The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-06-29

world the human being is always a
stranger. That is true, and our Elk.
perience is based upon the questions
which we ask and the answers which
we obtain.
q In the days of tribal organization
these queries were few and easily an
swered. AS tribes became domiciled In
]. certain districts Of definite boundaries
and the pastoral merged into the ag-
ricultural industry. that close aggre-
cation of human beings which we call
society became q visible entity. So
.cial and commercial demands succeed
ed to the simple problems of former
days. These were augmented in num-
Der and Importance when villages
were founded and villages grew into
walled towns and walled towns grew
into cities. The Individual character
istics and capacities of men SO varied
as they always have been, rendered
ii apparent to the earliest observers of
human affairs that great care and
skill were needed to effect two impor-
tant, yea essential, purposes.
These purposes were self-evident.
FIRST: To provide for human as
ISOLATION in peace and concord.
SECOND: To afford to each per-
son the broadcast possible opportunity
for developing and utilizing his indi-
vidual capacities.
The problems thus presented, would
~. 1,ox ~
for certain fundamental and conspic-
uous infirmities of human nature
selfishness and Incidence.
Long ago. the magnificent ideal Of
Justice received the homage of man.
kind. 1t was taught by Divine Rev.
e)ation. Its praises were voiced by the
sages. Law-givers based upon this
great principle the legislation and the
maXims of the state The poets sang
it's praises The philosophers cxpound-
ed the rationale and scope of Justice
and fortified their announcements
with invincible arguments based upon
and deriving their glorious force from
plitude and in aesthetic mold the
all that was good and true and beau
tlful. Even Wnen Rome had ceased
to be republic, Roman empcrors
found their chief and permanent
glory in edicts which celebrated the
s' fame and eulogized the attributes of
Justice. The Institutes of Justinian
II, nave given to that monarch immortal
honor and, today, are quoted in all
the chancellories OF Europe and Amer
lea the first words of the Institutes
"Justitia est perpetual voluntas SUM
'' culque dare.'
"Juris praecepta stunt haec, honeste
vivere, neminem laedere, SUM
cuique dare
Nevertheless. injustice rather than
justice has been the historic expert
q ence. Selfshness has, very largely
triumphed over right and the masses
of mankind have found law of no avail
against greed. cunning and audacity
combining to violate the law, Divine
and human, which declares that what
is mans own by reason of labor or
skill shall be his without interference
until he parts, voluntarily and know
ingly, with it's possession.
Incidence has stood as formidable
barrier in the pathway of a serene
and enlightened progress. The labor
er has always needed urging to the
performance of his tasks. The child
In large proportion of the Instances,
DIS shakespeare says,
"Creeps unwillingly to school,"
Under the most favorable social
conditions and in states of the most
advanced civilization. the aim of those
who have been favored by fortune Is
to lead life of leisure" to forego
exertion mental and physical, and to
belle the basic meaning of the word,
vegetable" by negotiating" as it is
Termed hn ie I1,l
factor in promoting the public welfare
either by social counsel, by efforts for
good government or by aiding In pro-
duction. Then Incidence has it's vot-
aries among the vicious ranging from
the vagabond to the gambler and from
the gambler to the highway robbie: and
from the highway robber to the cor
rupt politician whose perversion of
skill by imposing his own schemes for
private gain upon the functions of a
public office has disgraced our age
while enriching our vocabulary with
the word CRATER" Thus has society
been burdened and Justice defeated in
all the ages. How much worse would
conditions be, if tradition and its sue
cessor, literature, had not treasured
up examples to cheer and to warn.
f mad not portrayed and. preserved an
Instructive picture of the human race,
It's virtues, follies and errors! How
sad would be the world were it not
that literature had preserved inspi--
Ing annals, philosophical utterances
and glorious poems together with writ
ings wherein wit and humor hold their
jocurd revels! Thus literature is the
storehouse wherein we may find a
;portraiture of Man, the lessons which
his experience has taught and, may
also. find the solace which the soul
needs while pursuing its toilsome and
often perilous, Journey upon our plan
ct. The man Of learning is richer
than his fellows in possessing all this
treasure. His knowledge of past
events and his familiarity with the
science of Jurisprudence will tend to
make him loyal and efficient SER