Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-02

Here Immediately his unrelated right van
tshes, for his right cannot override the
equal right Of others and must give way
before every superior right. One must
differentiate between the right to life and
the right to live.
The barnac1e fixed to objects. the su-
perior usefulness of which It impairs. for
feits its right to live, and the destruction
of the lesser for the preservation Of the
greater II justified. l75
Apply these principles to man and his
institutions, testing their right to live by
the same rules and standards.
The Individual human being has right
to his own life. but his right to live In
wolves due regard for the rights Of others.
self maintenance as his minimum cOntri-
button to the social welfare. It involves
q contribution both by himself and his
posterity to the progress OF the social
whole and an increment to the civilization
OF which he Is part.
To enable man to make hitting contri-
button to the social whole And therefore
have fun right to live II the funda-
mental purpose Of institutions OF ctyiliza-
tion, the school, the church, the state.
community Is determined by his social ef-
ficiency, which In turn is largely depend
ent upon the knowledge he acquires. the
physical power he develops and the spirit
he maintains toward his fellow men.
Society must care for the individual
during his unavoidably helpless period.
and the Individual must In turn care for
society when he has reached the period OF
responsibility. He who makes himself q
barnacle and a. paraSite hindering the
function and sapping the substance of the
community, forfeits his right to live
therein, and no sickly sentiment should
keep him there. while he who contributes
to its material, moral or intellectual up-
lift earns for himself the right to live in
the community, and no force or fraud or
power Of foolish prejudice should be suf-
fered to molest him or to drive him out.
To die for ones country and ones be-
lief is high and holy privilege, but TO-
live for ones home, his civilization, his
religion and mankind Is higher duty
and nobler right. ~ M Il 5 N III
The individual who abuses the body,
that temple OF divine spirit, who weakens
its power, destroys It's yigor or c0rrupts
its organism forfeits his right to live In
posterity. for he has no right to trans
NIT the blighting influence Of his physical
deformities TO future generations as q
sclinging curse.
" Az with individuals. 30 with institutions,
societies, races and nations. To earn the
right to live all must depart from evil
and cleave to that which IL good.
4 The society that Is self centered to the
extent that II gives nothing to the COM
murity from which It draws ttA suste-
nance. the institutions which returns no
benefit to the public that supports It, the
corporation. league or union that brings
no blessing to the body polite through
which and under which its existence is
made possible-all these are parasites and
ba-nacles and forfeit their right to live.
& Societies must earn their right to live
through their beneficent contributions to
the community of which they form q
part: institutions must turn out products
that raise the level OF the people among
whom thcy work; governments must pro-
stect and benefit the toiling millions upon