New-York tribune., 1910-04-24

make n evident that leisure does not mean
idlsness: for some Of the most valuable
work needed by civilization Is essentially
non-rernunerative in it, character. and ot
course the people who do this work should
IN large part be drawn from those to whom
remuneration * an object of Indifference.
But tho average man must earn has own
livelihood lie should bc trained 20 do 50.
end he should be trained to- feel that he oc-
cupies a contemplate position if lac does not
do so-tha1 he is not an object of envy il
he is idle. at whichever end Of the social
scale he stands. but an object OF contempt.
an object OF derision.
In the next place. the good man should he
both a strong and brave man; that is. he
should be able 10 fight. hc should be able
to serve his country soldier should the
need arise. There are well meaning philoso-
rhers who declaim against the unrighteous-
ness of war. They arc right only If they
lay all their emphasis upon the unright-
eousness War is dreadful thing, and un-
Just war is a crime against humanity. But
il is such q crime because il is unjust, not
because il Is war. The choice must ever
be in favor Of righteousness, and this
whether the alternative be peace or
whether the alternative be war. The ques-
ton must not be merely, Is there 20 he
peace or war? The question must be, Is the
right TO prevail? Are the great laws of
righteousness once more to be fulfilled?
And the answer from strong and virile
people must be Yes whatever the cost.
Every honorable effort should always be
made to avoid war just as every honorable
effort should always be made by the indi-
vidual in private life to keep out of a brawl.
to keep out Of trouble; but no self-respect-
ing individual. no self-respecting nation,
can or ought TO submit to wrong.
The Curse of Sterility.
Finally, even more important than abil-
itv 10 work. even more important than abil-
ity to fight at need, is it to remember that
the chief of blessings for any nation is that
il shall leave its seed to inherit the land.
1t was the crown of blessings i'm Biblical
times and it is the crown Of blessings now.
The greatest of all curses is the curse of
sterillty and the severest Of all condem-
nations should be that visited upon wilful
sterility. The first essential IN any civil
cation is that the man and The woman
shall he father ard mother of healthy chill
d-en. so that the race shall increase and
not decrease. II this is not so, II through
no fault Of the society there is failure To
i-creaec. IL Is q great misfortune. If the
failure is due to deliberate and wilfui fault.
then il IL not merely A misfortune, IL is ono
of those crimes Of ease and selfindulgence,
Of Sinking from pain and effort and risk,
which in the long run nature Furnishes more
heavily than any other. II We Of the gres-
republics. If We. the free people who claim
20 have emancipated ourselves from the
thrsldom of wrong aud error. bring down
on our heads the curse that comes upon
the wilfullv barren. then II will be an idle
waste Of breath to prattle Of our achieve
ments. 10 boast Of all that We have done.
No refinement of life. no deliCacy of taste
10 material progress. no sordid heaping W
Of riches no sensuous development OF art
and literature can IN any way. compensate
for the loss Of the rreat fundamental viz
tues. and Of these great fundamental viz
tues tin greate-t rs the ra"0'- rover tn
vev0ct tuafe tho race