New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13

high and fine religious spirit than az the
present time So. WHILE We can tauSn
good humoTedly at some OF the preten-
sions Of modern philosophy in its various
branches il would be worse than folly on
our part TO ignore our need Of Intellectual
leadership. Your own great Frederick
once said that if he wished TO punish a
provinces ne would leave it To be governed
by philosophers; the sneer had in IL an
element OF justice; and yet no one better
than the great Frederick knew the value
of philosophers. the value OF men OF sci
ence. men of letters. men Of art II would
be a bad thing indeed 70 accept Tclstoy
as guide in social and moral matters:
but il would also Re bad thing not TO
have ToIstoy. not to profit by the lofty side
of his teachings.
Fighting Power Necessary Qa1iTty.
There are plenty Of scientific men whose
hard arrogance whose cynical mateTialisIl,
whose dogrnatic intolerance put them on a
level with the bigOted medieval ecclesias-
tcism which they denounce- Yet o-r debt
TO scientific men is incalculable. go or
oiviliza ton Of to-day would have re-t from
it all that which most highly distinguishes
it If the work of the great masters Of SCI
ence during the last four centuries were
thropy. humanitarianiszn. seen such devil
opment as now: and though We must all
beware of the folly azd the viciousness
no worse than folly which mark the Re-
lever in the perfectlbility of man when
his heart runs away with his head or
when vanity usurps the place OF con-
science. Vet ve must remember also that
is it only by working along the lines laid
down by the philanthropists. by the lovers
of mankind. that we can De sure OF Hfr-nS
our civilization TO higher and more per-
rlanent plane OF welIoeing than was ever
attained by any preceding civilization IN
Just war is 70 be athorred; but woe 70 the
nation that does not make ready to hold
its own in time Of need against ali who
would harm it: and woe thrice over TO the
nation in which the average man loses the
fighting edge loses the power 10 serve as
a soldier if the day of need should arise
An Ideal Civilization.
II is no impossible dream to build Up q
civilization in which morality. ethical de-
veIopnent and true feeling Of brother
hood shall all alike be divorced from false
sentfmentaIitv and from the rancOrous and
evil passions which. curiOUsly enough, so
often accompany professions Of sentiment
tai attachment 10 the rights OF man; n
which a high material development IN the
things of the body shall be achieved with
out subordination of the things Of the
soul; in which there shall be a genuine
desire for peace and justice without loss or
/ those virfIe qualities without which no love
/ of peace or justice shall avail any race; in
which the fullest development Of scientific
research the great distinguishing feat
ure Of our present civilization. shall yet
Ill.
take the place of character-for. from the
standpoint of the nation as OF the indi-
viduai. it is character that is the one
vital possession
Plea for international Unity.
Finally, this world movement Of ctviIIza-
ton. this movement which is now felt
throbbing in every corner of the globe.
should bind the nations of the world to
gether while YET leaving unimpaired that
love OF country in the individual citizen
which in the present stage OF the worlds
progress is essential TO the worlds we'll
being. You, my hearers, and 1 who speak
to you. belong 10 different nations. Under
modern conditions the books We read, the
news sent by telegraph TO our newspapers.
the strangers We meet. half OF the things
we hear and do each day all tend to bring
Us into touch with other peoples. Each
people can do justice 20. itself only x it
does justice TO others. but each people
can do its part IN the world movement for
all only II IT first does its duty within fts
own household The good citizen must
be a good citizen OF his own country first
before he can with advantage be a citizen
OF the world at large I wish you well
I believe in you and your future I adj
uaire and wonder at the extraordinary
greatness and variety OF your achieve
ments in so many and such widely differ
ent fields: and my admiration and regard
are all the greater. and not the less. be-
cause I am so profound a believer in the
institutions and the people OF my OWN
land