The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-04-29

solid qualities self restraint. BClt,maH'
terry. common sense. the power " nc.
cCptlug individual responsibility and
yet, " acting I'm conjunction with
others. Courage and resolution: these
are the qualities which mark mas
tctful people without them no PEG
pie can control itself or save itself
from being controlled from the out
side | speak to brilliant assemblagc;
speak IN great university which
represents the Hover OF the highest
Intellectual Development: pay all
homage 20 intellect. and to elaborate
and specialized training Of the intel.
lcct: and yet know | shall have the
assent Of oil you present when add
that more important stlll are the com.
monplace. everyday qualities and vir.
tues.
The Evils OF sterlllty.
In the next place the good man
should be both strong and n brave
man: that II. he should be able 20
fight. he should be able 10 serve
his country as n soldier n tho need
arises. There are well.meaning phil.
osophers who declaim against the un.
Righteousness Of war. They are right.
only they lay all their emphasis upon
the unrlghtcousness War IL n dread.
full thlngA. and unjust: war IL n crime
against humanity. hut Il IL such n
crime because II IL unjust. not because
II In war. The choice must ever be in
favor OF righteousness. and this
whether the alternative DO peace or
whether the alternative be war The
question must not be merely. IL there
TO DO peace or war; The question
must be. Ia the right to prevail1 Are
the great laws Of Righteousness once
more TO be fulnlled7 And the answer
from a strong and yirile people must
be. Yes" whatever the cost. Every
honorable effor, should always be
mnde by the individual In private life
to keep out Of brawl. TO keep out
OF trouble; but no selfrespecting indl.
yldual. no self respecting milton. eau
or ought TO submit to wrong.
Finally. even more important than
ability TO work. even more importan,
than ability TO eight at need. Is II to
remember that the chief OF blessings
for any nation IL that II shall leave IL
seed 10 Inherit the land. n was tho
crown Of blessings In Biblical times.
and II In the clown Of blessings now.
The greatest II all curses II the curse
OF sterility, a. the seycrost Of all
condemnatlons should be that visited
upon wlllful Ferility. The FIRST es
sentinl In any civilization Ia that the
man and the woman shall be father
and mother ~ healthy children. "a
that the race shall Increase and not
decrease. VI thls is not so. II through
no fault of fociety there In failure "a
increase. II IL great misfortune II
the failure n due TO deliberate and
wlllful fault then II Is not merely q
misfortune, II is one Of those crime,
Of ease ano selflndulgence. OF shrink
ing from pain and EFFORT and risk
which In De long run nature punlshe,
more hea Ply than any other
die Achievements.
II We 81 the great republics. II we
the free people who claim to hay,
emanoipated ourselves from the thral
dom OF wrong and error bring dow
on our heads the curse that come
upon the willfully barren. then It vii
be an idle waste OF breath to prnttl
p Of our achievements, to boast OF al
that We have done No refinement o
, life, no dellcacy Of taste. no muteria
progress. no sordid heaping up o
riches. no sensuous development OF ar
and literature. can In any way con
pensato for the loss Of the groa
, fundamental virtues. ana OF the grca
fundamental virtues. tho greatest /
the races power 10 porpetuato th
race.
But n n mans efficiency IL not guild
, ed nnd regulated by moral sense
4 then the more efficient hc Is the wors
!. he Is, the more dangerous 10 the bod
, polite Courage. Intellect. all the MAJ
. terful qualities. serve but 10 make
man more evil II they are used merol
for that mans own advancement
with brutal Indifference TO the right
OF others, II speaks IN for the con
o munity II the community worship
1 these qualities and treats their pO
!. SCISSORS as heroes regardless Of whetI
d or the qualities are used rightly q
. wrongly II makes no difference as
d the precise way In which this SIM
4 ter efficiency n shown II makes n
l. difference whether such a mans fore
. and ability betrny themselves In Nh
u career Of money maker or politician
" soldier or orator, journalist or pop
s lar leader II the man works for eyI
I, then the more successful he Is. m
n more he should be dcspised and co
r demncd by all upright and farsooir
b men. To Judge man merely by su
" cess is an abhorrent wrong. and
T. the people at large habitually so JUDI
d men, II they grow 10 condone wickc
Il ness because the wicked man Il
n umphs. they show their inability
.c understand that In the last analys
10 free institutions rest upon the cha
.e ncter OF citizenship and that by su,
"a admiration Of evil they prove thel
selves unit for liberty
The Idea Of True Liberty.
Ia The good citizen viii demand Il
D. / .,ty for bIutgslf and aa a tuuttar