Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-15

ENDS At ISLE
Ia Motto
CONTINUED from 18th pngcJ
Man to man. tho world DER
Shall brothers be for a that.

single nation that recognized the oh
vious fact that I have no more right to
govern YOU that YOU have to govern me-
(applause) that every one who Is ex
pected to obey the law, has by
that token, right to be heard In say
Ing what the law shall be. There was
not a single State that had tho sense or
justice to admit that simple truth. not
even with respect to its men. to say
nothing Of It's women. (Applause) Now
there are many governments that do
admit in theory or IN fact that their lust
powers arc derived entirely from the gov
erncd. What n gain is that.
one year before the date we are OBJ
serving. John Milton was born IN Lon
don His life just about spans the Eng
lsh revolution, tho highest achievement
the browning glory OF the English race
A century later came the French revolu-
ton. which in spite Of all its lamentabe
Carscs. did throw off the yoke Oh uncn-
durable tyranny from France. Yes. and
all over Europe, and is destined to open
the door for every people. (Applause.)
Then followed our own brave struggle for
independence, and that at bottom was
not q struggle between Great Britain and
the colonies; it was struggle between
wing and tory, conflict that was going
on on both sides Of .hc Atlantic, and as
N''S "o"N N""""' 'hc ''e"'" reNoi"''o"
va j" '"' 'e Pa't " coliSei"'H'e Vi oui
own.
,"oN ".'"' us ho"' SCI ho" 'Hc
i'le,uS u Tree soN"rh''en'' e'cour"E-
ed ny thor success upon TINS continent
cIo e,'N'iF every throne upon the si"'e
See Russia IN the trayail Of resolution
'oMar" '"e ne" "i''h Oh ire'uo" .ooh
q, iou"S u'N Oh me shor'S ~ INC Dos
raw u.s. ''"N'"N So"u MS 'li'ih 10 c"!'a"-
from her revcria ana ,,d rbira trrn,nr
from the slumber Of 4o0c years and yet
there Is one respect IN which We must
admit that We have outstrippod the pa st in
art, letters and philosophy. the MASTER
pieces Of poetry. painting and sculpture
the Gccpcs; broodings Of the human mind
over human destiny. these mus. still be
looked for back of 1863. but there never
was before wide a knowledge of the
truth, there was never before such APP
probation Of the beautiful in the world at
large there was never before so vast and
Fl, an audience for the poet and tho seer
aud if the product of the last three CEN
turtles has indeed shown the best IT has
been noble and inspiring. and filed to
overlooking with love Of man that Is
worthy of the selfish splendors of the
past,
And so We have come back In the end
to the place set out from-to the
chapel and the maze. It is not clearer
10 our eyes that summer follows sprinp
than that all the changes we have traced
to-day with gratitude and low have fol-
lowed from the teaching OF the Man ~
Gallilee. 1t was He who taught us the
that-the unsuepected majesty of human
nature. That is why man nav not he
enelavcd; that is why he shall NOT no
left forever in Ignorance or novort,. ~
SHINE. At last we come hack tbroueh
the things that are ever chonrino IN tho
things that never charro
Dear friends If ts ne is We had roox ct.
ting here in tho shade or Tho. o,a 49,.
and listonine to the frs. Cbr,sti,n sor,,-
ice. to the chanting Of nrios,e or1 ,b.r
there have broken in uno, tho ,,ue,o Nv.
rattle Of lluskots the ve)l of tho sov,ro
the scream of the victim the shout ~
the soamon. tho thunder Of tho cononade
the noise Of the tcn,nest. tho sony of +bo
rioueer end tho mines of tho o,orsr,o,,
tic long reverheratinv whistle ~ tho
rtcamer tie run,hle and ~o,r % tbo ,,,-
nron ching train tho brr, or ,rd,,e.r,
through tho valley and Tho bobv Of MI
| titu1cs tlat co-,c and on. ,r,, ti,or ,c,;,,
silence had fallen and wo heard tho
sweet ana solemn chant stju roinr m