Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-29

and every man of science able to ap-
preciate that marvellous instrument
Of precision, French prose, has turned
towards France for aid and inspira-
ton. How long the leadership in
arms and letters has lasted is curious
ly illustrated by the fact that the
earliest masterpiece in modern
tongue is the splendid French epic
which tells OF Rolands doom and the
vengeance of Charlemange when the
lords of the FranlSish host were
stricken at Roncesvelles.
Character Must be lrreproachable.
LET those who have, keep, let those
who have not, strive to attain, high
standard of cultivation and scholar
ship. Yet let us remember that these
stand second to certain other things,
There is need of sound body, ard
even more need Of a sound mind. But
above mind and above body stands
character, the sum of those qualities
which we mean when we speak of
a mans force and courage, of his good
faith and sense of honor. 1 believe
in exercise Of the body, always pro-
vided that We keep in mind that
physical development is means and
not an end. believe, of course, in
giving to all the people good educa-
ton. But the education must contain
much besides book learning in order
to be really good. We must ever re-
member that no keenness and subtle
ness of intellect, no polish, no clever.
ness in any way make up for the lack
of the great solid qualities. Self-re-
straint, self-mastery, common sense,
the power of accepting individual re-
sponsibility and yet, Of acting in con-
junction with others, courage and res
olution-these are the qualities which
mark masterful people. Without
them no people can control itself or
save itself from being controlled from
the outside.
Should be Strong and Brave.
"In the next place, the good man
should be both strong and brave
man; that is, he should be able to
fight; he should be able to serve his
country as a soldier If the need
arises. There are we'll meaning phil
; osophers who declaim against the un-
righteousness of war. They are right
only they lay all their emphasis upon
; the unrighteousness. War is dread
full thing, and unjust war is a crime
against humanity. But it is such a
crime because it is unjust, not be-
cause it 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
question might not be merely, is there
: to be war? The question might be, is
: the right to prevail? are the great
laws of righteousness once more to be
fulfilled? and the answer from a
: strong and virile people must be
: "Yes" whatever the cost. Every hon
:, orable effort should always be made
. to avoid war, just as every honorable
u effort should always be made by the
y individual in private life to keep out
. of brawl, keep out Of trouble; but nc
self-respecting individual, no self-re
specting nation, can or ought to sub
: NIT to wrong. Finally, even more i'm
:. portant than ability to fight at need
is to remember that the chief of bless
:. ings for any nation is that it shall
= leave it's seed to inherit the land. II
:. was the crown of blessings in Biblical
times; and it Is the crown Of bless
: ing now. The greatest of all curses
is the curse of sterility, and the Sc
verest Of all condemnations should be
that visited upon wilful sterility The
e first essential, in my civilization Ii
y that the man, the woman shall bt
e father and mother of healthy children
t, so that the race shall increase and no
" decrease. If this is not so, IL through
IT no fault of the society there Is fail
II ure to increase. it is a great misfor
II tune. II the failure is due to deliber
y ate and wilful fault, then 1t Is no
e. merely a misfortune, 1t is one of thos,
J. crimes of ease and self-indulgence, O
4, shrinking from pain and effort an,
H. risk, which in the long run natur
y Furnishes more heavily than any other
1t "If we of the great republics, If W.
s, the free people who claim to hav
rt emancipated ourselves from the thral
Is dom of wrong and error, bring dow
1t on our heads the curse that come
e. upon the wilfully barren. then 1t viii
ss be an idle waste of breath to prattl
IS of our achievements, to boast of al
g. that we have done. No refinement Q
e. life, no delicacy of taste, no materia
,r progress, no sordid heaping up @
:; riches, no sensuous development G
1t art and literature can in any wa
n, compensate for the loss of the grea
n fundamental virtues; and of thes
pit great fundamental virtues, the grea
n est is the races power to perpetual
O. the race.
Condemns Wiekedness.
"But If mans efficiency is not guiC
lie ed and regulated by a moral sens
le then the more efficient he Is til
to worse he is. the more dangerous t
ly the body polite. Courage, intellec
re all the masterful qualities. serve bu