Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-04-28

stand second to certain other ,h,nv.
lhere Is need OF a sound body ana
even more need OF a sound mind M,
above mind and above body n,ana.
character. the sum OF those qualities
which We mean when We speak os
mans force and courage. OF hls rooa
iaitn and sense Of honor. I belisva A.
exercise OF the body. always proxids.
mat We keep in mind that pbvsie.1
development Is a means and not an
end. l believe. OF course. in giving ,o
all the people a good education. I'm,
tne education must contain much ha-
sides book-learning in order IN ha
really good. We must ever remenhs,
tnat no keenness. and sub,ieness Of
intellect. no polish. no eleverness m
any way make up OF the lack Of rr.a,
soiid qualities-selfrestra self.ma.
'ery. common sense. the power OF nc.
cepting individual responsibility ,na
yet OF acting in conjunction with
others. Courage and resolution: thesa
are the qualities which mark a mas.
terfui people. Without them no nao-
pie can control itself or save itself
from being controlled from the op,.
SIDE speak to a brilliant assemblase.
speak In a great university which
represents the flower Of the highest
intellectual development; paw all
homage to intellect. and to elaborate
and specialized training of the intel.
iect; and yet know | shall have the
assent OF all you present when I add
tnat more important still are the rom.
monplace. everyday qualities and vir.
tues.
The Evils Of sterIlI,y.
In the next place the good man
should be both a strong and a brave
man; that is. he should be able IN
night. he should be able TO servo
MS country as a soldier 10 the need
arises. There are well-meanlng mill.
osophers who declaim against the nm.
righteousness OF war. They are right
only they lay all their emphasis upon
the unrighteousness. War is a dread.
iui things. and unjust: war is a crime
against humanity. But IL is such n
crime because II is unjust, not because
II Is war. The 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
10 De peace or war! The question
must be. Is the right TO prevailg Are
the great laws of righteousness once
more to be fulfilled? And the answer
from a strong and virile people must
De- yes whatever the cost. Every
honorable effort should always be
made by the individual In private life
TO keep out Of a brawi, TO keen out
OF trouble; but no self.respecting indI.
vidual, no self-respecting nation. can
or ought to submit to wrong.
Finally, even more important than
ability to work. even more important
than ability to fight at need. is II 10
remember that the chief of blessings
FOR any nation is that II shall leave its
seed to inherit the land. II was the
crown of blessings in Biblical times
and 1t Is the crown of blessings now
The greatest of all curses is the curse
OF sterility. and the severest of all
condemnations should be that visited
upon willful sterility. The first es
sential 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. II this is not SO. IL through
no fault of society there is failure to
increase. 1t is a great misfortune. II
the failure Is due to deliberate and
willful fault. then it is not merely a
misfortune. it is one of those crimes
OF ease and self-indulgence, OF shrink.
ing from pain and effort and risk,
which in the long run nature Furnishes
more heavily than any other.
Idle Achievements.
II we OF the great republics. II we,
the free people who claim to have
emancipated ourselves from the thral.
dom of wrong and error, bring down
on our heads the curse that comes
upon the willfully barren. then II will
be an idle waste OF breath to prattle
OF our achievements. to boast OF all
that We have done. No refinement OF
life. no delicacy of taste. no material
progress. no sordid heaping up OF
riches. no sensuous development OF art
and literature, can in any way com.
pensate for the loss OF the great
fundamental virtues; and of the great
fundamental virtues. the greatest Is
the races power to perpetuate the
race.
But n a mans efficiency IS not guild
ed and regulated by moral sense
then the more efficient he Is the worse
he is, the more dangerous to the body
polite. Courage. intellect. all the mas
terful qualities. serve but to make a
man more evil II they are used merely
for that mans own Advancement
with brutal Indifference to the rights
of others. II speaks Ill for the com
munity II the community worships
these qualities and treats their pos
SCISSORS as heroes regardless Of wheth
er the qualities are used rightly OF
wrongly. 1t makes no difference as tc
the precise way in which this SIMS
ter efficiency is shown. It makes nc
difference whether such mans force
and ability betray themselves in the
career of money maker or politician
soldier or orator. journalist or popu
lar leader. II the man works for evil
then the more successful he is. the
more he should be despised and con