The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-08
and power through long years to the achievemeht of his ends.
In Family Life.


 So it is in the life of the family. upon which in the last analysis the whole well fare of the nation rests. The man or wom- an who as bread winner and home maker, or as wife and mother, has done all that he or she can do, patiently and uncom- plainingly is to be honored; and is to be envied by all those who have never had the good fortune to feel the need and dslty of doing such work. The woman who has borne and who has reared as they should be reared a family of children, has in the most emphatic manner deserved well of the republic. Her burden has been heavy, and she has been able to bear 1t worthily only by the possession of resolution, of good sense, of conscience, and of unsel- fishness. But if she has borne 1t well, then to her shall come the supreme bless ing, for In the words of the oldest and greatest of books, Her children shall rise up and call her blessed;" and among the benefactors of the land her place must be with those who have done the best and the hardest work, whether as law givers or as soldiers, whether in public or in private life
 This Is not soft and easy creed to preach. It Is a creed willingly learned only by men and women who, together with the softer virtues, possess also the stronger. who can do, and dare, and die at need, but who while life lasts will never finch from their allotted task. You farmers, and, wage-workers, and busi- ness men of this great state, of this mighty and wonderful nation, are gath cred together today. proud of your state and still prouder of your nation, because your forefathers and predecessors have lived up to just this creed. You have re- ceived from their hands a great inheri- tance, and you will leave an even greater inheritance to your children and your ehildren's children, provided only that you practice alike in your private and your public lives the strong virtues that have given us as a people greatness in the past It is not enough to be weli-meaning and kindly, but weak; neither is it enough to be strong unless morality and decency go hand in hand with strength.
 Necessary Qualities.
 We must possess the qualities which make US do our duty in our homes and among our neighbors, and in addition we must possess the qualities which are in- dispensable to the makeup of every great and masterful nation-the qualities of courage and hardihood, of individual in- itiative and yet of power to combine for
 
 lute determination to permit no man and no set of men to sunder us one from the other by lines of caste or creed or section. We must act upon the motto of all for each and each for all. There must be ever present in our minds the funda- mental truth that in a republic such as ours the only safety Is to stand neither for nor against any man because he is rich or because he Is poor, because he Is engaged in one occupation or another, because he works with his brains or be- cause he works with his hands, We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he Is entitled to no more and should receive no less. Finally we must keep ever in mind that a. re- public such as ours can exist only in virtue of the orderly liberty which comes through the equal domination of the law over all men alike, and through its ad minstration in such resolute and fearless fashion as shall teach all that no man is above it and no man below 1t.