The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-23

| iect ~ Indifference. But the average
man must carr, his own livelihood he
| should be trained to do so, ana ne
Should be trained to feel that he &C
| cupies a contemplate position II ne
does not do SO; that he is not an opJecs
of envy if he is idle, at whenever emu
| of the social scale he stands, Dut an
object of contempt, an object OF oe-
| risiQn.
In the next place. the good man
should be both a strong ana q P 4oh+
| he should be able to serve ms county,
| as a soldier If the need arises me-
| ere well-meaning philosophers VINO as
claim against the unrighteousness VI
var Tbev are right only If they lay
all their emphasis upon the unrlsnl--
| eousness. War is dreadful tnlns ~
! unjust war is a crime against null a.
| tv But it is such a crime because -, -
| is unjust. not because it is war. Inc
| choice must ever be in favor OF rlslls
eousness, and this whether the anerna
| tive be peace OF whether the alternaei We
| he war The question must NOT %
merely, is there to be peace or war
| The question must be. Is the I1sut -
| prevail? Are the great laws OF ~
eousness once more to be 1uinl is;ia -
the answer from a strong anu NAne Pot
nile must he. yes" whatever inc coS1.
FEverv honorable effort should aIWays
| he made to avoid war. just as every
honorable effort should always DI I,f 80 ~
ty the individual in private n t of
keen ont of a brHwl. to keep OUT %
trouble: but no self-respect1ng lnolVlu-
nal no sclf-respecting nation can %
ought to submit to wrong.
Nations Chief Blessing.
Finally. even more important aa@ ~
ahilitv to work. even more lmpott M ~
than ability to fight at need, is u 70
rernenber that the chief or pIessln -
for any nation is that 1t snan lease +he
seed to inherit the lana II "1 $500 -
crown of blessings in biblical Tines
ic crown or DlSSS4ISS
The greatest of all curses IS en IN con
OF sterifity and the seVerest OF al ;s I
formations should be ina a,.s+ essen
1Inon willful sterility. The nrsI ESQ., sS-,
tai in any civilization is that the maj aa
and the woman shall be 1alner 80
mother of healthy children SO llae &c
race shall increase and nor 49, 800 ~
re tI,is is not so if through no Idult "
the society there is failure 70 i1ci 90
II is a great misfortune. II the IT,, IT,
ure is due to delib rate anu ssfor-
fault, then 1t is not mercy q ~ oosa
+1ra If is one of those crimes u 49, 60
- 'Saif-indulgence of shrinking 1ronl
main and effort and risk Whlch ~ thlu
long run Nature Furnishes more -aof "a.
than any other. IF we OF the ~ Who
rublics if we. the free Peop.g a1 YES
IaiI1 to have emancipated ourselves
from the thraldom of wrong anu 100
bring down on our heads the culS +ben
comes upon the willfully parren, 80 -
- viii he an idle waste or preaSn ~
a++1e Of orr achievements, to poasI
e oil that we have done. NO IenAte
S,1ar+ of life no delicacy of TASTE NJ
material progress. no soroiu iPpa,1f
up oL aad literature. can in any way
commensurate for the loss OF the $50
SUndLanoental virtue: and of these greae
fundamental virtues, the greates. - '---
races power to perpetuaue INC
A Mans Foremost Duty.
Character must show itself IN the
hot n 0f
owes himself and of the duty he owes
tba state The mans foremost duty Is
orvad To himself and his family; ana ne
can do this duty only by earning Li04 ~
ev nv providing what is esSenllaI. ~
1ateriai welI-being; it is only a1ter
his has been done that he can nope
to build a higher superstructure oh tils
solid material foundation; II Is oniy
after this has been done ina menerai
help in movements for the gehena,
well-being. He must pull ms om W.
weight first, and only after TINS ce'iL lt.9
surplus strength be of use TO lHe So
lserai public 1t is not good to excite tnaU
hitter laughter which expresses con-
tempt: and contempt is what we leei
for the being whose enthusiasm ~ -
eft mankind is such that he Is pui-
den to those nearest him: VINO WIsu 1
TO do great things for humanity IN the
3 ct but who cannot keep MS WlAe
in comfort or educate his children. 49,
That is why I decline to recognize inc
mere wealth, as an asset of value 10
any country; and especially as not al
asset to my own country II ne tiaa
earned or uses his wealth IN a way tnA'
makes him of real benefit, of real use
and such is often the caSe-Wny, lneh
ne does become an asset OF WORTH
But it is the way in which 1t mas peeIi
earned or used, and not the mere lace
of wealth. that entities him TO the
credit There is need in business, as
| in most other forms of human ACTIVITY,
of the great guiding intelhgences. Ihelr
places cannot be supplied by any num-
| Der of lesser intelligences- 1t is a goou
thing that they should have ample rec
IGNITION, ample reward. But we must
not transfer our admiration to the re
ward instead of to the deed reWaroeo'
and if what should be the reward ex-
lists without the service having peen
rendered, then admiration Will come
only from those who are mean OF soul
| The truth is that after a certain
measure of tangible material success
| or reward has been achieved, the QueS-
! ton of increasing it becomes OF con-
| stantly less Importance compared 10
other things that can be done IN me
| 1t is a bad thing for a nation to raise
and to admire a false standard OF sue
cess; and there can be no falser stand
ard than that set by the dedication or
| material wellbeing in and Tor ltseI.
| Undesirable Citizens.
The man who, for any cause for
1 WHICH lie Is 1l1lASC4A e1C(O0A1No1OAOS
failed to support himself and those for
whom he is responsible, ought to feel
| that he has fallen lamentably short IN
his prime duty. But the man who,
| having far surpassed the limit of pro-
viding for the wants, both of body and
mind, of himself and of those depend
! ing upon him. then piles up a great
fortune, for the acquisition or retention
| of which he returns no corresponding
| benefit to the nation as a whole, should
| himself be made to feel that, so far
from being a desirable, he is an un-