The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-13

and the power 10 be a good husband and
father. II the average woman is not
good housewife a good mother or many
healthy children. then the state will top
pie, Will go down. no matter what may
be its brilliapce OF artistic development or
material achievement. But these homeIy
qualities are not enough. There must In
addition. be that power of organization,
that power Of working In common for a
common end. which the German people
have shown in such signal fashion dur
ing the last half-century. Moreover, the
things OF the spirit are even more I'm
portant than the things of the body, We
can well do without the hard intolerance
and arid intellectual harrenness OF what
was worst In the theological systems OF
the past. but there has never been great
er need OF high and fine religious spirit
than at the present time SO, while we
can laugh good humorcdly at some OF
the pretensions OF modern philosophy In
It's various branches. II would he worse
than folly on our part 70 ignorS our nseo neu
great Frederick once said that II he
wished 10 punish province he would
leave II TO be governed by philosophers;
the sneer had In II an element OF justice:
and vet no one better than the great
Frederick knew the value of philosophers,
the value OF men OF science, men OF let
ters. men Of art. 1t would be bad thing
indeed to accept Tolstoy as guide In
social and moral matters; but II would
also be bad thing not to have Tolstoy,
not to profit by the lofty side of his
teachings. lnere are plcnly Ol SSI'Hllht
mon whose hard arrogance, whose cynical
materlalism, whose dogmatic intolerance.
put them on a level with the bigoted
medieval ecclesiasticism which they de-
nounce. Yet our debt to scientific men
is incalculable. and our civilization OF to-
day would have reft from 1t all that
which most highly distinguishes II II the
work OF the great masters ol sciencc
during the past four centuries were now
undone or forgotten. Never has phllan-
thropy, humanitarianism, seen such de-
velopment as now. and though we must
all beware OF the folly, and the vicious
ness no worse than folly. which marks
the believer in the perfecttbillty OF man
when his heart runs away with his head,
or when vanity usurps the place or con-
science. yet we must remember also
that II is only by working along the
lines laid down by the philanthropists, by
the lovers OF mankind, that we can be
sure of lifting our civilization TO a high
er and more permanent plane OF we'll
being than was ever attained by any
preceding civilization. Unjust war Is TO
be abhorred; but woe to the nation that
does not make ready TO hold Its own In
time Of need against all who would harm
IL, and woe thrice over to the nation in
which the average man loses the lighting
edge. loses the power to serve as soldier
If the day of need should arise.
Dream of the Future.
II Is no Impossible dream to build up
civilization in which morality, ethical
DEVELOPMENT, and a true feeling of broth
erhood shall all alike be divorced from
false sentimcntality, and from the ran
corous and evil passions which. curious
ly enough, so often accompany probes
sions of sentimental attachment TO the
rights OF man, In which a high material
development In the things OF the body
shall be achieved without suborctnatlon
OF the things OF the soul, In which there
shall be a genuine desire for peace and
Justice without loss OF those vlrlle quail
ties without which no love OF peace or
fullest development of scientific research,
the great distinguishing feature OF our
present civilization. shall yet not imply
a belief that intellect can ever take the
place Of character-for, from the stand
point OF the nation as of the Individual,
it Is character that is the one vital pos
session.
Finally, this world movement OF civil
ization this movement which Is now
felt throbblng in every corner of the
globe, should bind the nations of the
world together while yet leaving unim-
paired that love OF country In the indi-
Of the worlds progress is essential 10
the worlds welloeng. You, my hearers.
and / who speak TO you belong TO diff
ferent nations. Under modern conditions
The books we read. the news sent by
telegraph to our newspapers. the strang
ers we meet, half of the things We hear
and do each day. all tend TO bring us
into touch with other peoples, Each
people can do justice to itself only If (;
does justice TO others. but each people
can do It's part in the world movement
for all only II 1t first does It's duty with
in Its own household. The good citizen
must be a good citizen Of his own coun-
try first before he can with advantage
be a citizen OF the world at large. / wish
you we'll. believe In you and your
future / admire and wonder at the eX-
traordinary greatness and variety of
your achievements in so many and such
widely different fields: and my admira-
tion and regard are all the greater. and
not the less. because / am so profound a
believer in the institutions and the peo-
nile of my own land.