The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-15


George Washington that Young
America stands without exception
for him. The speaker who had the
pleasure of going to school to Wen
dell Philips here quoted that which
is worth pondering over. Every
man is known by his heroes" Young
America seldom uncovers before
other than Evangeline or George
Washington-his ideals of woman
hood and manhood Between these
two he ever walks.
Young Americas mission is COM
plex one. DR.. Driver gave few of
the component parts. Each of us
should give to the world our individ-
ual highest possible ideal of man.
hood. In other words be man-live
as man not as parrot. Cicero,
the man of encyclopedical mind had
his ideal of mankind. The cannibal
of the jungle has his. Every individ-
| ual has his own idea of mankind.
No two are alike Horace, the pagan
poet, sings of the unique ideal of the
ancient ages. The ideal of Greece
was greater and grander than that
of Rome. The Jewish ideal was high
er still and the Christian is the high
est of them ALL No man can rise
higher in his manhood than his ideal,
the worshipper bows down at the
foot stool of his god in token of
| his humility. So the man bows before
his ideal. Bancroft says, Woe unto
the nation that no longer produces
heroes" How bereft the United
States would be without her heroes.
They draw all men unto them. They,
| the heroes, are the loftiest idea of
mankind, the supreme moulders OF
character Your strong man can
rescue a multitude. Saul of Tarsus,
Marcus Aurelius-they can mould a
whole civilization and fashion gener-
alton on generation. Look what the
Raphaels have done for the whole
realm of painting, the Wagners for
music, and the Washingtons and Lin
coins for patriotism. What tremen-
dous impress they and their kind
make.
No people can rise higher than
their ideal and no people can have a
higher ideal than their loftiest and
highest character produces.
Have we higher ideal of magma
nimity than Gen. Grant at Appomat-
tox, insisting on no blood she'd Of
Patriotism than Lincoln whose life
on account of its sadness may be
compared with the Lords. Of Mar
tyrdom than John Brown. They are.
our highest ideals in these lines and
we cannot have higher ideal than
these until a higher character arises.
His greatness consists in what he in
spires others to do and not in what
he does himself. Especially is this
true of Grant Grant held certain
consultations and issued orders. He
himself never fired a musket But
he became the nations ideal of pluck
and conquest. He never backed out
and never failed at last to conquer.
That idea was contagious. The
whole army and nation became i'm
bued with his spirit His way of
doing things electrified the people.
Everyone was really "Grantized" and
became Grant in spirit and in reso-
luton The whole nation was one
mighty Grant. He supplied the ma
ton with a new ideal which it never
had before Grants greatest service
was giving the nation the new ideal
Young Americas mission is to give
to the world new ideal but one
covering the whole world of activ-
tiles. Young America is favored
hereditarily for this, by the forces of
liberty and Heaven. On his shoul-
ders he carries the fate of worlds!
The cowboy, loafer and gambler
is not one of Young Americas ideals.
In fact Young America recoils from
them Young America is fond of
athletics. But, they are subordinate
to intellectual work and hence are
means to an end and not the end
themselves. Young America has
some faults but the Anglo-Saxon love
for fair-play and his veneration O.
the law will predominant. We are
only strong so far as we are in the
right. Young America is sometimes
hot-headed, reckless, quick to give
vengeance, yet with it all he carries
the germ in his soul for the better
ment of the world.
Young America has another mis-
sion and that is to give to the world
the meaning of self-sacri6ce. The
selfish man is never anything exce-t
block of LII. He lives for him.
self and is of no interest to anyone
else. Young America also has mis-
sion in politics-to exalt the noble
and exclude graft.
The fundamental thing in this life
is to make an honest living. Young
America before graduating from high
school should master the English Ian
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