Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-13
WARNS WORLD AGAINST
SINS OF ANCIENT NATIONS
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esty.
PERSONALLY, ! do not believe that
our civilization viii fail. ! think that
on the whole we 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 N the future viii mot come true
unless. high OF heart and strong o.
hand, BY our own mighty deeds We
make them come true. We cannot
afford to develop any one sci of quail
tiles. any one set OF activities. at the
cost of seeing others. equally neees-
sary. atrophied. Neither the military
efficiency Of the MongoL the extraor-
dinary business ability Of the Phoen-
ician, nor the subtle and polished in
~tellect of the Greek awaited 20 avert
destruction.
I'VE. the men Of today and of the
future. nced many qualities II we are
to do our work well. We need. first
Of All and most important of an, the
qualities which stand at the base Of
individual. OF family life, the ftnda-
mental and essential qualitlcs-the
homely. everyday. all-important Nir-
tues. If the average man viii not
work. if ne has not in him the VIII
and the power to be a good husband
ana lHllltIs ~ Nllt average WNHNNlA -
not "A good housewife, a good mother
of many healthy children. then the
state will topple, will go down, no
matter what may be its brilliance OF
artistic development or material
achievement. But these homely quail
tiles are not enough. There must, IN
addition. be that power of organiza-
ton, that power of working in com
mon for "a common end, which the
German people have shown in such
signal fashion during the last half
century. Moreover. the things of the
spirit are even more important than
the things of the body. We can we'll
do without the hard intolerance and
arid intellectual "barrcnncss OF what
was worst In the theological systems
of The past, but there has never been
greater need Of high ana fine relig-
ious spirit than at the present time.
So, while we can laugh g~ood-humor-
edlv at some Of the p~retcnstons oil
modern philosophy i'm its various
branches, il would be worse han folly
on our part To ignore our need OF m
tcIlcctual leadership. Your own great
Frederick once said that If ne wished
To punish "a province he would leave
it to he governed by philosophers; the
sheer had I'm il an element of justices
and vet no one, better than the great
TTH0pIlGk KNEW llt value ~ lHilf
sophers the value of men of science
men of letters. men of art. II would
be a bad thing. indeed. to accept
Tolstoy as "a guide in social and moral
matters but IT would also be a bad
thing not To- have Tolstoy. not TO
profit by the LOFTY side OF his teach
ings. There are plenty OF scientific
men whose hard Arrogance. whose
cynical materialism. whose dog
$500 f--. % 1a4laH
with the bigOted medieval ecclestts-
tician which they %denouncc. Yet our
debt to scientific men is incalrulable
and our civilization Of today would
3 have reft from it all hat which
most highly distinguishes it IT, the
work Of the great masters OF science
during the past four centuries were
now undouc OF forgotten. Never has
philanthropN. humanitarianism. seen
such development as now; and
though we must all beware Of the
folly. and the %viciousness no worse
than folly. which marks the believer
in tho pcrfectibilitN of man when his
heart runs away with his head. or
when vanity usurps the place Of con-
science. vet we must remember also
that IL rs only by working along the
lines laid down by the philanthrop-
lists. by the lovers of mankind. that
we can Do sure Of lifting our c~iviliza-
tions to "a higher and more permanent
plane of well being than was eve at
tanned by any preceding civilization
Unjust war is ID be abhorred. hut
woe To- tho nation that does not make
ready to hold It's own in time of need
against AN Who would harm IL, and
woe thrice over TO the nation i'm which
the average man loses the fighting
edge. loses the power 10 serve as q
soldier If the day OF need should