Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-07-01

Out 50 h. tht attitude which produces h
II Harvard. ana 10 the alumni ~ every
'h n..p ne II 'ee este,o sublle ssnt.
usont ehioh shall demand u al men Of
means. and especially Of Che men 81 vast
o. va .nsy M an ss KY sy,se
aorupnloua heed not only 20 the letter
out 20 She spirit o. the laws, end BY
achn0EitdalnH IN thc hcartieat fashion
~. ssnr @'ss N ls@ bnt which stand bach
~ and above al laws. n ~ far ,nofc
important that they should conduct their
business affaira decontiy than that they
should spsnd tht surplus oi thrif for
iunca in philanthropy. Much has been
EiFun 20 these men and We have q riFht
lp demand much 81 them IN return.
Every man ~ great wealth who rims hil
prohibitions ~ the Law which ~ hired
CunniuE ~ can escape or ofaue. a. y
menace o. our community. aud the coin.
munity II not % b. excused n Il does
not develop a spirit which actively
fr0NnH on and diacuuntennncea him. ThC
Frpnt profession Of tns law should D,
ihht whose fntmbefs ought % take the
lad ln the creation o. just such n spirit.
ttc an know that ~ thluHn actually
tff, many " the most Influential nat
most highly femuneruted mompera OF tht
their special task % work out bold and
iukruioua schemes ~ which their vcrl
wealthy Cheute. individual o. corporate,
can eyede the laws which are made %
r'Fulatn IN the Interest of the public ths
iae ~ great wealth. Now. the great
LAWYER who employs biz talent and hl1
leai ming n the highly romuneratlye tnah
override % ciroumfcnt the law i doina
tll that IN hlln lies 20 encourage th'
ftowth IN this couatry 81 spirit OF
dumb anger AGAINST All laws ana of dis.
belief II their eiicaoy SUCH a spirit may
breed the demand that laws shall be
made even more drastic against the rigA
~ eiae a may manifest itsNf "a h0sili
right to expeot from hes cons n Mar
standard 81 applied morality, whether
their paths lead them into public llfo, III
% business. or into the great profession
\ tint N shaping the growth Of the "a.
tiunnl soul
But IN addition 70 having high IDEAL,
q cen not too often be said 70 . bod,
such ~ " gathered here today. that 10
gcthcf With devotion 10 what n firn
must 80 practical ciiiciency ga striving To-
what = rieht This Is a rough. worka.
ae,, r3eiieAi world, and 70 in Il We al
must approach that work in a spirit r.
/ mote from that OF the mere visionary
and above ~ remote from that Of m,
/ visionary whose aspirations after goo,
ira expression oniy In the rnaps y
4eulding aad complaining ID shall 10
/ htip ua n We avoid tho dryila OF base
meas OF motive. only 20 b. wrecked ri
/ me 1hafyhdls Of wrong hcadGdncaf. %
feehlcncss and inefiicisncF. Thrru cnt /.
ncthlns worso for the Continuity thai
90 have tho men who profess lofty ideai
show themselves 90 foolish, 70 BARROW
o. from communion with the men VII
| are actually able % do the work 81 gov
erdinK, the work % business. the Worl
9 ~" gf9issalons. y, ~ ead and esl
/ Fruuf themselves a. impractical 1caioi,
| while the men 81 action gradually gro,
@ discard and laugh Al an moral sens
! ~ an evidence OF impractical weakness
Macaulay. whose oninentiy sane an
wholeHome spirit rcvolted not only q
| Weakncas, pui q the cenFofluuk foil
which m,a,squcradss az yirtuc, describe
the Seventeenth century IN 4 paaaae
| which every sincere rgfcrmor ahoui
Keep constantly beforc him
" q rsmarkab,e circumstance tha
IN the same age the most wonderfu
! specimens ~ both extremes of human
nature Even IN things indifferent a
Scotch Puritan would hear ~ no con
PROMISE and he was sus too ronsv I
conuider All who recommended prudonc
ana charity a. traitors 10 tho cause Z
truth on the ether hand. the Scotch
9f that generation who made a nrf
IN Parliament were the most dishonoi
ana unhluahinG time-gervcrs thgt m
world has ever seen. Perhaps Il ~ nal
vice should be found Ia the near neigl
horhuod ~ unreasonable and imDructicl
BITE virtue. Where enthusiasts are read
% destroy OF b. destroyed for trim,
| mAEnNficd Into Importance BY "A aquonu
ish couacirnce, Il u not strange that M
| very name Of conscience should became
| ty word N contempt 90 cool and shrcw
! men 90 business
The men who 10 out from Harvard int
the great world of American ne bfa
a. heavy burden o. responsibility m
! o. their alma mater H. BY doing their "a
I dutY 90 the nation nH q whole; and the
can 90 this fun duty only u they CON
% best and most ounOhllnF with the n
lefF rCaolute purpose 10 10 their work
| such fashion thnt when the end ~ the
days comes they shall fool that the
l have actually achieved results aud nl
merely talked Of achieving them