The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-04-28

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worth Of The ideal must i,e largely DE-.
termined by the success with which il
can In practice be realized We should
/ abhor the 50 called practical" men
whose rraciicaliiy assumes ihe shape
u that peculiar baSene>s which fnds
tts expression in disbelief in morality
! and decency. in Disregard Of high
standards of living and conduct Such
0 creature is the worst enemy Of the
bady polite. But only less desirable
- citizen is his nominal opponent
1 aud real ally. the man of fantastic
vision who makes the impossible bet
ter forever the enemy of TIN. possible
good.
The Slave Of Names.
| Much of The disc ussiOn about social.
Ism and individualisln is entirely paint
less because of failure to agree on
termin"logy. II Is not ..sssi to be the
slave OF names. am strong indi-
! vktunliSi by personal habit. Inherit
ance and conviction. but il Is a mere
matter of common sense to recognize
that the state. the community. the
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Der of things better than il they were
left To Individual action
| The individualism which finds Its
expression in the abuse of physical
force is checked very early In the
growth of civilization. and we Of today
should in our turn strive to shackle or
destroy that individualiSm which tri
| h.. A,
exploits the weak by craft instead of
ruling them by brutality.
We ought to go with any man In
the effort To bring about justice and
the equality of opportunity. to turn the
tool user more and more into the i,,I
owner, to shift burdens =" that they
I can be more euuitaDly borne
t The deadening effect on amy race OF
the adoption of Il logical and extreme
sOcialis,ic system could not he over
stated. II would spell sheer destruc
tiOn. II would pr ,luce rr,SSer wrong
and outrage. fOuler immortality. than
any existing system. But Ills does not
meiin thai we may not will great ad-
vantage adopt certain of the p iucipIe>
pr"fesSed by some given set of men
who happen to call themselves Social
! lists.
We are bound in honor to refuse 10
listen to those men who would make
us deSiSt from the effort to do away
| with the inequality which means in
justice. the inequality Of right. OF op-
pOrtunity. of privilege We are bound
/ In honor to strive to bring ever nearer
the day when as far AS is humanity
possible we shall be able to realize the
ideal that each man shall have an
! equal opportunity to show the stuff
that is in him by the way in which he
| renders service.
There are plenty Of men calling
themselves Socialists with whom up
to u certain point it is quite possible
to work. II the next step il one which
both we and they wish to take. why.
of course. take 1t without any regard
to the fact that our views as to the
tenth step may differ. But on the 9th
er hand. keep clearly In mind that.
though 1t has been worth while to
take one step. this does not in the
diSadvantageOuS to take the next.
1t il just as foolish TO refuse all
progress because people demanding 1t
desire at some points to 20 to absurd
extremes as II would be to go to these
absurd extremes simply because some
of The measures advocated by the ex-
trcniStS were wise.
Persecution is bad because 1t is per-
secution and without reference to
which side happens at the moment to
be he prosecutor and which the perse-
cu,rd.
Danger Of Class Hatred.
Class hatred is bad in just the same
WA and without any regard to the
individual who ut given time sub
stitutes loyalty to class for loyalty
to The nation or substitutes hatred OF
men because they happen to come in
/ a certain social category. for Judgment
! awarded them according to their con
/ duet
In republic to be successful we
must learn to combine intensity of con
vicrion with broad tolerance Of diff
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en"es Of opinion in matters of religious.
t political and social belief must exist il
! conscience and intellect alike are not
| to he stunted. II there Is to be room
for healthy growth.
! Bitter internecine hatreds, based on
such differences. are signs not of ear
ne>ness Of belief. but of that fanati-
cSm which. whether religious or anti
rel igiOus. democratic or antidemocrat-
/ ic is itself but u manifestation OF the
gloomy bigotry which has been the
chief factor in the downfall Of so
many. many nations.
Good Patriot First.
| believe that man must be n good
patriot before he can be. and as the
. on'T possible way of being, good cit /
i2o1 of the world. Experience teaches
u, hat the average man who protests
that his International feeling SwalupS