Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-03-21
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN"
a Pleasing Lecture by Congressman
Campbell OF Kansas.

Hon, Philip r. Campbell, congressman
IRON Kansas, Was the magnet that drew
an nneommonly large lecture audience
10 Dahois Gays hall Saturday evening,
when the attention Was caught and held
/ on the force OF attractive oralory, marked
hS sound logic and delivered in the deep
tones Of musical voice.
The true glory OF this country, he said,
/ y not IN It's vast extent of empire, though
that Is greater than the empire OF the
eaesars, but in the high average OF it's
men and women, The average American
Is neN type, in whose veins is mingled
The blood OF England, Ireland. spain,
italy, France aud many other great
/ nations Of the world that have advanced
70 civilization, bat II Is type different
/ nom any that have contributed TO its
makeup, The average American is not
a llneal descendant of the old world but
comes from the best the world has pro-
/ daeed.
We have s0,0o0,O00 men and women, OF
whom any nation might be proud. The
average Is high. The average American
may not be learned but be Is educated.
Education Is what the teacher and books
get out OF the puplii learning is what
you get out OF the teacher and the books,
and Il is vastly more important that
books get something out OF you than that
you get something out OF books. Educa-
ton Is the art OF thinking, OF controlling
your mind and mastering IL. The
average American Is equipped with a
mind. The farmer In this country Is a
thinker. lie thinks because he has a
] responsibility resting upon him; he Is
one OF s0,O00,000 stockholders Ia one OF
the greatest enterprises in the world, and
these stock holders have regular meetings,
which he must attend, prepared TO take
an Intelligent part in the direction OF
affairs. The common people think, and
think well. Rarely have they register ed
judgment they have had TO reverse.
Their decision is usually final and tor the
welfare OF the nation.
Abraham Lincoln was an educated man,
but not learned man; one OF the best
educated men OF his time. Humanity
was his theme, and II drew him out OF
hates, fears and depressions TO develop In
him a great mind and a great heart.
James | OF England was a learned man,
"the most learned OF his time,p says
Francis Bacon, but he was not an edu-
Gated man; did not have control OF his
own mind or OF the minds OF those about
hun, and could not control situation.
Lincoln WIS master OF himself, master OF
men and matter OF a situation that had
ia il the destinies OF the Republic.
The average American is moral man,
is true TO himself aud his higher instincts
No young man can take a better asset
into life than clean moral character,
Ability counts for much, but ability
without character counts for little. The
average American is industrious; he does
things and is not afraid to employ him
self. II young man thinks he can
escape work, he is missing the real pur-
pose God had in placing him in the
world. Man is here to work at some
thing something that is honest, and
don't forget that in this hour great dea
OF stress must be laid on that last word
honest. Everywhere, In public and pri-
waite life, modern honesty is OF higher
type than any standard OF honesty we have
ever had before. Men are in iails anc
penitentiaries tonight for doing things
that would not have been criticised once
From the average man, the speaker
turned to the average woman and cited al
an example the noblest character he hae
ever known-that OF his mother, WHIT
crossed the prairie with family OF SINAI
children and where the wagon stopped a
night, there was home. The husband ans
father fell beside her, and she struggled
ON under the double burden, with only
one source OF heip-God. When the day.
work WAS done. she gathered her LITTLE
ones about her, read to them from thu
Good Book and offered prayer before sh'
put them away to sleep, and this she KEEP
up until the prairie was subdued and TIT
children grown. There are multiples o
her in every state of the Union, and 1t II
the motherhood of the nation that ha'
made the nation what it is; their home
! making has produced the manhood ane
womanhood of the country. Anothe
splendid woman of greater opportunities
than the other had hopes of doing some
thing for her country and went onto thu
platform to plead for the boys and girls
Two OF her own sons went early to thei
graves, dissipated young men. She hat
talked for the home, but she had failed Il
make home. 1t is q mistake to assume
, that the work which is done for the ma
ton must be done at long range.
} The great question before this countr,
! is to see that the man who is ministerint
, to our necessities deals honestly with hi
fellowmen. Just plain honesty is what II
5 needed, a close following OF the DOCTRINE
/ that came from the Mount When that Il
done, mans iphumanity to man will cease
/. he will not manipulate stocks SO as Z
!. drive others to the WALL and he will do t
others just what he would like others II
. similar circumstances to do to him. ina
e will give the little fellow fair show II
. his struggle to compete with the big Eel
!, low. and a fair chance is all that is want
: ed. The press today is branding the mai
who does injustice to his fellowmen, thu
: man who seeks to reap where he has no
y sown, and to gather in where he has no
E scattered abroad. am told this persecu
: ton is going to cease because the captain
& of industry are becoming so generous
But no; we are not to be bought off by tn
having of church debts or the gift OF vas
; sums to educational institutions. We ar
! going to continue to eliminate that kint
4 of man from the business OF this country
! and the business will be conducted sue
( cessfully while doing absolute justice u
: all.
D 1t is easy enough to be generous ant
r give away millions when by raising TIN
r price OF oil half or three quarters OF cen
! YOU can recoup those millions and rake II
, millions upon millions besides. Tha
: kind of generosity is illustrated in stor.
a of Jesse James, who found poor woman
: in distant farmhouse weeping over tn
: lack of $1,000 with which to save the HON
, | TO be taken from her that day by the term
of a trust deed. Jesse produced the 5000
! and, going piece up the road, drew asld
to watch developments. In due TIM