The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-23

seed to Inherit I..e Ind It. gisAtesk
Of all curses u the curse Of sterility.
and the severest OF all condemnations
should be thar visited upon wiliful
sterility.
i The flrst essential In any civilization
Ii that the man and the woman shall
be father and mother OF healthy chill
dren. 20 that the race shall increase
and not decrease. lf this Is not so. II
through no fault OF the society there
is failure TO increase. II 10 q great mis-
fortune. Il the failure II due to de
Mberate and willful fault. then II Is
not merely I misfortune: 1t ID one OF
those crimes OF ease and self indui-
gence. Of shrinking from pain and Of
fort and risk. which In the long run
nature Furnishes more heavily than any
other
If we OF the great republics. u we.
the free people who claim TO have
enancipated ourselves from the thrai-
dom Of wrong and error. bring down
on our heads the curse that comes
upon the willfuily barren. then 1t will
be an idle waste Of breath to prattle
OF our achievements. to boast OF all
that we have done.
No refinement OF life. no delicncy Of
taste. no material progress. no sordid
heaping UP OF riches. no sensuous de-
velopment OF nrt and literature. can In
any way compensate for the loss Of
the great fundamental virtues. and Of
these great fundamental virtues the
greatest IL the races power to per
petuate the race.
Mans chisf Duty.
Character must show itself In the
mans performance both OF the duty
he owes himself and Of the duty be
owes the state. The mans foremost
duty is owed to himself and his fam
lily. and he can do this duty only bJ
earning money. by providing what Ii
essential to material well being. Il
Is only after this has been done thai
he can hope to build higher super
structure on the solid material foun
dalton. It is only after this has beer
done that he can help In movement,
for the general well being.
It Is not good to excite that bite
laughter which expresses contempt
and contempt Is what we feel for tn,
being whose enthusiasm to benefi
mankind is such that he is a burden
to those nearest him. who wishes I,
do great things for humanity In tn
abstract. but who cannot keep hi
wife in comfort or educate his chill
dren.
i decline to recognize the mere mul
| timillionaire. the man OF mere wealth
as IN asset of value to any country
and especially as not an asset to m.
own country. II he has earned o
uses his wealth in way that make
him Of real benefit. Of real use-an,
such Is often the case-why. then b
does become an asset Of worth. Blu
It is the way In which 1t has bee
earned or used aud not the mere fac
/ Of wealth that entities him to tn
/ credit.
/ There Is need In business. as In mos
other forms Of human activity. Of til
great guiding intelligences. Thei
places cannot be supplied by any nun
Der OF lesser intelligences.
It is bad thing for nation to rails
and to admire false standard Of sue
cess, and there can be no falser stand
ard than that set by the dedication Q
material well being in and for itself.
i The power OF the journalist Is grea
but he Is entitled neither to respec
nor admiration because Of that powe
unless 1t is used Alright. He can d.
and he often does. great good. He ca
do. and he often does, infinite mi
4 chief All journalists. all writer's. fo
the very reason that they anpreciat