The state herald., 1910-05-13

plundered. Gradually this has all changed.
until now practically every army is
citizen army. and the mercenary has al
most disappeared. while the army exists
| on vaster scale than ever before in his
tory. This is so among the military mon
archies Of Europe
| In our own Civil war Of the United
| States the same thing occurred. peaceful
| people as we are. At that time more than
two generations had passed since tho
War of Independence. During tho whole
of that period the people had been en-
gagged in no fe-and-death struggle: and
| yet. when the Civil war broke out, and
after some costly and bitter lessons at
the beginning. the fighting spirit Of the
people was shown to better advantage
than ever before. The war was peculiar
ly~n war for q principle. war waged
| bS~yach side for an ideal. and while faults
and shortcomings were plentiful among
the combatants. there was comparatively
little sordidness OF motive or conduct. In
| such a giant struggle, where across tho
warp Of SO many interests In shot the
woof of SO many purposes dark strands
and bright. strands somber and brilliant,
are always intertwined; inevitably there
was corruption here and there in the Civil
war; but all the leaders on both sides,
and the great majority Of the enormous
masses of fighting men. wholly dsre-
garded. and were wholly uninfiuenced by.
pecuniary considerations.
Wealth and Politics.
Another striking contrast in the course
of modern civilization as compared with
the later stages OF the Graeco- Roman or
classic civilization is to be found in the
relations of wealth ana politics. In clas-
sic times, the civilization advanced to-
ward Its zenith. politics became a recog-
nized means of accommodating great
wealth. Caesar was again and again on
ba of ho ha n
enormous fortune; and he recouped him
self by the money which he made out of
his political-military career. Augustus es-
tablished imperial Rome on firm founda-
tions by the use he made of the huge
fortune he had acquired by plunder. What
contrast is offered by the careers OF
Washington and Lincoln, There were
few exceptions In ancient days; but the
immense majority of the Greeks and the
Romans. as their civilizations eliminated.
| accepted money-making on q large scale
as one OF the incidents of n successful
public career. Now all of this Is in sharp
contrast to what has happened within
the last two or three centuries. During
this time there has been a steady growth
away from the theory that money making
is permissible in an honorable public ca
reer.
In this respect the standard has been
constantly elevated. and things which
three centuries or two centuries ago. and
which did not seriously hurt a public ca
reer even century ago. are now utterly
impossible. Wealthy men still exercise .
large. and sometimes an improper, infu.
ence In politics. but It is apt to be an In
direct influence: and In the advanced
states the mere suspicion that the wealth
of public men is obtained or added to as
an incident OF their public careers will
bar them from public life. Speaking
generally. wealth may very greatly lnfiu.
ence modern political life. but IT is not 40
quired in political life.
Optimistic for the Future.
Mr.. Roosevelt called attention to
the fact that hitherto every civiliza
ton that has arisen has been able to
develop only few activities. its field
OF endeavor being limited in kind as
well as in locality, and each of these
civilizations has fallen. What. ais the
lesson to us OF today? he asked. VIII
the crash come. and be all the more
terrible because of the immSpse in.
crease in activities and area:,fo this
he replied:
Personally. I do not believe that out
| civilization will fall. think that on the
whole we have grown better and not
worse. l think that on the whole the fu-
ture holds more for us than even ths
| great past has held. But. assuredly, the
dreams OF golden glory in the future will
not come true unless, high Of heart and
strong OF hand, by our own mighty deeds
we make them come true. We cannot af-
ford to develop any one set of qualities.
any one set OF activities. at the cost of
seeing others. equally necessary. afro
| phied Neither tho military efficiency OF
he htsSi
ability OF the Phoenician. nor the subtle
and polished intellect of the Greek avaiied
TO avert destruction.
We. the men OF today and OF the f,i-
ture. need many qualities II we are 10 do
our work well. We need. frst OF all and
most important OF all. the qualities which
stand at the base OF Individual. Of family
life. the fundamental and essential quail
ucs-ih. homely. everyday. ail-important
| virtues. II the average man will not
work, II he has not In him the will and
the power TO be good husband and IA
ther' II the average woman Is not a good
| housewife, good mother OF many
healthy children, then the state will top
pie, viii 20 down. no matter what may
| be Its brillancs OF artistic development
or material achievement. But these home
| iy qualities are not enough. There must.
In addition. be that power OF organization.
that power OF working In common for q
|
have shown In such signal fashion during
the last hnlf-oentury. Moreover. the
things OF tho spirit are even more impor-
tnni than the things of the body. We can
well do without the hard intolerance and
arid intellectual barfenness of what was
worst In the theological systems Of the
past. but there has never been a greater
need OF high and fine religious spirit
than at the present time. 80. while va
can laugh good-humoredly Mt some Of
the pretennlons Of modern philosophy In
Its various branches, II would he worse
than folly on our part to ignore our need
Of intellectual leadership,
Must steer Middle Course.
Never has philanthropy. huma nitarisr.
Ism, seen such development as now: and
though we must nil beware of tho folly
and tho viciouHnoss no worse than folly.
which marks tho believer In IN. perf-o.
iiblllty OF man when his heart runs away
with his head. or when vanity usurps the
place OF conscience, yet We must remem-
ber also that II In only by working along
the lines laid down by the philanihropisis.
| by tho lovers Of mankind thnt ue ran