Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-04-23
Character u First.


ship. Yet let us remember that these
stand second to certain other things.
There - need OF a sound body, and
even more need Of sound mind. But
above mind and above body stands
characteristic sum Of those qualities
which we mean when we speak OF a
mans force and courage, Of his good
faith and sense OF honor. believe
In exercise Of the body, always pro-
vided that we keep In mind that ply
sical development Is a means and not
an end. believe, OF course, in Civ
ing to all the people a good eduea-
ton. But the education must con-
tain much besides booklearning In
order TO be really good. We must
ever remember that no keenness and
subtleneas Of intellect, no polish, no
cleverness. IN any way make up for
the lack Of the great solid qualities
Self-restraint, self-mastery, common
sense, the power OF accepting individ-
ual responsibility and yet of acting In
conjunction with others, courage and
resolutlon-these are the qualities
which mark masterful people.
Without them no people can control
itself, or save Itself from being con-
trolled from the outside. / speak to
a brilliant assemblage; / speak in
great university which represents the
flower OF the highest intellectual de-
velopment; ! pay all homage to i'm
tellect, and to elaborate and special
lied training OF the intellect; and yet
! know shall have the assent OF
all OF YOU present when ] add that
more important still are the COM
monplace. everyday qualities and
virtues.
Such ordinary, everyday qualities
include the win 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 in
sistence. There are a few people In
every country so born that they can
lead lives OF leisure. These iii
useful function II they make 1t evil
dent that leisure does not mean idle
ness; for some OF the most valuable
work needed by civilization IS essen
TALLY non-remunerative In It's char
acter. and Of course the people who
do this work should In large part be
drawn from those TO whom remnner-
alton il an object OF indifference. But
the average man must earn his own
livelihood. He should be trained
to do so, and he should be trained to
feel that he occupies a contemplate
position II he does not do so; that he
Is not an object OF envy II he is idle,
az whichever end OF the social scale
be stands, but an object of contempt.
an object Of derislon.
Rebules Race Suicide.
Finally. even more important than
ability to work, even more important
than ability to fight at need, Is to re-
that the chief OF blessings
for any nation Is that Il shall leave
its seed to inherit the land. II was
the crown OF blessings In Biblical
times: and II Is the crown OF bless
lngs now. The greatest of all curses
IS the curse OF sterillty, and the Sc
serest Of all condemnations should be
that visited upon willful sterility.
rhe FIRST essential In any civilization
= that the man and the woman shall |
Be father and mother OF healthy chill
dren, so that the race shall Increase
aud not decrease. II this Is not SO, |
I through no fault Of the society
here Is failure to increase, II Is
great misfortune. II the failure is
due to deliberate and willful fanlt, |
hen II Il not merely a misfortune, It
; one Of those crimes OF ease and self
Indulgence, Of shrinking from pain |
md effort and risk, which in the long |
'un Nature Furnishes more heavily |
han any other.
Character must show itself In the |
mans performance both Of the duty |
lc owes himself and Of the duty he
,wes the State. The mans foremost /
iuty is owed to himself and his
'aiaily; and he can do this duty only |
ly earning money, BY providing wha, /
S essential to material well-heing; |
i Is only after this has been done
hat be can hope to build a higher |
iaperstrueture on the solid material |
II Il only after this has
been done that he can help In move
nents for the general wall-heing. In
Tact. Il Is essential 90 good citizen
ship clearly to understand that there
are certain qualities which we In a