The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-25


sirable than the arid cultivation, the
learning and refinement which lead
merely to that intellectual conceitI
which makes a man in Democratic
community like ours hold himself
aloof from his fellows and pride HIM
self upon the weakness which he mis-
takes for supercilious strength
What an indictment against the
educated class, who, instead of bet
tering the community with their
knowledge and highly trained minds,
merely live of the fat of their own
learning as a alternating bear sucks
its paw in a hollow tree.
Educated men are needed-educat-
ed men like Roosevelt, who above all
men of the century realizes the indi-
viduals' duty to society. He sees in
education a greater obligation on the
citizen, not a greater privilege.
Observe the balance of the man an
this statement: ''There are times
when it is the highest duty of a citi-
zen to stand alone. But If this is the
mans normal attitude-if normally
he is unable to work In combination
with considerable body of his fell
lows-it is safe to set him down as
unfit for useful service In a Democ-
racy."
We can show examples of the
"aloof" man right here in Paducah.
The prime object of political life
is to achieve results and not merely
to issue manifestoes. 1t is a very
bad things to be morally callous. But
Inflammation. of the conscience may
be just as unhealthy. If mans con-
science is always telling him to do
something foolish. he will do well to
mistrust it's workings"
Here's a heathy minded, sane man
indicating to other men some of the
acute and chronic diseases that in
feet the body polite. 1t sounds well
TO hear. this man who has been so
Vigorously fighting the encroach-
ments of special Interests, turning to-
the people With Unframed con
sciences" behind him and telling them
to 30 toa hospital
Roosevelt can go anead like the
good surgeon, editing away the
proud flesh and the corruption, but
never crazed with the sight and smell
of blood. never the butcher. always
the surgeon
Hon. David Hill, OF New York, crit
icized Roosevelt's sayings as "em-
phatic commonplace and, indeed,
truth is old and commonplace to the
David Hills Of America. In a measure
1t is true that much OF the interest
in Roosevelt's remarks finds its center
in the man himself.
Roosevelt is the perfect type of
college man In politics; the highly
trained, thinking man in public life.
How much does he owe to the kind
of training his mind received in
sehoof? -r-7r m re7-ir--''s -'ftfTr
They are sensitive edged
tools these teachers work with in the
schools, The metal is pliable during
the twelve or fifteen years the instrue-
tors have the shaping in hand. When
the child leaves school his bent OF
mind is formed. If the teacher under
stands the metal and the shaping of
it. the child comes out with a good.
keen mind, tempered and straight, a
conscience that can distinguish be-
tween good and evil and will to
choose the right; perception that
rejects the illogical and inconsistent;
a mental poise that resist all outside
influences; a balance that rights t.
self automatically.
It is in the home first that a citi-
zen is made or married, where the
moral virtues are developed and the
disposition nodded; but in the school
room history and science and modes
of thought are first impressed on a
responsive mind, and many a child
has left his school with a brilliant
intellect so mischlevously twisted,
that the very quality of his mind has
made him positive evil In a com
munity where he should have been a
force for good.
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