The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-02

bringing quality to ANY Ynarles as-
gree that Il also In as n Malst s.fO-z
easane whose traction power for rood
ieaa@ IL wonderful Thus We real
aAa Glai whatsver tate La upon VA
w nay lake good look at the
ptoaiH'ats author of such fate by
gazing inteatiy In our mirror. That
geans Iu., as II In true. then tho
way to reform IL to reform. ara ira
person &c Be reformed In AWAY.
hAn4h easy resch. Let US no long
or deceive ourselves, Refor1nAtiop--
ahe chsrity--begins at home-ond
ahiikS charlty~--it should stay At
EoSns and keep busy. There Is anal,
need for Mahomes to ro To the
mountain when Mahomet i. IN,
mountain. The nation has just for
MA.ig engaged IN national Thanks
slvlns--too much OF II. perhapa the
outiio" OF that gratitude which u a
hVefy sense OF favors to come
placing in tho category Of favor.
even opportunities to wrong onr
oTotner man. concealing motive as
"ei' az ways and means under tho
goise OF "busin ess''-as u God tha
Sreator. Presorver and Benefactor of
eH. could be deceived Most men
I treat their Creator as IL he were a
nigh-detective. to be thrown OF the
, , ny any pretense Of new clew.
W any MUNICIPALITIES classed an
| noral. civic financial or otherwise
| psFslsiently INDUCED in--for any
son--however sacred and holv.
will make other wrongs easy IN
Inc ~rohgdoor as surely as nnv nat
| g.hi eject follows It's natural cause
| "heh We know that and admit II
/ what Atnd of purolindnesv makes MS
| Keep IL up-knowfng In our hearts
tna< II viii never pay, and that we
must infallibly make fun rest,tution
Tor any and sll such wrong--"sorne
| gay in~grounded hope Is as fool
ish As ili-grounded fear. Do we
'ake a SAMPLERS delight in risking
great oddS-tust Tor the shrill--even
OF great loss? It looks like 1t. Eff
cheney in business SO nearly depends
upon efficiency In other things that
IL Is small wonder only about ten
men In ono hundred mako any no.
table success In siness--and most
OK theirs Is apt to be at least oues-
tiouable. But it is said that the most
conscientious scoundrel in business
whatever his business--has his high
er Ideals OF business, and soothes
his SCARED and often aching con-
eienoe with the promise to himself
that no Will in soYne way make
amends to humanity before he dies
II he steals OF defrauds till he &C
cunulates fifty millions. or q hun
dfed millions or more, he will donate
haif OF it--or Quart-r--or at least
1.-THE of II. to lessen the sorrows
OF humantty~-and. In way, pur~
chase Immunity, or at leax. the elem
cncy OF the Judge in the final &C
counting. Ore such moralis, Is said
TO have said: "The people were not
I 81 haff s.Nh
look ut the good l have done with
one tenth Of what / got from themi''
efficiency is n matter OF growth not
lcnly along the three dimensions OF
size. but along the spiritual line of
EQUALITY which ia the true fourth d.
msnsion. Growth belongs to the Nv
ing. Only the live thing grows. The
dead thing may increase In size, but 1t
Is tv nccreuon. by outside forces.
That r. not growth which In ever
form within and ever with a purpose
back OF 1t.
Growth is g. law of living II the
living thing does not grow more Of
lfcient for the result desired, 1t wiz
grow worse, oeteriorate, and finally
pass the pivtoal point OF utter I'M
fltness~-the point beyond which there
is no reclAm!ng--at least In this life.
whatever may happen on other planes
sahout which We theorize, and copceiv-
ing which the hopeless here still dream
OF hopui. there. And VINO knows what
coming Fate holds in the hand be
hind her?
One Hgn Of hopefulness amid the
fnetiiciency of the business world and
OF the mental and moral world. liz
that gratitude 10 GOD is stu consid-
; cred nationai privilege as well as a
national duty. Such gratitude. how
ever noorly expressed. mean. belief in
fthe supreme power " Youd. and a
reliance, however vaguely felt that
order will again come out Of chaos.
that again the divine fiat win go forth.
Let there be light" That the people
are IN darkness may be partly their
fault partly their misfortune But
the hearts of the peop1e are stirred as
never before. and the wish for greater
efficiency with working faith In the
probse !litN OF achieving 1t. moves the
soul or the people aS perhaps never
before. Such wish means d reali-
sza.ton OF duty uuperformed desire TO
step up higher and change 1t into
duty done. change their hone into
glad fruition Tn al iyes OF endeavor