La Junta tribune., 1910-06-18

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q the slightest necessary connection
letveen any weakening Of virile fo1h
and this advance In the moral stand
ard, this growth OF the sense Of OBJ
legation to ones neishbor and Of re-
luciano, to do that neighbor wrong.
We need have scant patience with
that silly cynicism which insists that
kindiiness Of character only accom-.
panies weakness Of character On
the contrary. just rs In private life
many Of the men OF strongest char
acter are the very men OF Ioftiest and
most exalted morality. 30 | believe
thai In national life a. the ages 70
by we shall find that the permanent
national types will more and more
tend towards those In which. while
the intellect stands high, character
stands higher; in which rugged
strength and courage. ruEge4 capa-
city to resist wrongful aggression by
others, will 90 hand in hand with a
lofty scorn Of doing wrong to others.
This is the type OF Timoleon. Of
Hampden. of Washington and Lin
coin These were as good men, as
disinterested and unseifish men. as
ever served q state; and they were
also as strong men as ever founded
or saved a state. Surely such ex
/. mil huf 10 pnehtU&
Utopian in our effort to combine
justice and strength In the same ma
ton. The really high civilizat ions
must themselves supply the anti
dote to the self indulgence and love
OF ease which they tend to produce.
Every modern civilized nation has
many and terrible problems to solve
within its own borders. problems
that arise not merely from jux,apo-
especially from the self consciousness
OF both poverty and riches. Each ma
ton must deal with these matters In
its own fashion, and yet the spirit
in which the problem is approached
must ever be fundamentally the same.
II must lie spirit of broad human
ity; OF brotherly kindness; Of accep-
tance of responsibility. one for each
and each for all: and at the same
time spirit as remote as the poles
from every form OF weakness and
sentimentality. AS In war to pardon
the coward Is to do cruel wrong to
the brave man whose life his coward
Ice jeopardizes. SO in civil affairs 1t
Is revolving to every principle Of
justice to give to the lazy. the vicious
or even the feeble and dull witted. q
reward which is really the robbery
Of what braver. wiser. abler men
have earned. The only effective way
to help any man b to help him to
help himself: and the worst lesson to
teach him Is that he can be pernA-
nently helped At the expease of soG
one else. Trve liberty sAovs itself
to best advantage In protecting the
rights Of Others. and especially oe
minorities. Privilege should not be
tolerated because II IL to the advan-
tage Of . minority. nor yet because
II u TO the advantage Of Q majority.
No doctrinsire theories Of vested
rights or freedom Of contract can
stand In the way of our cutting out
abuses from the body polite. just
~ little can we AFFORD to follow the
doctrinaires Of an impossible-and In.
cidentally Of . highly undesirable
social revolution which. In destroying
individual rights (includinE property
rtghts) and the family. would destroy
the two chief agents In the advance
Of mankind. aud the two chief rca-
sons why either the advance or the
preservation OF mankind ID worth
while. II Is an evil aud . dreadful
thing to be callous to sorrow and
suffering. and blind to our duty To
do all things possible for the better
ment Of social conditions. But Il u
an unspcaksbly foolish thing to strive
for this bettcrment by means 10 de-
siructiye that they would leave NO
social conditions to better. In deal.
Ing with all these social problems.
with the intimate relations OF ths,
family. with wealth In private use anS
business use. with labor. with povCH
v. the one prime necessity h to re-
member that. though hardness OF
heart Is = great evil. II II no greater
an evil than softness Of head.
But In addition to these problems.
the most intimate and important of
all. which to \ larger or less degree