The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-16


 dlfllrult for the average man ln Eus rope, and even for a large part of the voters in 8 country where education was so widespread as in New Englaud and tho northern states generally, to md tlmo and means for comprehend. ins many public topics.
 But here another form of civic duty came in, tho duty of tho best educated classes to help their ueighbors lu dis charge their function or voting with Knowledge and Judgment. Tho citizens most competent by Knowledge and mental power ought not only to set ab example by themselves, thinking more and thinking harder about public nf- fairs than many of them do but also by exerting Themselves to stimulate and aid their lees instructed or more llstless nclghbors. Independence does not mean isolation, Personal reepunsl- billty does not mean the vain conceit of Knowledge and Judgment where knowledge ls wanting and judgment is untrained. Just as hls religion throws upon every Christian the duty of low Ing his neghbor and giving practical expression to his love by helping .hIs nelghbor, succoring him in the hour of need. trying to rescue him from sin, seeking to guide his steps into the way | of peace, so civic duty requires each ! of Us to raise the level of citizenship, not merely by voting and by bearing a share in political agitation, but by try 1 Ing to diffuse among our fellow citizens ! whose opportunities have been less fla, yurable the Knowledge and inc fairness of mind and the habit of grappling with political questions which demo. cratic theory requires eycu from the average man. Leadership Is essentia in 4 democracy. Men arc willing 10 b, led if some ono, escheVing all preten. sions to superiority, will point out in, path and give them a lead, To do thi! is nov, in our great cities. moro diffiff cult than it was of yore, but there ar, those who do 1t successfully and hay. never heard that it Is resented.
 If we are less active than we shoult be in this and other forms of civi work the fault lies in our not carinl enough for our country. It is easy t' wave d flag, 10 cheer an eminen statesman, to exult in some achieve mcnt by land or sea. But our imag nations are too dull to realize eithe the grandeur of the state in. It's splen did opportunities for promoting tn welfare of the masses or the fact tha the nobility of the state lies in it being the true child, the true expo nent, of the enlightened will of law abiding, rIght-mindcd people Alb sorbed in business or pleasure, " think little of what our membershi in q free nation means. The elouuen , voice of 6 patriotic reformcr some f times breaks our slumbcr. But tn
 daily round If business or pleasur 7 soon again fills the mind, and publi
 duty fades into the background c
 life. The dullness of Imagination. th
 mcrc neglect to stop and think. are
 chief cause of that incidence and ir , difference which choke the growth ( , the sense of civic duty. II is be cause great university lke this } the place where the imagination ( young men may best be quickened b the divine fire, because the sons of ] great university arc those who ma ; best carry with them into after Iii , the inspiration which history an 2 philosophy and poetry have kindlc
 within it's venerable walls, that I hay l ventured to dwell here on the speci' ' duty which those who enjoy thcs
 privileges owe to their brethren wh
 share with them tho citizenship of
 great republic,
 The Dodge lectures on the Hespous
 bilities If Citizenship were founde \ In 1900 by a gift fropi Mir NilliaI F. Dodge of New York city. The | have for their object the promotin
 among students and graduates an
 among educated men of the Unite
 States. an understanding of the duti, / of Christian citizenship and g sen. q of personal responsibility for tho pc
 formance of those dutiea.'
 The dates and topics of the othf
 lectures this year arc as follows; Friday october -Self-interost :. a Hindrance to Citizenship.
 7 Thursday. October 22,- Party Spir
 as a Hlndrance to CitlSenship.
 . Friday, October 23--Means of Stln . ulating Citizenship.