The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-12-21

sary differences Of treatment accord
ingly. but I will give you qualify
ing clause which makes the rule en-
tirely and forever practicable. do
unto others as you would that they
should do unto you" II the case
were reversed. That is the whole of
Il. DO unto others as you would that
they should do unto you IL they were
you and you were they. That rule
you can carry right Though fife.
and that is Berea's rule.
What does 1t mean in politics, what
does II mean In citizenship, in all
community relations?' It means the
treatment of the individual according
to his individual worth. Now forget
everything else l have said but re-
member that; that BEREA STANDS
FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE IN
DIvIDUAL ACCORDING TO HIS IN
DIvIDUAL WORTH. Class, national
ity, race, let them all pass. Christi
anity itself never said to you that
any natioh, any class, had a divine
right to rule or to last forever, but
Christianity does tell you, and all
the worlds best philosophy does tell
you, that the individual man has a
right to his life. liberty and happiness
while he lives that he has right
to be treated for what he Ia
and does and is likely to be and to
do. There are qualifications. l admit.
but that Is the supreme fact and
all other facts are mere qualifying
clauses.
A am going to come over here.
young ladies. because l find myself
talking to the young men all the
time. .(Applause) Yo0 see l am be-
traying a little unprogressiveness be-
cause / am talking to these young
mon as prospective citizens, forgetting
what may come over on this side
(Laughter)
Now l have got to offer one quail
fication of this principle of indivi'
dual treatment ON the basis Of indi'
yidual worth and then, l think.
shall be done. The qualification Il
that such treatment can never bt
absolute, never be perfect. Now, 4
we should stop with this confession
what Joy and light it would strike
in the heart of many a moss-backed
old-fashioned Southerner! But ! an
not going to stop there. Render tS
every individual the treatment due
to his individual worth. 1t canno
absolutely be done, but for all tina
it is the thing to strive for. as NOR
al duty, as political policy. as human
Justice the world over. 1t is the thins
TO strive for supremely, and 1t II
the. thing that the worlds progress
is striving for. 1t cannot be dom
absolutely. All our institutions arr
human and all human institutions ar
imperfect, and it often happens tina
the individual has to waive his right
for the good of the mass OF society
That Is not because his rights ar
wrong; 1t is because human institu
lions are imperfect and all human re
lations are imperfect and they mus
accommodate themselves to one an
others imperfections. But the watch
word, the first word, the last word
it all, is the word l have given you
RENDER UNTO EVERY INDIvID-
UAL THE TREATMENT DUE IN
his WORTH AS AN INDIVIDUAL
Let him waive his rights in the In
terests of society, but when societ
itself has to abridge his rights 70
! her own safety society there incur
{, the solemn moral responsibility
I doing that as little as she must a
: infreQuently as she may and ceasin
. to do 1t as soon as she can.
Now / say that Berea stands 10
that. Berea stands for that as u
I other spot in the state OF kentucH
D stands for 1t. A few such spots al
I sprinkled all over the South and the
I are every one of them lighthouse
: beacons of progress that stands fC
: It as the regions round about thel
d do not stand for It. say that as
q Southerner, l say that as an ex-Col
federate soldier, say that as ma
d who has in his own mind and heal
and convictions made every mistai
the South has ever made.
n Prove All Things
Q Now Berea stands for another ide
!. and 1t is embodied in the Scriptul
d text: prove" that means. try, q