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mon for a common end. which the
German people have shown in such
signal fashion during the last half
century. Moreover, the things Of the
spirit are even more important than
the things OF the body We can well
do without the hard intolerance and
arid intellectual barrenness OF what
was worst IN the theological systems
Of the past, but there has never been
greater need Of q high and fine re-
ligIOus spirit than at the present time.
Intellectual Leadership.
So, while We can laugh good-humor-
eddy at some Of the pretensions OF
modern philosophy IN its various
branches. II would be worse than folly
on our part TO ignore our need of in
-teuectuaI leadership. Your own great
Frederick once said that If he wished
to punish a province he would leave II
to be governed by philosophers; the
sneer had IN It an element OF justice;
and yet no one better than the great
Frederick knew the value Of philoso-
pliers, the value Of men of science
men OF letters. men OF art It would
be a bad thing indeed TO accept Toll
stOy as guide in social and moral
matters but IL would also be a bad
thing not to have TOIstOE- not 10
profit by the lofty side Of his teach
fngs-
There are plenty Of scientific men
whose hard arrogance whose cynical
ma1eTialism. whose dOEmatiC iutOIer-
ance, put them on level with the
b1COTed med1aTel eCCleSIa StiCISTn which
they deuc=.nCe- Yet our debt 20 scien-
tifiC men Is incalCulable, and our civil
iZatiOn OF today would have reft from
cuisines II II the work Of the great mas
tiers OF science during the past four
centuries were now Undone or forgotten
Must Be Prepared
Never has philanthropy. humanitarian
ism. seen such development as now;
and though we must all beware Of the
folly, and the viciousness no worse than
folly. which marks the believer in the
perfectibillty Of man when his heart
runs away with his head. OF when.
vanity usUrps the place Of conscience,
yet we must remember. also, that II IS
only by working along the lines laid
down by the phIanthTOpists. by the
lovers Of mankind, that we can De sure
Of lifting our civilization to a higher and
more permanent plane OF well-belnE
than was ever attained BY any preCed-
ing civilization Unjust var IS TO be
bhOrred- b 1t woe 20 the nation that
does not make ready 10 hold its own in
time Of need against al who would
harm 1t; and woe thrice over 20 the
nation in which the average man loses
the fighting edge. loses the power TO
serve as a soldier II the day Of need
should arise.
a civilization in which morality, ethical
development and true feeling Of
brotherhood shan all alike be divorced
from IA lsa SentImenCalitE- and from the
rancoro9S and evil passions which Gu
riOuslv enough so often accompany pro-
LESSONS Of sentimental attachment 10
the rights OF man: in which a high ma
terisl development IN the things Of the
BODY shall be achieved without sub
ordination Of the things Of the SOUL
IN which there shah be genuine de
sire for peace and justice without loss
Of those verile qualities without which
no love OF peace or Justice shall avail
any race in which the fullest develop
meut Of scientific resea rch. the great
distinguishing feature OF our present
civilization, shall Vet not imply a be-
lief that intellect can ever Ia Ike the
place Of cnaract!er-Lor, from the. stand
point OF the nation as Of the individual,
If Is. character that is thSDne vital pos
session
Congratulates Nation.
Finally, this world movement Of civil
HzatiOn. this movement which IS now
felt throbbinE in every corner Of the
globe, should bind the nations Of the
world together while Vet leaving unIr7-
paired that love Of country in the indi-
vidual citizen which il the present stage
Of the worlds progress is essential 10
the worlds welI-beinE. You, my hear
ers. and I who speak TO you, belong to
different nations Under modern con
ditions the books we read. the news
sent by telegraph to our newspapers,
the strangers we meet, half OF the
things we hear and 90 each day, all
tend TO bring US into touch with other
peoples. Each people can do justice TO
itself only II il does justice 10 others.
but each people can do its part in the
world movement for ali only II Il first
does its duty within its own house
hold 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 7 wish you well.
7 believe In you and your future. I
admire and wonder at the extraOrdi-
nary greatness and variety OF your
achievements in 50 many and such
widely different HeldS, and my admira-
ton and regard are all the greater.
and not the less, because am 50
profound a believer in the institutions
and the people Of my own land