The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-04-03

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| creed, and say that a man SHOULD be
judged "by his spirit; by the climate
Of his heart; by the spring of his
hope; by the autumn Of his gener-
! osity; that he Should be judged: by
| what he does; by the influence he
| exerts, rather THANH the mythology
he may believe. :Hl.r.::e::, :: 49,.
Let us believe that pure thoughts,
brave words and generous deeds can
, never die. Let :: ia. believe: that they
bear fruit and add forever to the
well-being OF the truman race. Let
US believe that noble, self denying
life increases the moral wealth Of
man and gives assurances that the
future will be nobler' than the past
I believe that the children of the
republic, no matter whether their
fathers are rich or poor, ought to be
allowed to drink at the fountain of
education. Some way must be le-
vised that this may he accomplished.
We ought to build more schools and
build them better. Our teachers
ought to be paid more. I tell you the
school house Is the fortress of liberty.
Every school is an arsenal filed with
weapons and ammunition to destroy
the monsters Of ignorance and fear.
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For the man Christ, who cried out /
In the darkness; My God, why hast
thou forsaken me''-for that man I
have the greatest: possible respect.
The place where man has died for
man Is holy ground. To that great |
and serene peasant OF Palestine, I.
gladly pay the tribute, of my admir-
alton and my tears. He was re-
former in his day-an unbeliever In
his time. Back, o. the theological
mask, and in spite Of the inter-
polations of the New Testament. I
see a grand and genuine man.
I am in sympathy with laboring
men Of all kinds whether they labor
With hand or brain The unions, 1
believe, do not allow a lawyer to be-
come a member: am somewhat
wider in my sympathies. No men in
the world struggle moro .herotcally,
no men in the world have suffered
more, or carried heavier cross, or
worn a sharper crown Of thorns, than
the lawyers. the doctors. and those
who have produced what we call the |
literature OF; our, race. SO my
sympathies extend ill the way from
the hod-carriers to .sculptors, from
well digEers to astronomers. ,> |
Consequences determine the. char
acter Of acts II the consequences Of !
an act are good. the act is good. If |
the. consequences are bad, the act Is |
bad: And the results Of an act are |
the invisible police that no prayers |
can soften, and no gold bride. Recol-
lect that for every bad act there will |
be laid upon your shoulder. the Arrest
Ing hand of the consequences. You
have got to pay for your mistakes, to
the last tear, to the: last sigh. and to
the uttermost farthing. That is the
only forgiveneseS known in nature,
Mature never settles unless she can
give q reseipt in full. =. #:s.
To live upon the unpaid labor OF
other men. to- put chains on the body,
on the mind. padlocks on |.
the lips that Ne blasphemyl TO deny
what you believe TO be true, to admit
what you believe TO be q lie-ttlat Is
blasph benny To strike thu weak and
unprotected, to persecute the intelli-
6 gent few A. the ,o,1nl,rnand of the
ignorant many, to build dungeons tor
your honest felln, men that is
olasphem vioiate your com
science, 10 BOW 90 public opinion
asainst your better e1rnent, "a pol
lutte the souls Of sci1i ldren With 4 the
dogma az eternal ~ tt1af II m hlaa-