at work In the country.
Touching this phase Of the country life
the President said: Conditions have
changed In the country far less than
they have changed In the city. and In
consequence there has been little
breaking away from the methods Of life
which have produced the great major.
Ity Of the leaders OF the republic In
the past. Almost all Of our great Pres.
idents have been brought up In the
country. and most of them worked
hard on the farms In their youth and
got their early mental training In the
healthy democracy Of farm life. The
forces which made these farm.bred
boys leaders Of men when they had
come to their full manhood are still ut
work In our country districts" Farm
Ing has progressed along with other
lines of productive industry. Old meth.
DDS have been discarded. Farming
grows more scientific every year. There
Is greater diversihcatiOn of crops, and
farming Ii no longer the life OF mOnOt-
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Her days of the republic. 1t Is the most
Independent and satisfying vocation on
earth, and with tho great number of
labOr-saving inventions that mechanl.
cal genius has contributed to husband.
~ 1t Is In many respects the most en-.
jOyable. But the country has not
changed. 1t is the same healthful ut.
mosphere. the same uplifting environ
ment. And 1t Is from the farm that
the republic must continue to draw
most of the strong men In commerce.
politics and in society.
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Prof. Il. Benz. Andrews declares that
parentage among the poor should be
discouraged. The multiplication of this
class Of citizens Prof. Andrews lists
among the social evils that should he
eliminated. He insists that 1t Is one
of the duties Of society to discourage
the birth Of children ''under conditions
which render 1t unlikely that they will
become self-supporting citizens" This
Is good enough theory to create q
sensation. but beyond that end 1t has
no merit whatever. Had this theory
been In force the world would have had
no Lincoln. no Franklin. no Sturgeon.
no Gladstone, no Homer. no Shak.
speare. The best In literature. philos-
ophy, science. theology, craftsmanship.
music, art would be unborn. Erase