The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-24

dlenee today; but only provided that
those those classes o3 possess the gifts % OF Syn Syn
lion to great ideals. You and those
like you have received special advan-
tagesi you have all OF you had the op..
portunity for mental training; many OF
you have had leisure; most OF you have
had chance for the enjoyment OF life
far greater than comes to the majority
OF your fellows. TO you and your kind
much has been given. and from you
much should be expected.
Critic Does Not Count
the man who points out how the strong
man stumbIes, or where the doer of
deeds could have done them better. The
credit belongs to the man who Is ac-
marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly: who and
comes short again and again. because
there Is effort without error and
shortcomina. but who does actually strive
to do the deeds, who knows the great
enthusiasm. the great devotions; who
at the best knows In tho end the triumph
OF high achievement, and who at the
worst. IL he fails. at least fails while
daring greatly so that his place shall
never be with those cold and timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat.
shame on the man OF cultivated taste
VINO permits refinement 10 develop into
a fastidiousness that units him for doing
the rough work OF q workaday world.
Among the free peoples who govern them
selves there Is but small field Of use
life who shrink from contact with their
fellows. Still less room is there for
those who deride or slight what Ia done
by those who actually bear the brunt
OF the day: nor yet for those others who
always profess that they would like to
take action. If only the conditions Of life
were not what they actually are.
'.I pay all homage to Intellect and TO
elaborate and specialized training OF the
Intellect, and yet L know l shall have
the assent of all OF you present when
/ add that more important still are the
commonplace. everyday qualities and viz
tues.
Such ordinary. everyday qualities in
clude the will and the power to work
To fight at need and to have plenty Of
healthy children. There are q few peo-
pie In ne every country so born that t,,t they
useful function II they make 1t evident
that leisure does not mean idleness. But
mo average man must earn his own i've
lihood. He should be trained to do SO:
and he should be trained TO feel that
he occupies a contemplate position II
he does not do So that he is not au
object of envy II he is idle. at which
ever end OF the social scale he stands.
but an object Of contempt. an object of
derision
Essentials of Goodness
I'm the next place. the good man
man; that is. he should be able to
fight. he should be nble to serve his
country as soldier II the need arises.
There are well meaning philosophers who
declaim against the unrighteousness of
war. They are right only II they lay
all their emphasis upon the unrighteous-
ness. War is q dreadful thing, and un-
Just war is a crime against humanity.
But IL Is such crime because II Is un-
just, not because II Is war. Tho choice
must ever be In favor OF righteousness.
and this whether the alternative be peace
or whether the alternative be war The
question must not be merely, is there
be. Is the right TO prevail? Are the
great laws OF righteousness once more
TO be fulfilled? And the answer from
a strong and viriIe people must DO yes.
whatever the cost.
FINALLY. even moro important than
ability to work. even more important
than ability TO fight at need, Is 1t to re
member that the chief of blessings for
any nation is that II shall leave It's seed
TO inherit the land. 1t was the crown of
blessings In blblican times; and It Is the
all cases Is the curse Of sterility. and the
severest of all condemnations should be
that visited upon wilfm sterility: Ihe
first essential In any civilization Is that
the man and the woman shall be father
and mother OF healthy children. so that
the race shall Increase and not decrease:
the society there is failure to increase 1t
Is "A great misfortune. IL tho failure Is
due to deliberate and wilful fault. then 1t
is not merely a misfortune; IL Is one OF
those crimes of ease and self Indulgence,
of shrinking from pain and effort and
risk, which In the long run nature pun.
ishes moro heavily than any other. II
we of the great republics. II we. the free
people who claim TO havo emanclpated
ourselves from the thraldom Of wrong and
error. bring down on our heads tho
rem. then it will be idle waste OF
breath TO pratue of our achievements, to
boast of all that We have done No re-
nnement OF life. no delicacy OF taste no
material progress. no sordld heapinB up
of riches. no sensuous development OF
art and literature, can in any way COM
pensate for the loss Of the great funda-
mental virtues: and OF these great fun-
damental virtues. the greatest is the
races power to perpetuate the race.
Two Qualities Are Necessary.
I'm short, the good citizen In a re-
public must realize that he ought TO pos
sess two sets OF qualities. and that neith
er avais without the other. He must
have those qualities which nal ke for eff
cheney; and he must also have those
qualities which direct tho efficiency Into
less If he is inefficient There IL moth
ing TO he done with that type OF citizen
OF whom all that can be said is that he
Is harmless. Virtue which Is dependent
upon a sluggish circulation II not impress
sfve. There is little place in active life
for the timid good man. The man who Is
saved by weakness from ROBUST WlCkeu-
ness js likewise rendered immune from
tho robuster virtues. Tho good citizen In
a republic must first OF all be able 10 hold
his own. Uo Is no good citizen unloss no
has the ability which Will make him work
hard. and which ut need Will make him
work hard, and which at need Will make
him fight hard, Tho good citizen Is not
a good citizen unloss be Is an efficient
citizen.
''There arc plenty OF men calling them
selves Socialists with whom. up to time
point. II ig quite possible to work II the
next step Is one which both wo and they
wish to take. why OF course take 1t. with
out any regard to the fact that our views
as to the tenth step may differ. But. on
the other hand, keep clearly in mind that |
though II has been worth while to take
one step this does not In tho least mean |
that 1t may not be highly disadvantage
Gus to take tho next
Tho good citizen will demand liberty
for himself. and as a matter OF pride no
will SEQ to II that others receive tho lib |
erty which he thus claims as his own
Probably the best test OF true love OF lb-
orty In any country Is the way IN which
minoriries arc treated In that country. |
Not only should there be complete liberty
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