The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-02
Y. NJ. c. A.
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dwellings of the sons of men changes
with the onward stride of human ac-
tiyity 10 is therefore necessary from
time to- time to alter the dwelling
which. when building, the builders be.
lieyed was to remain for all eternity
unchanged. The room they thought
was broad and high enough to accom-
modate the men of all beliefs becomes.
ere f. is complete, cramped and in
adequate.
The most treasured, aud, to them,
most vital inner shrine becomes to
their children but useless space, cher
ished only as a memory of their
fathers faith and hope We are
forced, therefore, now and again to
change the aspect of our dwelling,
forced to broaden one room, to
lengthen another, to alter an entire
facade, to remove a useless excres-
ence; to sdd here, to subtract there,
to remold, to repair, to reform, for
such is the life of you and of me,
and so does any living and vital in
stitution exist.
But there comes a time-we know
not how long its period shall be
when it behoves us to start afresh, to
rae the old edifice, to desert our
ancient dwelling, with it's hallowed
memories, it's full-grown preiudices,
with it's matured strength and its
senile weakness, and from the change
! less earth erect a new edifice, give
birth to a new dwelling, more fit,
more proper, more consonant with
the needs of the life of today. And
it is thus that we meet here today
to lay a new foundation.
at is particularly fitting that ere
we proceed to erect the edifice which
shall adorn this spot, we know where
on we build, that we make sure we
have foundation sufficient to its
mass as well as suitable to its comeli-
ness. What then, are the principles
upon which our new abode shall
stand? What are the stresses this
foundation must bear, what weights
must this substructure be broad and
wide and deep enough to endure?
East and West Meet.
eve are today, II this narrow gate
way between the Orient and the Oc-
cident erecting new national edifice
Here first has the activity, the rest
les energy, the nerve and push and
rush of the West met and commingled
with the solidarity, the stamina, the
philosophic solidity of the East Here
first has the blood of the two hemi-
spheres mixed without loss of caste
on either side. Here first has APP
peared that new people with the blood
of the East and the West in it's veins,
that people whose future no man can
tell, who yet may be the ruler of the
world, the feared and fearless con-
querer of mankind.
Brotherhood of Man.
as our foundation strong enough to
support such an edifice? Believe me,
my friends, it can not so do unless it
lies on the undying and unchanging
rock of the eternal brotherhood Of
man In this, the newest land of the
youngest people on earth, it is seemly
that we learn that we who have been
| granted light which others have not
! had, that we who have been placed in
! this city on a hill, were granted that
! light, were placed where we are that
we might shed, not conceal, our light
May, therefore, this edifice, which
shall here arise, be a shining beacon
| for all, recognizing neither race nor
| color, careless that a man be white,
black, yellow or brown, but careful
only that he be welcomed as a broth
er. So shall our foundation stand.
1--WE are, in these opening years of
the twentieth century, erecting a new
political edifice. The simple days of
our forefatheTs, when each man had
direct voice in the government he Gre
ated are gone. Passing are the days
when men, elected to rule in righte
BUSINESS, used the power so given them
only for selfish ends. new nation
alism is surely arising. But in
the novelty of it men scarce know
the thing they desirey The gold of
today is dross tomorrow. The panacea
discovered by one man is SOON dis
credited by another.
at is time of perpleXity to the
people, time of unrest, time when
great crises are likely to arise speedi-
ly and without warming And when
they come will this, our foundation,
stand the strain? In this day of
political need no better motto could
l,,., han obocor, Co., tbic