The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-16

X,~tn be zoe pnI IhHS oo-
4 ud htnsah our feet
n hnnG dreaming oer usi
-,fJ sas unfortunate. His
I ar finer than his friends. with its marnTIo
n The poem was written in 1919. only six year
a bad burned the Capitol of Washington. VIII
snuts not intreQuent in the i'll fated war OF ISL
d, memory Of men there was a special Stiffness
y Inquiry;
sralss the foe but falls be fore us,
!. szplsnation Of Halleck's forced boastfulpes,
n The fact that his Americanism was too recent
tErd since his father had been tory contracto,
lS,luton. Possibly. however. this vainglory was
= The poet, but characteristic Of the American
reriod Students of our history are surprised
rlzsry ou,nowing OF National conceit, which ro-
u oTer the United States In the FIRST third q,
,,n.ury-a concelt almost inconceivable today
40 be based not on actual accomplishments, but
E,sr on magnificent belief In the future. This
t usefulness were not without curious incon-
cas, the celebration OF the battle of Bunker
pk bad been an actual triumph OF our arms
,E' me adoption OF National lyric which com
F1Dg episode Of an Invasion of our soil In
ar Of The Republic, when Increasing response
III.
<s and boldly did the eagle soar into the blue
p'nng shriliy as II rose on high These an
'1r score years ago may have quoted with de-
/1rlry: 49," Ue
Erasi here man with soul so dead
w rr'sr to himself hath said
~ 10 ny Own, my native land
i'sa 10 put the proper emphasis on ito himself
~ we're not speaking 20 themselves: they were
!. fad IN Lot 81,
Il dItens OF no mean city
- u htte more carefully we NAV find ,ba.
Il tot due solely TO exuberance Of youthful brag.
'anl.y ana veXatton OF spirit slgnifving moth
j. -. .naIacteristie a. OF these youthful States In
y put u was not without analogy arnonp o.bn,
y ener periods. II has a certain sImiIarify 10
a, a,uns oil praise 20 Paris as the clty of
--oL .ae nrain of all Europe. However inferior
IN IN mol without It's likeness 10 Shakespeare
bis own island: Pe''e
T1.l z. throne Of kings, this scep,red
ssis Q! majesty, this sent of Msr,,
n is+,i.. sts Eden , deni-parOdise
- ,.an ,nls:ton and the band IL Of Avfng'' war,
r.c,sss ,,on. vt.ea OF men, this iittlo world.
- &c nkened to that long paean 10 the glory Of
u. -. from page TO page in Livy's history of
y ,a pe' our self-satisfaction NAV have been
.s.I o.s ~. nagrant. 1t may evan have been less
s0s- vas ,as did not differ In kind from that wi
'''e al one time or another.
"a n assertlVe bosstfulness IS both primitive q
c,,hv :. question, and we nnd It hourighiug in
n tr,r ,s S9as 10 vaunt its own daring feats
- raIv.s. Uo'o man was braggart, even II III
~ m.,. warriors Of the Morse legends were alb
i esf own exploits, and the Honaric horoaa @0
-b9.h Ia the later Middle Ages the fcudaI =
3 rlvs,H themselves with laurel, and they Ust
ssr lin. use1s IN his eopious chant. PueriIe this
'inctIpy ,-,Iee IN IL, even when they are att
lrally asst ,Is which hurtle 70 and fro across
" Ia, g. 'ihs It's own certainty of victory eve
b n,nrr,.! ae! are but a forlorn hope 3 ring bacl,
~ a, ,h ,ha' his future son shall follow in nj
Y hNt ~ e,eveh OF some rival Institution of lear
: hr II s,d =, -lauoation was endured through the
1H. A. A. ano mat It must have utility ~ lis az
1tthlpsss ~ ions ago. And this utility suggests
kt !, 20 no longer strictly persona |. q is ma
y Va Az, sroup ot which the individual js n
'ag tbslr ef io az once that the college youth ar
kEethsr ka.,y ,ka.y 10 the institution they love Alt
.Bsials nsrsn. WOULD he ashamed, ono and ALL
'tans on ooh' Apparently the habit OF boastf,n
= saco,r. upon upon time, and possibly even necess;
|tzsnasS ann 10 make the utmost a fort for n
1atsasnt :, Drag was real stimulus of IovaIiv n
sss.rva =, VI patriotic ecstasy.
d - II as the survival y. On ,,a,,, -,
''uunal Advancing civilization has
y eonn e-e 5 mark of A gentleman. but e. has nor
stl feen ~ :. mas been accepted by tho individual
';'r know n ~ y 'ols outworn custom, however prl
p ia aa6it Of Wanting our own ye,or and Al
ei rehnss enc m OF sayagery. like the custom of w
IN foollsb only by women-who are ever the
aus uDonstallke uDn-llke the Chinese declse OF naintIng
,ee sad ON =, :" 'he belief that this Will strike
alter N s 'he other slde-that II yo,, rersigt Ir
s nay be 49, more likely to make 9th nrs believe
sfesllnp toni ul TO many of us; yet the resul
',1leser arc Jp pc OF speculation how far what we
.m Hrotisrn IquNalents Of spread @ agleIsm in
|. ~ shoSe f., JUST as there are souls who cann
Il stisishnan tor ~, thlrsts for the waving Of "Old
'0rs Ii the rm, 10 as good as three Freu ucbmen and
eH'honse of civilization.
fI.e ofatory 80 o' Buncombe may be violent. and
, srporary r. 10 stimulus To patriotic fer vor
,itY ssfmy i*hch critics. NJ Emile Faguet I Il
a ltself n,,st setlcally. The cult OF hIms ELF
- olhcr corn, oe presented as n duty Even Il
hhs,..a.y is Ito,.S wherein # has not gone out
'n,,s aa'lonal In,s 20 De more and more potent Il
4 - We have ,,tescourse; but II must not be n
,l,,ll rlh the EhSlon not entrusted TO other p cop
\, ~ y. 10 tho uah Of old had for the GENTLE,
N .nee not c,t,ue" people and TO the Gree E RI
u-@ @pfe had bsa5S OF the great republic, and q
~ ofseks. tborn Duiit on the ruin OF the renu
~, reign Of W was widespread dstaste 70 r II
'is,, aud quite CO. IT seemed to many of tn e II
b.,,s vas BY ,hs.trafy TO the old Roman ira ditl
atss.lng man nh ~, now In the hooks and co rne
n1 echo NJ ,t e mad never seen before n nd
'nis sef-righteous attitude In {