The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-28

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worthy the deep, the controlling anx-
ffety of the thoughtful man.
Ever4saahSdsb5ynra as aeeaisuaaht
the saying or Edward Everett thur
edSsSdohu Bea'nBaHsa lsgfsshhfa, n
liberty than a sgs6dlkg' sSSramsysS Bak
nSeeySsar' he TistSfytf@ GtSaa REg
Ills fYpfsHstfh aSbS hissf hd q sHy5ffsAlhy dahfhds p
ftaSsd fhamn sffnay fSs55b1aFdoS or Rth
sia as p~afsseptsaa % the &udeSttS OF Shil
fenf eSsents.n Here ri SSSe SasTaatRff
Lpailt upon a foundation of Ignorance,
supsFstffffi65na ana, ssffiSm.a NAtes .hvd
millions of her Seaoppfhe Ear ReieHef
read nor write. and. INST OF efghty!.
oneihousand, two hundred and sevet!
ty.two covers the owners OF ali lands
and wealth Ia city ana country leaiy!!
ing one hundred and forty abhiiiions Or
her population without any property
The .autocrats Who thought to estab.
fish 4 nation by enlsiaflng the people,
and. 70 maintain their power by ex:
plotting ignorance and superstition,
trembie as they see their armies de.
feated abroad, and the streets OF
their cities at home moving with
blood The Russian landowners. de-
MED the peasants Of their country the
school house, and, the. book, and
through an these years have Kept them
In ignorance. To-day when the land.
owners, would, appeal to the peasant
classes through, the printed. page and
the spoken, word to stay the, hand
that will inture all, the peasant Is
dumb. Russian -a~ristoeraey has .given
TO the world striking proof Of the fatal
mistake Of, attempting to establish .
nation in the quick-sands OF igpor,
anrblt tis az bs.lnam od~ yss&
As citizens, of aongreatd industrial
section we boast Justly OF the bound
lessi resources OF our mines,a and of
our gas and oil wells; we point with
commendable pride to our imposing
office buildings and business, blocks;
we refer with confidence to our banks
and financial institutions; we laud
the advantages Of our great systems
of transportation we dwell with sat.
isfactioni upon the. e increasing
products OF our great manufacturing
plants; as citizensl Of a growing and
prosperous municipality we magnify
the value Of municipal improvements;
but great as is the wealth wrapped up
in alllthese things. II, viii quickly dis.
appear, unless the dominant spirit OF
the community is honest and intellt
gent. 1t was well said by President
Roosevelt I'm his recent address be
fore the National Educational Asso
citation that, "we have at least frml.
grasped the fact that we cannot dc
our part In the difficult and allam
portant work Of self.government, that
we cannot rule and govern ourselves
unless we approach the task with de.
Eyeloped5fntnds.a whalcolnts
for even more-with trained characl
tefs." The stability of our national
institutions. ths purity Of our sociaj
relations, the security of property
and the p~reservstion of human rights
alfi depend upon the integrity and Ia
Itelftgence -ob the 'peopie.t Rrsnklin,
The 9wissss and most .ssgaeiousfpf cut
early statesmen says that a Bibly
apth Hfnewspaper in every home, l
goodi school in every district, ID
studied eptlapprsq,ased1as thsS merit
APE the principal, supports ros yirtpe
AHoIalfty an CYL liberty Those Of ID
wno are STRIVING Tor tie thfhss ths,
afe OF sreatest1 worth hcthS comnd
nifty can well take to heart the wordi
os the American sage. They say TIL.
LIZ, q commercial age, and some Of oul
-fofeign critics say we AMERICANS ~
d6laf mad but it is a significant facl
that more money p; being spent ID
the education. Of our youth. and ts
general dfffusion OF Knowledge thai
Itp nng opreyioua period nff our bis
torn and I am SO pptimisttcIas to bS
leye that we are Just In the begin
hing oas great a~akenlhs to ths
value .andeinpertapcs of. making M
erai and ample provision for our CRED
systems Of public education.
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