New-York tribune., 1905-06-22
DEBT TO GERMANY.

As hiss been SO well pointed out to-day. the mar
yelio1s vel rus rise of Germany in The world Of industry
has been due TO the fact thai the German was
trained IN his mind. that he has high ideals and
was immensely struck. rs / think all of US must
sys haze eeen struck by the way in whiG2 brt 5 dew
descent. many Of whom are mere in the audience
life and writings Of Schiller I feel so cordially
as tie president Of Amherst has phrased II. that
irto cne people many different people Of many dif-
sbnS dcLsnt i t3ti - ~ - a. ti, % NJ =, " zen Isbat
each of these peoples give of value 10 our com
each element contribute something of value.
and can contribute very much Of value. and it
that II would come as natural to us as Il does to
the people of Germany to recognize the incaIculabe
debt Of a nation to writer. 10 scholar: TO man
nation. for all mankind upon which no price can
From Germany the country has learned much.
Germany has contributed great element 70 the
marked trerd ever given to us along scholastic
and university systems. to the whole system OF
nation. wish that We could take especia7y the
deasm which renders it natural to them TO ceIe-
brate such an event as a scholars life and writ
which enables them to turn their idealistic spirit
into an instrument for producing the most ert@ecs @
/ hope most earnestly for the day when We shall
peace industrial well military. prevail within
can under penalty Of having forfeited the right
70 the respect of those whose regard he most
values. fail the opportunity comes 70 90 al
that in him lies for peace. But peace of valu-
because he is afraid. but TO the man who deems IL
but his right. The peace granted contemptuously
to the weakiing and the coward is but poor boon
after II has been granted We must keep our
essentials In 1851 there were people who cried
Peace. Peace who said that any peace. no
matter how shameful. preferable 10 the worst
Of Ali wars fratrcida war. and II those people
had their should have been hanging our
heads We would now be feeling that the
founded by Washington. the country that
that time perpeJuated by Lincoln. had gone
down in the wreck OF disaster. We got peace then
forever.
have no patience with the bravler. the quarrel
Ter. the swashbucker and have little less for
the academy person either of body soul. who
believes that q nation any more than individual
first il viii generally lead TO peace-but follow il
wherever IL leads
In closing. let say Just more thing. The
same honely virtues apply in managing the life OF
statesman needs 70 do is 10 exercise common sense
and stick as close the Golden Rule his i'm
perfect human nature will permit. In other words.
he needs to carry himself IN public life he would
made of divorcing public and private morality
more than dvorcing domestic and business moral
ity. The man is poor citizen. no matter how he
stands in the Church. whose allegiance the
and 10 Sunday and is not carried into his work
his business. The is 4 poor citizen who does
do his best in the affairs of his country both
that country stands TO other nations and the
citizens when its departments managed along
the same lines, and those lines the perfectly
simple old lines of honesty. courage and common
sense.