Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1910-04-27

times dimly, sometimes clear. siebtcd,v
tnsf the life Of material gain, wbethc,
10, nation or IN individual. In Of
value only as a foundation. only A
there 10 added TO IL the uplift ,hs,
comes from devotion 10 lofties ideaIs
Inc new life thus sought can in part
be developed afresh from what h,
round about in the New World: hut A
can be developed in full only BY free.
craving upon the treasure. houses
OF the Old World, upon the treasures
stored in the ancient abodes OF Wis.
aom and learning, such az this whore
1 speak today. II 10 q mistake 70,
any nation merely TO copy another:
but u ~ an even greater mistake. "A IA
q proof OF weakness in any nation.
not TO be anxious TO learn from An.
other and willing and able 10 adam
that learning 10 the new national con.
ditions and make Il fruitful and pYo.
duetive therein. It is for us Of the
New World to sit at the feet OF the
Gamaliel Of the Old; then. IL we have
The right stun in us, we can show
that Paul in his turn can become n
teacher rs well as a scholar.
Today / shall speak 70 you on the
subject Of individual citizenship
the subject Of vital Importance 10
you, my hearers, an dto me and nv
countrymen, because you and we are
citizens Of great democratic republics
a democratic republic such M each of
ours-an effort 70 realize in its full
sense government by, Of, and for the
the most gigantic
Of all possible social experiments, the
one fraught with greatest possibilities
alike for good and for evil. The
success Of republics like yours and
like ours means the glory, and our
failure the despair, or mankind; and
for you and for ms the question Of
the quality Of the individual citizen
IN supreme. Under other forms Of
government, under the rule Of one
man or Of very few men, the quail.
ity Of the rulers Is all.important. II,
under such government, the quality Of
the rulers Is high enough, then the
nation may for generations lead n
brilliant career, and add substantially
10 the sum Of world achievement, no
matter how low the quality Of the
average citizen; because the average
citizen is an almost negligible quantity
in working out the final results Of
that type Of national greatness.
Conditions Different
But with you and with us the ease
is different. With you here. and with
us in my own home, In the long run,
success or failure will be conditioned
upon the way in which the average
man, the average woman, does his or
her duty. first In the ordinary, every
day Affairs of life, and next in those
great occasional crises which call for
the heroic virtues. The average citi-
zen must be good citizen II our re-
publies are TO succeed. The stream
will not permanently rise higher than
the main source; and the main source
| Of national power and national great
ness Is found in the average citizen.
ship Of the nation. Therefore IL be
hooves us 10 do our best TO see that
the standard Of the average citizen ID
kept high; and the average cannot be
kept high unless the standard OF the
leaders is very much higher
II il well IL large proportion OF
the leaders in any republic, In any
democracy. are, rs a matter OF course,
drawn from the classes represented IN
! this audience today; but only provld'
ed that those classes possess the gifts
Of sympathy with plain people and OF
devotion 20 great ideals. You and
those like you have received special
advantages; you have all of you had
the opportunity for mental training;
many of Won have had leisure; most
of YOU have had chance for the en-
| ioymeat of life far greater than
comes to the majority OF your Fellows
To YOU and your kind much has been
piyen, and from YOU much should be
expeeted. Yet there are certain fail
ines against which II is especially In
cumbent that both men of trained and
cultivated intellect, and men OF IN
herited wealth and position, should
especially guard themselves, because
IN these failings they are especially
liable, and IL yielded 20, their--you'
chances Of useful service are at m
end.
Let the man of learning, the man OF
lettered leisure, beware OF that queer
and cheap temptation to pose to him
self and 10 Others az the cynie, ms IN,
man who has ou,grown emotions anc
heIiefs. the man 10 whom good ano
evil are as one. The poorest way t'
face life is to face il with a sneer
There are many men who feel h,n IN.
OF twisted pride in cynielsm' 'ae'o 80,
many who conGne themselves to cru
"i.m AZ the way Others do what the,
themselyes dare not even attempt
There Is no more unhealthy being ne
NAM less worthy Of respect, than h
mS" either really holds, or fegns :,
hold JJ Nm attitude Of sneoring disbelief belle,
towards all that is great ana 'o,y
whether In achievement OF ~ III
~ohIs effort which, even ~ ~ I
n .econd 10 achievement A Gym
CONF III. ~ thought and speech,