Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

OF CULTIVATION ana SchOlafSnip. Yet Iet US re-
member that these stand second TO certain
other things There is need OF sound body,
and even more need of a sound mind. But
above mind and above body stands character
the sum of those qualities which mean
when we speak OF mans force and cour-
age, of his good faith and sense Of honor.
Self-restraint, sef-mastery. common sense.
the power OF accepting individual responsi-
bilty and yet Of acting in conjunction with
others, courage and resoluton-these are the
qualities which mark masterful people.
The need that the average man shall work
is so obvious as hardly TO warrant insistencs.
There are few people In every country SO
born that they can lead lives of leisure. Thes"
fill q useful function If they make it evident
that leisure does not mean idleness; for some
Of the most valuable work needed by civiliza-
tion is essentially non-remunerative in it"
character, and of course the people who d"
this work should in large part be drawn from
those to whom remuneration is an object Of
Indifference. But the average man must earn
his own livelihood lie should be trained t"
do so, and he should be trained to feel that
he occupies contemplate position IL he does
not do so; that he is not an object Of envy II
he is idle. at whichever end OF the social scale
he stands, but an object Of contempt, an
object Of derlsion.
UNRIGHIEOISNESS OF WAX
In the next place. the good man should be
both a strong and brave man; that is, he
should be able to fight he should be able to
serve his country as a soldier II the need
arses There are well-meaning philosophers
who declaim against the unrighteousness of
war. They are right only If they lay all their
emphasis upon unrighteousness. War is a
dreadful thing, and unjust war is crime
because It is unjust, not because IT is war.
The choice must ever be in favor Of righteous
ness, and this whether the alternative be peace
or whether the alternative be war.
The question must not be merely, Is there
to be peace or war? The question must be,
Is the right to prevail? Are the great laws
Of righteousness once more 10 be fulfilled?
And the answer from a strong and virile peo-
pie must be, "Yes," whatever the cost. Every
honorable effort should always be made TO
avoid war, just every honorable effort
should always be made by the individual in
private life TO keep out Of brawl. to keep
out of trouble; but sef-respecting individ-
ual. no self-respecting nation, can or ought TO
submit to wrong
Finally, even more important than ability
to work, even more important than ability to
fight at need, is 1t TO remember that the
chief Of blessings for any nation is that 1t
shall leave Its seed 10 inherit the land 1t
was the crown of blessings in Biblical times;
and II lie the crown of blessings now. The
greatest OF all curses is the curse OF sterlity,
and the severest of all condemnations should
be that visited upon Wlllful sterilty.
RACE SUICIDE A CRIME
The first essential in any civilization is
that the man and the woman shall be father
and mother Of healthy children, that the
race shall increase and not decrease. If this
is not so, II through no fault of the society
there is failure to increase, 1t IS a great
misfortune II the failure is due TO deliberate
and wilful fault, then It is not merely mis-
fortune; It is one of those crimes OF ease
and self-indulgence. OF shrinking from pain
and effort and risk, which in the long run
Nature Furnishes more heavily than any other.
If We of the great republics, If we, the
free people who claim 10 have emancipated
ourselves from the thraldom of wrong and
error, bring down on our heads the curse that
comes upon the wllfuly barren, then 1t Will
be an idle waste OF breath to prattle OF our
achievements, to boast of all that we have
done No refinement OF life, no delcacy of
taste. no material progress, no sordd heaping
up of riches. no sensuous development OF art
and literature, in any way compensate
for the loss Of the great fundamental virtues
greatest is the races power to perpetuate the
race.
l decline to recognize the mere multi-milllon-
are. the man OF mere wealth. as an asset
of value 10 any country; and especially as
not asset TO my own country. II he
has earned or uses his wealth in a way that
makes him Of real benefit, OF real use-and
such is often the case-why, then he does
become an asset Of worth. But 1t the way
in which IL has been earned and used, and not
the mere fact Of wealth, that entities him 10
the credit There is need IN business as in
most other forms OF human activity, Of the
great guiding intelligences Their places can
not be supplied by any number OF lesser in
telgenees, 1t is a good thing that they
should have ample recognition, ample reward.
But We must not transfer our admiration TO
tho reward instead of TO the deed rewarded;
and II what should be the reward exists with
out the service having been rendered. then
admiration will come only from those who
are mean OF soul.
FALSE MEASURES OF SUCCESS
It is a bad thing for a nation to raise and
to admire a false standard Of success: and
there can be no falser standard than that
set by the dedication of material well-being in
and for itself The man who, for any cause
for which he is himself accountable, has failed
to support himself and those for whom he is
responsible. ought to feel that he has fallen
short in his prime duty. But the
man who. having far surpassed the limit Of
providing for the wants, both of body and
soul OF himself and of those depending upon
him. then piles up a great fortune for the
acquisition or retention Of which he returns
no corresponding benefits TO the nation as a
whole, should himself be made 10 feel that,
SO far from being a desirable, he is an un-
worthy citizen Of the community; that he is
to be neither admired nor enVled: that his
rlght-thinkinB fellow-countrymen put him low
in the scale OF citizenship. and leave him TO
bs consoed by the admiration Of those whose
level OF purpose is even lower than his own.
In short the good citizen In a republic must
realize that he ought to possess two sets Of
qualities which make for efficiency; and he
must also have those qualities which direct
the efficiency into channels for the public
good lie is useless il he is inefficient. There
is nothing TO be done with that type Of citizen
of whom all that can be said is that he IS
harmless Virtue which is dependent upon a
sluggish circulation is not impressive. There
is little place I'm active life for the timid good
man. The man who is saved by weakness
from robust wickedness is likewise rendered
immune from the robuster virtues The good
citizen in a republic must first OF all he able
to hold his own. He is no good citizen unless he
has the ability which will make him work hard
and which at need Will make him hght hard.
The good citizen IS not good citizen unless
he is an efficient citizen.
MORAL SENSE NECESSARY