The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-04-28

Ntn'iHs AuAIHHb an0 resolutions these
are the qualities which mark a mas.
terful people without them no .peo-
pie can control itself or save itself
from being controlled from the out.
side speak to a brilliant assemblaEe;
] speak IN q great university which
represents the flower Of the highest
intellectual development; ] pay all
homage 20 intellect and to elaborate
and specialized training Of the intel.
leet; and yet know ! shall have the
assent Of an you present when I add
that important sim are the com.
monplace, everyday qualities and viz
ues.
The Evils Of s;erility
In the next place che good man
should be both a strong and a brave
man; that Is. be should be able 10
tight. he shouli be able to serve
bis country as j soldier 81 the need
arises. There are well-meaning phil.
osophers who deelsjmaagains the IN.
righteousness OF war. They are right
only they lay all their emphasis upon
the unrighteousness. War ID 1 dread.
full things. and unjust. war Is q crime
against humanity But Il Is such a
crime because II Is unjust not because
II Is war The choice must ever bg ~
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 be peace or war; The question
must be. is The right 20 prevail are
the great laws Of righteousness once
more 10 be fuihlled9 And the answer
from a strong and virile people mist
be. Yes whatever the cost. Every
honorable effort should always be
made by the individual ia private life
TO keep out Of q brawl. to keep out
OF trouble; but no se~lf-respectine indi-
vidual, no selfrespecting nation. can
or ought 10 submit TO wrong.
Finally, even more important than
ability 10 work. even more important
than ability 20 fight al need. Is IL 10
remember that the chief Of blessings
for any nation Is that Il shall leave its
seed TO inherit the land. Il was toe
crown OF blessings in Biblical times,
and Il IL the crown % blessings now.
The greatest OF an curses Is the curse
% %sterility. and the severest Of eli
condcunatiOns should be that visited
upon pilliul sterility. The FIRST az.
scntial In any civilization j. that The
man and the woman shall be father
and mother Of healthy children. so
that the race shall increase and not
decrease. Il this Is not so. II through
no fault OF society there IS failure 10
increase. Il is a great misfortune. n
the failure Is due 20 deliberate and
willful fault then Il Is not merely a
misfortune, u o. one OF those crimes
Of Ease and selfindulgence. OF shrink.
ms from pain and effort and risk.
which In the long run nature Furnishes
more heavily han any other.
Idle Achievements.
II Ne Of the great republics. II We.
the free people who chim 10 have
emancipated ourselves from the thraI
dom OF wroaS and error. bring down
on our heads the curse that come,
upon the willfully barren. then Il will
be an idle waste Of breath 90 prattls
OF our achievements. 20 boast OF an
that we have done. No refinement OF
life. no d~Clioaey OF taste. no material
progress, no sordid hcaping Up OF
riches. no development OF Ar
and literature, can in any way com
ponaato for the loss OF the grcat
fundamental virtues, and OF the great
fundamental virtues. the creates, {.
tho races power TO ~pcrpctuate "a,
race.
But n a mans efficiency e. not guild
cd and regulated by a moral sense
then the more cmciont ho Is the wors,
he r., the morc dangerous 60 the bod,
polite Courage, intellect. an tho mas
tCrtul qualltica serve but 20 make a
man eyil II they are used merely
Tor that mans own Advancement
with brutal Indifference TO the right,
Of others Il speaks On for the com
munity n tho community worship,
these qualities and treats their nos
SCISSORS as heroes regardless OF whcth
or tho qualities arc used rightly OF
wrongly. Il makes no difference as &
tho precise way In which this slnis
ter efficiency IL shown. II makes ne
difference whether such a mans fore,
and ability betray themselves ia IN,
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 a.. IN,
more be should be dospised and con
demnod by an upright and ~farseeinl
men. To Judge a mat merely by sue
cess Is an abhorrcnt wrong; and q
the people az large habitually so judg,
men, Il they grow 20 oondono wicked
ness because the wicked man tri
umphs. they show their inability Z,
understand that IN the last analysil
free Institutions rest upon the char
acter 90 citizenship and that by suel
admiration Of evil they prove them
selves unfit for liberty.
The Idea o. True Liberty.
The good citizen VIII demand no
erty Tor himself. and as a matter o
prlde he will see 10 A tina others I'd