The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-12

lonishins that A. has not bccn dwclt
upon by men of letters.
One OF The prime dansers OF civil
izauon has always been It's tendency
10 cause the loss Of tho virilc lght-
Ing virtues. OF the HEhtiDg edge.
When men get too comfortable and
lead too luxurious lives there is al
ways danger lest tho softncss eat
nhe an acid into their manliness Of
nber. Tho barbarian. because OF the
very conditions OF his life. is forced
10 keep and develop certain hardy
qualities which tho man OF civillza-
lion tends 10 lose. whether he be
clerk, factory hand. merchant. or even
certain tyne OF farmer. Now 7 viii
not assert that In modern civilized
society these tendencies have hccn
wholly overcome; but there has been
n much moro successful effort 70
overcome them than was the case In
the early civilizations.
What Is tho lesson to US today7
Are We TO 90 tho way oil the older
civilization? The immense increase
In tho area or civilized activity to-
day. so that It Is noarly coterminous
meDsc increase In the muItitudInous
variety OF It's activities: the immense
Increase IN tho velocity OF the world
movement all these To mean
merely that the crush will he all the
more complete and terrible when II
comes. We cannot be CARTON that the
answer Will he in the negative: but OF
this VIC can be certain. that We shall
not go down in ruin unless We de-
servo and earn our end There is no
necessity for us to fall; we can hew
out our destiny for ourselves, fl only
We have the wit and the courage ard
the honesty.
Personally. 7 do not belIevc thot
our civilization will fall / think that
on the whole wc have grown better
and not worse. | think that on the
whole the future holds more for us
than even the great past has held.
But, assuredly. the dreams of golden
glory Of the future will not come true
unless. high OF heart and strong OF
hand. by our own mighty deeds we
make them come true We cannot ef-
ford to develop any ono set of quail
tiles. any one set of activities. at the
cost of seeing others. equally ueces-
sary, atrophied. Neither the military
efficiency of tho Mongol, the extra.
ordinary business ability Of the Phoe-
nician. nor the subtle and polished
intellect of the Greek ayalled TO avert
destruction
I'VE. the men of today and of the
future, need many qualities. If we are
I In
OF all and most important OF all. the
qualities which stand at the base Of
individual, OF family life. the funda-
mental and essential qualities
the homcly. everyday. all-im-
portnnt virtues If the average
man will not work, II he had not In
him the will and the power to be .
good husband and father. II the aver
age woman is not good housewife,
2 good mother of many healthy child
rem then the state will topple, will
go down. no matter what may be its
brilliancc OF artistic development, or
achievement
But these homely qualities are not
enough There must in addition. be
hat power of organization, that power
u WI MUS III lpl d NOululoli
end. which the German people have
shown in such signel fashion during
The last half century. Moreover. the
things OF the spirit are even more
important than the things of the
1ody We can we'll do without the
lard intolerance and arid intellect
Ial barrenness of what was worst |
n the theological systems of the past.
,ut there has never been greater need
4 high and fine religious spirit than
II the present time So, while we
AN laugh good-huworedly at some of |
he preteDsions of modern philosophy |
n It's various branches, 1t would be |
gorse than folly on our part to ignore !
,ur need of intellectual leadership, J
iour own great Frederick once said /
hat if he wished TO punish province |
lc would leave IL TO be governed by |
the sncer had in II an
lemcDt of Justice; and yet no one bet