The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-06-09

I tEo FfFnf empire 81 Rome. 90 was not
death Witch came, but transformation.
Both Holland ard Italy teach ua nat
races thar fall may rise again.
Danger Of Race Suicide.
There Gre questions which We u tbs
gTcu civilized nauons are ever tefupfed %
ask o. the future. T. our time ~ growth
drawing 90 boz end7 Are We az nations
soon tp come under The rule n that great
law ofdeath which is itHelf but part % the
rreat law % lfe7 None can toll Forces
I tnnt He can zee and other forces that ere
hidden Cr that can but dImly Be arpro-
I hsufci IRE 90 work 90 around us. both
Tor good and for eYil Tie growth ln iuF.
lry, lu love % rUae. in taste Tor Fapid
ana frivolous excitement. o. both evident
und unhealthy. The most luminous H.Fu
IL the dimlnuugn Oh the birth-rate. ln tho
rate 81 natural Increase. now 90 a larrer
or lesser degree shared by most % the
I civilized uHuou % central and western
Europe, % America and Australia "a dim
mutton 20 great that 70 10 continues Tor the
next century az the rate which has OBJ
tained Tor the last = years. aI TIE more
highly civilized people viii b. stationary
OF else have begun 20 80 backward In
poIalnu0n while many o. them Will have
already gone very far backward
There "a much that should give us con
ceTn f0r the future. But there is much
also which should give az hope No man
~ more apt % be miFfassn than the
prophet Of evil ] believe with all my
heart that a great future remains FOR Us.
bat whether % does or does not. our
duty De- not altered However the bat
ne may 20. the soldier worthy % the
name viii with utmost vtr0r DO his al
loted task. and bear himself as valiant
ly Ia defeat as On victory. Come what
VIII, we belong 90 peoples who have not
Yielded 90 the raven fear q being great
In the ages hat have gone by. the
great nations. tho nations that have eN-
panded and that have played q mighty
part IN the world. have IN THE end
grown old and weakened and vanished.
but 80 have the nations whose only
thought was 20 avoid al danger. all ef-
fort, who would risk nothing. and who
therefore gained nothing. In the end the
same fate may CverUhrIm an alike. but
The memory o. the one type per.sHes with
u while The other leaNes its mark deep
kind
A nation tina seemingly diss may b
born again. and even though in tho
physical sense it Gle utterly. % nay vet
hand down q history % heroic achieve
mcut and fnr all time 90 come may pro-
tolraly influence the nations that arise tn
its place by the impress Of what ~ has
dome Best o. an Is % 90 DO our part well.
% at the same time 90 see our blood I've
Young and vital 80 men and women a. 90
take gp the task az we lay lt Gown. for
90 shall our seed inherit the earth. But
Y this which is best is denied US. then
az least 20 is ours % remember that u we
choose we can be -f0rrh-bearrrE as our
fathers were before US. The torch has
been handed on from nation 90 nation.
from civilization 90 civilization through
out OH recorded time. from the dim years
before history davued. down % the bla-
Eing spisn1or % this tseming century q
ours u is dropped from the hand % the
coward and the slugEard. q the man
wrapped IN luxury or love Of ease. the
man whose soul was eaten away by self
Indulgence. q has been kept uUEht only
BY those who were mighty q heart and
cunning Of hand What they worked At
providing q Was worth doing AZ all. was
- no less matter than how they worked.
whether IN The realm q the mind or the
realm % the body. II their Work was
good Y what they achieved was % Sub
stance then high success was really
theirs
IN the Hrs; part % his lecture I drew
certain l~raI-glcs between what had or-
CURED % forms % animal lie through
me IrnHrssian O. lhe EEos on tris planet
and what has occurred ana Is occurring
20 The great artlGriaI Civilizations which
have gradually spread over the worlds
srr'a-s carnr The thousands az years
thaf have elapsed since cities % Temples
"H Hr""'" .|"h H"Hf a"||.I.N H.N Na.H AIa
me t.F'faies ana The Eaghnra %
N.nnsr Crete h-stlr5 with tho uasta OF
fHo ArEr1r craft Bot o. course the
parable. Ia t~as only Or the toughest
and most Eeueral way Moreover even
between the civilizations ~ today and
TIE ordinations 90 ancient tlmes there
are differences 80 profound tina. we must
Do caat.rrs ir drawing any conclusions
tor tee present based us what has Ear-
prrrt Ir tHe past Wrie freely admit
tins E' 90 1ur frI"ra and weaknesses %
today. ~ Is set mere perycrslfy 90 refuse
Go realize t'o Incredible advance that
hos been made lr ethical standards I do
NOT believe that there is ths slightest nee
rsNHrN connection between any weaken
irE % y'r..~ force and ,rls advance On
the moral standard tEis growth % the
sense uf obligation % ones uriEhbor and
n r'Isr''r"" 90 DO that ueIgHhnr wrong
We Hrrf have Eusnt patience with that
silly cyr.e.sm which insists that klnsU.
ness ~ character My Accompanies
weakness - character on the contrary.
laFf 90 iu private mo Macy % the men
~ strongest character are ths very men
yT in|irsf and most exalted morality. on
] believe that In national life as the arcs
r1 hy Uo shall rrl that tho permanent
rai.nral types viii moro and more tend
towards those iu which. while fHe intel
.".f r..rHs .irr character stands HIGHER.
.n Which rHrErf strength arl rrarara
f.hh.N capacity n" resist WfHnEfu Ur.
Er0eF..u nF others VIII So hand ln hand
w.'a a iHffN s.nfn 90 Jr.HE wrong ta ujn.
rrs This 10 ths Epr ~ TImH'.nu ~
NrruI.r % Washington ana Lincoln
These we're as good mon. aH JIs.rfrrartrF
a.' aHa.Inaa Wru. as ever served a
state ans thsN were a'er uv Ftrrur mon
as ever founded ur sarrt a state surely
srrn examples prove shat There 10 MOTH.
ing lf.I.En lu gHr EFFORT a. combine
'"sf..r ana strength iH tho ssmc nation
The realty h.EH civilizations must them.
selves supply tnc aufItrfr 60 The s,lfir.
tg'Ernry ans love 90 ease vbleh they
tguJ Co. produce
Problems ~ Modern Nations.
EvtTT modern cI,!lgcd nation Nas many
ana TERRIBLE problems Go solve Within its
own borders, problems that arise NOT
merely from 1uNtaposiuou 81 poverty ard
riches bot especially from thc se.f--ar-
seriousness 90 both poverty ana rtrrs
Each nation must deal with these m1t,
tsTs 'u lts own fashion, and yet tho sptrt
lu which tHr problem is approached must
ever DEL fundamentally tho same Do
must De- a spirit Cf broad humanity. %
hrotEoTiN kindnfss ~ acceptance of re-
sponfioiIlty one Tor each ami each for
an and Il thc same time a srIr.t as ra-
mote as The poles from yyrry form ~
weakness and sgnuwsUta,N As lu war
to pardon the coward .s Co DO cruel