The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-04-23

tact with their fellows. Still less
room is there for those who deride or
slight what is 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.
The man who does nothing cuts the
same sordid figure in the pages of
history, whether he be cynic, or fop
or voluptuary. There is little use for
the being whose tepid soul knows no
thing of the great and generous emo
ton, of the high pride, the stern be-
lief, the lofty enthusiasm of the men
who quell the storm and ride the
thunder. Well for these men if they
succeed; we'll also, though not so
well, if they fail, given only that they
have nobly ventured, and have put
forth all their heart and strength.
1t is war-worn Hotspur, spent with
hard fighting, he of the many errors
and the valiant end, over whose me-
mory we love to linger, not over the
memory of the young lord who but
for the vile guns would have been a
soldier"
FRANCE AS ScHooLMASTER.
France has taught many lessons to
other nations; surely one of the most
important is the lesson her whole his
tory teaches, that a high artistic and
literary development is compatible
with notable Leadership in arms and
statecraft The brilliant gallantry of
the French soldier has for many cen
turtles been proverbial; and during
these same centuries at every court
in Europe the 'freemasons of ia
shion" have treated the French
tongue as their common speech;
while every artist and man of letters,
and every man of science able to ap-
preciate that marvellous instrument
of precision, French prose, has turn
ed towards France for aid. and insp1-
ration. How long the leadership in
arms and letters has lasted is curious
ly illustrated by the fact that the
earliest masterpiece in modern
tongue is the splendid French epic
which tells of Roland's doom and
the vengeance of Charlemagne when
the lords of the Frankish host were
stricken at Roncesvalles.
Let those who have, keep, let those
who have not, strive to attain, a high
standard of cultivation and scholar
ship. Yet let us remember that these
stand second to certain other things
There is need of a sound body, and
even more need of a sound mind. But
above mind and above body stands
characterize sum of those qualities
which we mean when we speak of a
mans force and courage, of his good
faith and sense of honor. l believe
in exercise of the body, always pro
vided that we keep in mind that ply
steal development is means and not
an end. / believe, of course, in giving
to all the people a good education. But
the education must contain much be,
sides book learning in order to be
really good. We must ever remem-
Der that no keenness and subtleness
of intellect, no polish, no cleverness,
in any way make up for the lack of
the great solid qualities. Selfre-
straint, self-mastery, common sense,
the power of accepting individual re-
sponsibility and yet of acting in con-
junction with others, courage and re-
solution, these are the qualities which
mark a masterful people Without
them no people can control itself, or
save itself from being controlled from
the outside. l speak to a brilliant as
semblage; l speak in a great uniyer-
sity which represents the flower of
the highest intellectual development;
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 l add that more important still
are the commonplace, everyday quail
ties and virtues,
USEFULNESS GIVES RANK.
Such ordinary, everyday qualities
include the will and the power to
work, to fight at need, and to have
plenty of healthy children. The need
that the average man shall work is
so obvious as hardly to warrant insist
ence. There are a few people in every
country so born that they can lead
lives of leisure. These fill a useful
function if they make it evident that
leisure does not mean idleness; for
some of the most valuable work
needed by civilization is essentially