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who therefore gained nothing. In tne
end the same fate may overwhelm all
alike. but the memory Of the one type
uerlshes with II, while the other leaves
rs mark deep on the history Of all the
future OF mankind
HEROIC LEGACIES.
"a nation that seemingly dies may
be born again: and even though In the
physical sense II die utterly, II may yet
hand down history OF heroic achieve
ment, and for all time To come may pro-
foundly influence the nations that arise
in its place by tho Impress Of what II
has done. Best of all is IL to do our
part well. and at the same time To see
our blood live young and vital an men
and women NJ to take up the task as
we lay II down; for so shall our seed
inherit the earth, But II this which is
best. is denied us, then at least II ~
ours TO remember that II we choose we
can be tOrch-bearers, as our fathers
were before US. The torch has been
handed on from nation to nation, IRON
civilization TO civilization. throughout
all recorded time, from the dim years
before history dawned. down to the
blazlng splondor of this teeming cen
fury of ours. II dropped from the hand
Of the coward and the sluggard. OF the
man wrapped In luxury or love OF ease,
the man whose soul was eaten away by
self-indulgence; IT has been kept alight
only by those who were mighty of heart
and cunning OF hand. What they
worked at, providing II was worth do
ing at ALL was of less matter than how
they worked. whether In the realm OF
the mind or the realm of the body, III
their work was good. II what they
achieved was of substance. then high
success was really theirs.
ETHICAL STANDARDS,
while freely admitting all OF our
follics and weaknesses of today, II Is
vet mere perversity 10 refuse to realize
the Incredible advance that has been
made In ethical standards. do not
believe that there Is the slightest ne
rossary connection between any weak
ening of vlrile force and this advance
in the moral standard, this growth or
the sense OF obligation to ones neigh
Dor and of reluctance to do that neigh
Dor wrong. We need have scant pa
thence with that silly synlc,sm which
insists that kindness OF character only
accompanies weakness OF charac-
ter. on the contrary. just as In pri-
vate life. many of the men OF strongest
character are the very men OF lofticst
and most exalted morality, so ! believe
that in national life as the ages SO by
we shall find that the permanent ma
tional types will more and more tend
towards those in which. while the in-
tellect stands high. character stands
nlgnel. IN WHICH IuEEtu H.''
courage. rugged capacity 10 resist
wrongful aggression by others VIII 60
hand in hand with lofty scorn of 90
ing wrong TO others This Is the type
OF Timoleon, of Hampden. OF Washing-
ton and Lincoln. These were as goou
ment, and disinterested and unselnsh
men. as ever served a state; and thcy
were also as strong men as ever found
ed or saved a state. Surely such cx-
amples prove that there Is nothing
lJtopian In our effort To combine JUS
tice and strength In the same nauon.
The really high civilizations must
themselves supply the antidote TO the
self-indulgence and love or ease which
they tend 20 produce.
MODERN PROBLEMS.
''fsyery modern civilized nation has
many and terrible problems TO solve
within its own borders, problems that
arise not merely from Juxtaposition OF
poverty and riches, but especially from
the self-consciousness OF both poverty
and riches Bach nation must deal
with these matters In it's own fashion,
and yet the spirit In which the problem
liz approach must ever be funda-
mentally the same II must be spirit
of broad humanity; OF brotherly klnt-
ness; of acceptance OF responsibility,
one for zach and each for all; and al
the game time spirit as remote as
the poles from every form OF weakness
and sentimentality. AS in war TO par
don the coward is to do cruel
wrong to the brave man whose
life his cowardice ieopardizes, so in
civil affairs IL is revolving to every
principle Of justice 60 give to the lazy
the vicious. or even the feeble ana dun
witted, a reward which is really the
robbery OF what Drawer, wiser aoleI
men have earned. The only effective
way to help any man IL 10 help him to
help himself. and the worst lesson to
teach him is that he can be permanent
~ helped at the expense or some one
else True liberty shows itself 10 best
vantage to q majority. No doctrinaire
others and especially of minorities.
Privilege should not be tolerated be-
cause IL is to the advantage OF mi
noTity. nor yet because IL Is 10 the adj
vantage 70 a majority. No doctrinaire
theories OF vested rights or freedom OF
contract can stand in the way or our
cutting out abuses from the body poll
tic Just as little can we AFFORD TO fol-
low the doctrinaires OF an impossible
and incidentally of a highly undesirable
social revolution which, in destroying
individual rights dncluding property
rights and the family, would destroy
the two chief agents I'm the advance OF
mankind, and the two chief rea sons
why either the advance or the preser-
walton OF mankind is worth while. IL
is am evil and a dreadful thing TO be
calous 10 sorrow and suffering, and
blind 10 our duty to do all things pos
sible for the betterment Of social condi-
lions. But IL Is an unspeakably foolish
thing to strive for this betterment by
means 50 destructive that they would
| loaye no social conditions to better. In
| dealing with all these social problems,
| with the Intimate relations of the fam
| lly, with wealth in private use and
business use. with labor, with poverty.
| the one prime necessity is 10 remember
| that. though hardness Of heart Is "A
great evil II is no greater an evil than
| softncss OF head.
GREAT NATIONS PROBLEMS.
But in addition to these problems
| the most intimate and important of all
which to a larger or less degree AFFECT
| all the modern nations somewhat alike,
we Of the great nations that have ex-
| handed, that are now In complicated re-
| lations with one another and with alien
| races have special problems and spe-
| eial duties Of our own. You belong To n
| nation which possesses the greatest em-
pire upon which the sun has ever
| shone. I belong 10 nation which IL
| irving, on n scale hitherto unexampled,
| 20 work out the problems OF gov
| eminent for. OF. and by the peo-
| pie, while at the same time do
| ing the international duty OF a
| great power. But there are certain
| problems which both OF MS have 10