The Columbus journal., 1910-05-04

o'e ueeu u = BOuu0 MIND Blu
above mind and above body stand
character. the sum Of those qualitie
winch We mean when We speak OF
mans force and courage. OF bis eoo,
faith and sense Of honor. believe I,
exercise Of the body. always provtdes
mat We keep in mind that physica
development 10 means and not m
END ] believe. Of course. In giving q
all the people . good education Blu,
the education must contain much be
sides book.learnins In order to be
really good We must ever remembe,
tnat no keenness. and subtleness OF
'nteiiect. no polish. no cleverness IN
any way make up Of the lack of great
SOLID Qualttfes-selfrestra self.mas.
'ery: common sense. the power Of &C.
ceptins individual responsibility and
YET. OF acting In conjunction with
otners Courage and resolution: these
are the qualities which mark q mas
terlul people Without them no peo
PIE can control itself or save itself
from being controlled from the out.
side speak tn brilliant assemblape.
speak In a great university which
represents the flower of the hiebes,
intellectual development; ] nav all
homage to intellect. and to elabora,.
and specialized trainin. Of ,,c ;n,s,
iect: and yet know ! shall nave the
assent OF all you present when I add
that more important still are the com.
monplace. everyday qualities and vir.
tues.
The Evils Of SteriIfty.
IN the next place the good man
should be both a strong ana a h-,,.
man: that is. he should be able IN
hgft. he should be able to serve
MS country as q soldier II the need
arises There are welI-meanine mil.
osophers who declaim aeains, the mn.
righteousness of war. They are right
only they lay all their emphasis upon
.he unriehteousness War is a dread.
lu' things. and unjust: war ia a crime |
against humanity But II IA such q
crime because il Is unjust. not becaus..
Il Is war The choice must ever he IN
favor OF righteousness, and This
"hether the alternative be peace or
"hetner the alternative be war Thu
question must not be merely, is there
% De peace or war? The question
must De. Is The right to prevail. Ar.
ne great laws Of righteousness once
more 10 be fulfilled? And the answer
rom strong and virile people mus,
'e. yes. whatever the cost. Every
onoraoIe effort should always be
nace oy the individual In private life
. Keep out Of q bravl, to keen nm,
trouble: but NO selfrespectins indi.
'duai. no self-respectine nation. can
ought to submit to wrong
rihaily. even more importan, Than
o''1y 10 work. even more importan,
ian ability to fight at need. ia n IN
emember that the chief OF BLESSINGS.
" any nation is that II shall leave its
sed 10 inherit the land. II was the {
own OF blessings In Biblical times
~ Is the crown OF blessings now c
ne greatest Of all curses is the curse u
sterllity. and the severest NJ all L
should be that visited b
ION willful steriIity. Tie first es. a
h''ai IN any civilization Is that the C
ah ana the woman shall be father e
~ mother OF healthy children. 80 "
al the race shall increase and not d
crease II this is not SO. II tbroupb n
iaut OF society there Is failure to u
crease. Is great misfortune n
failure Is due to deliberate and b
iiIn' iault. then It Is not merely a RI
siortune. II is one of those crimes
ease and self-indulgence. of shrink. b.
from pain and effort and rist
lch In the long run nature Furnishes Il
ire heavily than any other. br
Idle Achievements
We of the great republics II ne snu'
Tree people who claim to have !"
ancipated ourselves from the thral. -.
q OF wrong and error. bring down -
our heads the curse that com.e 81
n the wtllfully barren, then II vin ~
an IDLE waste Of breath to prattle -,
our achievements. to boast of ali ~"
We have done No refinement a, ~
} no delfcacy Of taste. no materia, a.,
sress. no sordid heaping up Of -.
es. no sensuous DEVELOPMENT of art
literature. can In any vav com. ~.
safe for the loss OF the er.a, p -"
,amentai virtues: and of the great go,
'amental virtues. the creates, IA g.
races power to perpetuate the ~. w.
IT II a mans efficiency Is NOT enid. ...
mo regulated BY a moral sense o.,
the more efficient he is the worse 0
}. the more dangerous to the BODY .
&c Courage. intellect, all the mas. a
u qualities. serve but to make a 'ns'
more evil II they are used merely Two
that .man's own advancement pc"
brutal Indifference to the rights ire
,ners II speaks Ill for the com. on'
ny II the community worships 81
qualities and treats their nos. G
rs as heroes regardless Of wbeth. 10
ne Qualities arc uc.d .,-,., that
gly II makae m d,ro..s hist,
precise gay In which this SIMS s'an
hcfency Is shown. II makes M pow
ence whether such a mans fore. oeaI
ability betray themselves In the puts
= OF money maker or politician wn'e
r or orator. journalist or popu. Tue
ader. II the man works for evil QUO
the more successor, n. q ~. wouI
he should he desn,s.d 90 Their
ed by all upripbt ana f.,..e,- and
To Judge a man nero,v -. can [
Is an abhorrent vron.. 80 natio
,ople at large hah,tu.IIv 80 49,. Gang
II they grow IN con6on. .;sS the 8