The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-08

able, but even in that there are possibilities
there is nothing in that. No one seems TO
arrive at any goal really worth reaching in
S ms world who does not come TO 1t heavy
Surely from our own experience each one Of
Us knows that this is true. From the great
are largely found in, the same soul and the
Joy OF lie Is won in its deepest and truest
sense only by those who have not shirked LIES
burdens. The men whom We most delight to
nonor In all this land are those who in the
iron years from 81 TO Go, bore on their
shoulders the burden of saving the Union.
They did not choose the easy task. They did
not shirk the difficult duty. Deliberately and
OF their own free will they strove for an ideal,
upward and onward across the stony slopes OF
greatness They did the hardest work that
was then to be done: they bore the heaviest
had to bear. and because they did this they
have won such proud joy 1t has fallen to
the lot or no other men to win. and have writ
ten their names forevermore on the golden
honor roll of the nation. AS 1t is with the soldier
so It Is with the civilian. To win success in
the BUSINESS world, to become frst-class
chanic, a successful farmer. an able lawyer or
doctor, means that the man has devoted his
best energy and power through long years to
the achievement of his ends. So IL is in the
life Of the family, upon which in the last
analysis the whole welfare of the nation rests.
The man or woman who as bread-winner and
home-maker, wife and mother has done
all that he or she do, patiently and I'M
envied by all those who have never had the
good fortune to feel the need and duty Of doing
SUCH WOIh. Inc woman VINO mas borne and
who has reared as they should be reared a
family of children has in the most emphatic
manner deserved we'll OF the republic. Her
burden has been heavy and she has been able
TO bear it worthily only by the possession Of
resolution, of good sense, Of conscience and OF
unseltishness But If she has borne IL well
then to her shall come the supreme blessing
for in the words Of the oldest and greatest OF
books Her children shall rise up and call her
land her place must be with those who have
done the best and the hardest work. whether
as lawgivers or as soldiers, whether in public
or in private life.
QUALITY OF OUR GREATNESS.
This is not soft and easy creed to preach
1t is creed willingly learned only by men
and women who, together with the softer viz
tues, 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-worl<ers and business
men OF this great State, of this mighty and
wonderful nation, gathered to- day proud
Of your State and still prOuder Of your nation
because your forefathers and predecessors have
lived up to just this creed. You have received
from their hands great inheritance. and you
will leave even greater inheritance to your
children and your children's children, provided
only that your practice alike in your private
and your public lives the strong virtues that
have given us as q people greatness in the
mast II Is not enough 10 be well-meaning and
kindly, but weak; neither is 1t enough to be.
strong, unless morality and decency go hand
qualities which make US do our duty in our
homes and among our neighbors. and in add
ton we must possess the qualities which are
indispensable TO the makeup Of every great
and masterful natiOn-the qualities of courage
and hardihood, of individual initiative and yet
of power TO combine for common end and
above all, the resolute determination to per-
NIT man and no set OF men 70 sunder US
one from the other by lines of caste or creed
or section. We must act upon the motto or
ALI for each and each for all There must be
ever present In our minds the fundamental
truth that in republic such the only
safety Is to stand neither for against any
man because he is rich or because ne is Door
because ne is engaged in one occupation or
another, because he works with his brains or
because he works with his hands. We must
treat each man his worth and merits as a
man. We must that each is given a square
deal because he Is entitled to and
should receive less. Finally must keep
ever in mind that republic such as ours can
exist only in virtue Of the orderly liberty