The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-05-20

esr'ss N but limited numDs,- IN n.
lercenary armies by which they Wefs
lundered. Gradually this has ail changed.
|lnul now practically every army Is
ltizen army. and the merDsu1ry has al
lost disappeared. while tho army exists
N vnster scale thnn ever before in uis.
.pry. This r. go among the military mon
'rchles Of Europe.
In our own civil war ~ the United
ltatcs the same thing occurred. peaceful
aeopie ~ we are. A. that time more than
Two generations had passed since The
Var ~ Independence During TIE whlls
II that period the people had been en-.
laFed In NO iifo-uni death struggle. and
lct when tho Clyll war broke out and
fter some costly aud bitter lessons AZ
Pc beginning the nghtnE spirit N tho
leople was shown 10 better advantage
Ran ever before. The war was peculiar.
H. war FOR principle a war winged
A--ach side Tor an Ideal, and while faults
md shortcomings were plentiful among
De comhntHutB. there was comparatively
little sordidness of motive or conduct In
Huch a giant struggle. where across ths
Fnrp Of go many interests IL shot tho
boot ~ Ho many purposes. dark strands
M bright strands unWhar and hril'l1nti
re always intrrtwiued. inevitably there
aa corruption here and there 10 the Civil
bar. but all the leaders ON both Sides,
ind the great majority ~ tho enormous
passes % nRhtinH men, wholly dlste-
nrdei. and were wholly uniunucnced by.
rcunnry considerations.
Wealth and Politics
Another striking contrast In the course
IN modern civilization MS compared with
he later stages NJ tho Grnnco. Roman Or
classic civilization IL 10 be found IN tho
Relations of wealth and politics In clas-
Doc times. aa tho civilization advanced to-
snrd ~ zenith politics became a recog-
hEed means ~ accommodating great
'sralth. Caesar was again and again on
'he verge of bankruptcy. he spent an
enormous fortune. and he rccoupvd him
hcif by the money which he made out %
Ais political. military career. Augustus es-
Published imperial Rome on firm founda-
hons by the use ho made u tho huge
fortune he had acquired hy plumber. What
d contrast II offered by the careers OF
Washington and tincoln' There were
Tow exceptions IN ancient DAYS; but tho
immense majority NJ tho Greeks and the
Romans. as their civilizations eliminated.
hcceptcd money. making on large seals
is ono Of tho incidents Of successful
bubble career Now all ~ this Il In sharp
contrast to what has happened within
Inc last two or three centuries During
hls time there has been a steady growth
AWAY from tho theory that money making
h permissible In an honorable public ca
ror.
In mi. respect the standard has been
CONSTANTLY elevated. and things which
'tntesmen had no hesitation In doing
Three centuries or two centuries ago, and
which did not seriously hurt a public ca.
Iifor oven a century ago. are now utterly
Impossible Wealthy men stll exercise
large, and sometimes an improper. innu-
.ince IN politics. but II II apt 90 be an IN
direct Influence; and In the advanced
states the mere suspicion that tho wealth
Iif public men IL obtained or added 10 rs
an Incident 81 their public careers will
bnr them from public life. Speaking
Generally. wealth may very greatly infu-
Itncc modern political life. but II N not ao-
tulrcd In political life.
Optimistic for the Future.
Mr.. Roosevelt called attention 10
,he fact that hitherto every oiyillza.
ton that has arisen has been able to
develop only few activities. its field
Of endeavor being limited in kind as
veil as In locality. and each OF these
civilizations has fallen. What is tho
lesson TO us OF today7 he asked. VIII
the crash come. and be all the moro
4 Terrible because OF the immense in.
crease In activities and area1 To this
bio replied:
utilization will fall. think that on ths
shoie We have grown better and not
verse think that on the whole the fu-
tue holds moro for us than even tho
gr,at past has held. But. nsHurrdly. thu
drains Of golden glory IN tho future will
not rome true unless. high ~ heart and
Atrog ~ hand by our own mighty deeds
we nuke them come true. We cannot af-
ford v develop any one set Of qualities.
any ore set ~ activities, at the cost OF
seeing others. equally necessary, afro.
phicd. Neither the military efficiency Of
the Morgol, tho extraordinary business
| ability u' tho rhneuiclun, nor the subtle
ana polished intellect OF the Greek awaited
10 avert destruction.
We. tho men ~ today and Of tho IN.
ture, need many qualities n We ARE 20 "a
our work we'll We need nrst ~ an and
most important " all, tho qualities which
stand az tho base ~ Individual. ~ family
life, the fundamental and essential qunli
tics=tho homely. every day, hll.impnrtnnI
virtues. n tho average man Will mo-
work. N he has not I'm him the will nny
the power Co be- good husband and IA
thcr. N the average woman N not good
housewife 70 good mother 81 many
healthy children. then tho state will top
pie, viii go down, no matter what MAJ
be IT, hrllinnro NJ artistic development
or material achievement nut these home
~ qualities are not enough. There must
In addition, be that power OF organization
that power of working In common Tor
common end, which tho German pnopl
have shown In such signal fashion durlnl
the Inst hnlf-rcntury. Moreover m
thlnrs NJ tho spirit are even more impnr
tant than the things NJ the body. We cal
well do without the hard Intolerance an
arid intellectual hnrrenncss ~ what wa
worst In the theological systems ~ IN
past, but there has never been a create
need ~ u high and nne religious spiri
than 1T the present time So. while "
can laugh good -humoredly nj some q
tho prctensous Of modern philosophy I
is various branches. Il would be wors
than folly on our part 90 ignore our nee
OF Intellectual leadership.
Must steer Middle Course.
Never has philanthropy, Humanitarian
ism. seen such development aH now; an
though We must all beware OF the fol-
and the viciousnoss no worse than folli
| which marks tho believer In the pcrfe'
! Utility Of man when his heart runs ava
, with his head or when vanity usurps N
placc Of conscience, yet we must rrmeu
. Der also that II Is only by working alon
p the lines laid down by tho philanthroplsu
by the lovers ~ mankind, that We ca
: be- sure OF iiftinE our civilization 20
higher and more permanent plane of wei
b being than was ever attained by any PR
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