El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-12

bigoted medieval ecclesiastlcism which
they denounce.
The Debt TO Science.
VT our debt TO scientific men is
incaIcuIabIe and our civilization Of to-
day would have -eft from it all that
which most highly distinguishes it If
the work of the great masters of sci
ence during the past four centuries
were now undone or forgotten. Never
has philanthropy, huma
seen such development as now; and
though we must all beware of the
folly, and the viciousness no worse
than folly. which marks the believer
in the perfectibility of man when his
heart runs away with his head, or
when vanity usurps the place of con-
science. vet we must remember also
that il is only by working along the
lines laid down by the philanthropfsts,
by the lovers of mankind, that we
can be sure of lifting our civiliza-
ton to a higher and more permanent
plane Of well being than was ever at
tanned by any preceding civilization
Unjust war is to be abhorrec; but woe
TO the nation that does not make READY
to hold it's own in the time OF need
against all who would harm 1t; and
woe thrice over to the nation in which
edge, loses the power to serve as
soldier if the day of need should
arise.
Building a Civilization.
-Tt is no impossible dream to build
I'D a civilization in which morality.
ethical development, and true feel
ing of. brotherhood shall all alike be
divorced from false sentimentality'
and from the rancorous and evil pas
sions which. curiOusly enough so OF
ten accompany professions Of sentl-
mental attachment to the rights OF
man: in which a high material devel-
opment in the things Of the body shall
be achieved without subOrdination Of
the things of the soul: in which there
shall be a genuine desire for peace
and Justice without loss Of those virile
qualities without which no love or
peace or justice shall avail any race:
in which the fullest development OF
scientific research. the great distin-
gushing feature of our present civili-
cation, shall yet not imply a BELIEF
that intellect can ever take the place
of chara cter-fOr from the standpoint
Of the nation as of the individual, il is
character that is the one vital posses
sion.
Nations Should be Bound Together.
l0d11N, rLIlS WOIlQ ilON u
civilization, this movement which is
now felt throbbing in every corner of
the globe, should bind the nations Of
the world together while yet leaving
unimpaired that love of country in the
individual citizen which in its present
stage of the worlds progress is essen
tial to the worlds well being. You,
my hearers, and I who speak to you,
belong TO different nations. Under
modern conditions the books we read.
the news sent by telegraph 10 our
newspapers, the strangers we meet,
half Of the things we hear and DO each
day, all tend to bring us into touch
with other peoples
Each people can do justice TO itself
only if 1t does justice to others: but
each people can do its part in the
world movement for all 0n4y # 1t
first does its duty within Its own
household. The good citizen must be
good citizen Of his own country first
before he can with advantage be a
citizen OF the world at large. L wish
you well. I believe in you and your
future I admire and wonder at the
extraordinary greatness and variety Of
your achievements in so many and
such widely different fields: and my
and regard are all the
greater, and not greater, and not the
less. because I am so profound be-
lever in the institutions and the people
of my own land"