The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
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strong est character are the very men
OF Ioftfest and most exalted morality,
so I believe that in national life as
the ages go by we shall find that the
permanent national types will more
and more tend towards those in which.
while the Intellect stands high. char
actsr stands higher IN which rugged
strength and courage. rugged capacity
to resist wrongful aggression by 9TH
erS, Will go hand IN hand with a lofty
scoru Of doing wrong to others This
Is the type OF Tfm0Ieou- of Ham p1eu.
Of Washington and Lincoln These
were as good men. as o1siEtereSted and
unseIfish men as ever served a state
and they were also as strong men as
ever founded or saved 4 state Surely
such examples prove that there Is
nothing UtGpian IN our effort TO COM
bfne Justice and strength IN the same
ration The really high civilizations
must themselves supply the anIdote to
the seIf-iud uIgence and love Of ease
which they tend to produce
Problems to Solve.
Every modern civilized nation has
many and terrible problems to solve
within it's own borders. problems that
arise not merely from i1xtapOSIEI0n o.
poverty and riches, but especially from
the self-cousCiousuesS Of both poverty
and riches Each nation must deal
with these matters in its OWL fashion.
and yet the spirit in which the prob
lem IL approached must ever be funda-
mentally the same It must be spirit
Of broad humanity, OF broth6rty kind
ness of accep tAuce Of responsibility.
one for each and each for all. and 1t
the same time spirit as remote Is
the poles from every form Of weakness
and seutfmentaHty- As in war to par
the brave man whose life his coE4rGice
feopardizes, so in civil affairs It Is re-
voting to every principle OF justice 70
give TO the, lazy. the vicious. or even
the feeble and duu-wftred- reward
which is really the robbery Of what
Drawer. wiser, ADLER men have carmel
The only effective way to help any
man Is to help him to help himself and
che worst lesson TO teach him IS that he
can be permanently helped at the ex-
pense of some. one else True liberty
shows itself to best advantage in pro-
tectfu< the rights Of others. and espe-
efaTIy Of minOrfties- Privilege should
not be tolerated because 1t is the ad-
vantage Of a minority. nor yet because
It Il to the advantage OF q majority
No d0ctrinzire theories OF vested rights
OF freedom CT contract can stand In the
way OF OUT cutting out abuses from the
body polite Just as little can We az
ford to follow the d0ctrTu1IreS Of Al
fH1posSi bIe-and Incidentally OF 4 high
" undeSfrzbIe-sccizI revolution which
IN destroying individual rights 6InclUd-
ing property rights and the family,
would destroy the two chief agents IN
the advance Of mankind and the two
chief reasons why either the advance
or the preservation Of mankind IS
worth while 1t Is an evil and q dread
fuI thing to be calIOUS TO SorTow and
suffering. and blind to our duty TO do
al trfuES possible for the bettsrruauE
Of social conditions But il is an IN
speakabIy foolish thing to strive for
this hetterment by means 50 desIrUe-
tive thai they would leave 10 social
conditions to better In dealing with an
these social problems. with the init
mate relations Of the family, with
wealth in private use and business use
with labor. with poverty the one prime
necessity Is to remember that. though
hardness Of heart IS q great evil. L IS
no greater an evil than softnsss Of
head
Individual Duties.
But N addition TO these problems the
most Intimate and important Of al Un1e-a
TO larger or less degree affect al the
the great nations that have expande1
that are now IN complicated relations WIKI
enc another ard with alien races have
special problems and special duties o. our
own You belong to nation which pos
seszes the greatest empire upon which
the SIN has ever sh0re- I belong TO a
ratfor which Is trying. On a scale hfEher-
TO uu6xzmpIed- to work Ot1r the problems
CT government for Of and By the pseples
while at the same time doing the inter
uarforzI duty Of a great power But there
are certain problems Wntc1 both q Is
have To solve. and To which cur stand
ards should De the same The Eret1S1
uzr- the man Of the British Isles N rs
various homes across the seas. and r1s
American both At home and abroad ara
n-u{1zht into contact with E1EE<ty alien
peoples some with Civilization more
z1cieuL than our OWE. others stu IN or
having but recently arisen frDEz- the bar
barfzm which our people left behind ages
zEu Ike problems that arise are q vel
nfrht fnconeefvzbIe difficulty They can