davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-03-08
fulton Made Plea Of Guilty

James Fulton, of Westhope,
charged with selling liquor in
violation of the law, was taken
before Judge Burr at Rugby on
Tuesday and entered plea Of
guilty. He was given the
minimum, ninety days in Jail.
a fine of 5000 and in default of
payment an additional ten days
in Jail.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-03-08
Surprise Party Wednesday

About twenty friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Boehnke gave
them a surprise party on We'd
nesday evening. Games were
played and a delicious luncheon
served and all present enjoyed
the occasion. The Boehnkes
intend to remove to Antler in
the near futnre.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-03-08
irwin Taken 10 the Pen

Sheriff Sandstrom left on
Monday for Bismarck to place
Frank Irwin in the penitenti-
ary. Irwin is one Of the three
highway robbers taken up at
Deep last fall and who later
sawed through the county jail
on two occasions. He will
serve ten years. ss3.sa
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-03-08
VIZ Reaeh tho Peepls.

Everyone is yonr nei ghbor if
you use long distance. Use the
long distance service Of the
Northern Telepho lone Company.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-03-08
SHALL We PLAY BALL7
There Is oeed Material For 4 Homs
Tsan u THIS City THIS Year

All winter long the baseball fan
Has fought old battles DER
s2 Has talked of last years heroes,
And counted last years score.
But now he talks Of coming Spring
He's full of joy and hope,
And Rng giad o,ss and tst gay he goes his AVE. way
And, right in this connection
iet us remark that the Cubs
and Tigers, the Phillies and
Giants, and all other aggrega-
'tions big and strong are not
the whole thing in the minds
of the Bottineau baseball fans.
There is a hunch abroad that
there is some mighty good
material for a home team that
ought to be organized and
ready to do the practice stunt
the minute the diamond is dry
enough to get onto and that
right now is the time to get
ready and right this year the
accepted time to do the scalp
hunting among the neighbor-
ing towns where they may en-
tertain ideas that they know
something Of h E national
game.
There is talk Of meeting at
an early date to discuss the
formation of a team. It's a
good idea. Let push it along.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-03-08
VITAL STATISTICS
Births and Deaths In the State During
the Month Of January

The report of the state board
of health ia as follows:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
AARBOR NOTES

The. Pacific Mail liner Korea is
.enfoute from San Francisco to Homo
lulu and should arrive here on Fri
day morning.
The oil tanker Marion Chilcott got
away for Gaviota on Saturday after
noon after having been discharged oil
IA quantity OF fuel oh.
Fuel oil for the local branch of the
Standard Oil Company is enroute tc
the islands in the American tanker
Maverick. This vessel brings kero
sene and gasoline in bulk -
The bark AIrirew WEIGH is beinl
discharged of supplies for the con
tractors at Pearl Harbor. The vessel
is expected vii, be 5rcrgf to Homo
lulu by the las. of the week.
Eight hundred tons fertilizers and
a small quantity of preserved pine
apples was included in the cargo car
rfed to san Pedro in the schooner
Annie M. Campbell, that sailed from
Honolulu on Saturday.
Maui business organizations are
making. an effort to induce the In,
ter-Island to include Lahaina as q
port Of call on the weekly special
Hifo trip It is claimed that over
tnres thus far have proved unsuc
cessfuL ID. it, 3d..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gordon Roberts, indicted by the
Federal grand jury on a. charge of
violating the white slave. law, and
who has been in Jail since July Is,
was released on his personal recog.
nizance this morning. ......,...-
New nominations filed with the Sec
rotary of the Territory by candidates
on the island of Oahu are those Of
Ulysses H. Jones, republican candidate
for representative from the fifth dis
Etrict. and Charles Kanekoa. republican
candidate for representative from the
SAME district. :.s.. -:
The Federal criminal calendar was
called by u. S. District Judges Dole
and Clemens this morning, all the
eases being continued to Saturday.
November 2. The Mahuka site coll
domination suit has been set for next
Monday morning, October 81, and a
call has been issued for the Venire
from which the selection of a jury
for that case will begin on the date
set. .. ,'~ '~ 81 '' 80:
Hee Park, the Chinaman indicted by
the territorial grand jury on charge
OF assaulting two small girls, was ar:
raigned this morning and given until
Thursday to enter his plea. AS he is
without funds the court appointed ).
F ChilIingworth to serve as the de-
PENDANTS counsel. Samuel Kahf, who
faces two indictments on a charge of
nurglary in the second degree, aisr
has been given until Thursday GO enter
plea, and Tam Ha, indicted for assault
and battery, entered a plea OF guilty
this morning and will receive sentence
Thursday.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
PASSENGERS BOOKED.

Per D. s. 8. Sierra for San Fran
cisco Oct I9.-Miss e. L. Anderson, l..
w. Barney. Mrs. Barney. Miss Laura
Cadmus, Mrs. Caroline Clark. Mrs. F.
T.. Courtwright, Miss Courtwright, Mrs.
7 Cowes, Miss Margaret Cowes, Mas
ter Carol Cowes, Mrs. James Denman,
Mrs. Terie Desch, ". Doyle, mrs.
Doyle, Master Edward Rreier, Mrs. l..
Dunbar, T. F. Ellis, Mrs. Ellis. r. q.
Gilbert, Hiss Helen Hayes, L. W.
Hough, Jr., Arthur IsbelI, Mrs. Isbell,
F. L. jerks, Mrs. jerks, Mrs. c. w.
Kent, w. A. Kinney, Miss N. Leslie,
= Mccormack, Miss Mary McLane, e.
H. Mclaughlin, Mrs. McLauzhlin,
Mrs. A. Richardson, ST J. Ranney,
Mrs Ranney, Miss I. Sheridan, Miss l..
Sheridan, Mrs E. J. Sfevert, Duncan
Smith, Mrs. NJ II. Sterling, T. T. Tay-
lor, Mrs. Taylor and two infants, Mas
ter Thomas Taylor, Miss Elma Taylor,
Miss Mabel Taylor, Miss Lucy Taylor,
George B. Torrey, C. C. Won Hamm,
Miss Laura Watkins, r. T. Will Miss
Aida h. WILL, Miss N. Winstead, H.
G. Wooten, Mrs. Wooten.
Per stmr. Mauna Kea, for Hawaii
ports, Oct. ia. Gartley, Alfred
Kraft, wife and three children; X. M.
Smith, Mrs. ]. NJ. Souza, Master II.
Souza. Eva Souza, Mrs. J., K. Bodei,
child and maid; Mr. and Mrs George
H Mclaughlin, Esther L. Anderson,
Miss M. Johnson, Miss J. johnson.
Per stmE Mauna Kea for Hawaii
ports, Oct 19.-MrS. M. E. Purdy, Mrs
A. Guernsey 8 ~
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Noeau for Kauai Thls Afternoon
r. TOO BLOOBfHIRsTY

SANTA BARBARA, Sept. 10. =
Pointed criticism OF Theodore Roose-
welt for spreading death and destriie-
ton in African veldts and iungles
was voiced here today By w. Leon
Dawson at the annual convention OF
the California State Hunptde Society
Dawson also condemned the col0nel's
tendency to pass on to posterity n
written record Of his African hunting
experiences. declaring that such writ
ings instfl1 the spirit Of the chase in
readers, and cause further suffering
to the wild things Of the jungIes. The
society today passed q resolution re-
questing the next legislature to re-
scind a law that gives TO humane so.
cieties fines assessed following ar
rests by society officers. This was
done to eliminate any appearance of
graft In the society.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
ON
KAU LICENSE

Governor Frear this morning took
up the consideration of the Kau ditch
and water license. and held confer
ence with Attorney Frank Thompson,
representing the company; U. S. Hy-
drographer harrison, and Attorney
General Lindsay. The problems of
how much OF the water source on the
Hilo side OF Hawaii may be tapped
for this project without diminishing
seriously the supply needed on the
Hilo side in the dry months, is one of
the most important to be solved in
this matter. and may require consid-
cradle study before a decision is
reached regarding the water license.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
MACHINE WHICH BRINGS
SLEEP WHEN DESMED

BERLIN, Sept. 24.-Electric sleep
which may be turned on and off at
will is the alIuring prospect offered
to people suffering from insomnia by
Dr.. Nagelsehmidt, who describes his
invention for this purpose IN medi-
cal magazine. He claims to have de
vised a new form OF electric current
which when applied to the base OF
the brain VIII produce a narcotic ef-
feet which can be maintained as long
as is desired
II has been tried with the greatest
success and without any injurious cf-
fects on dogs and rabbits. and DR..
Nagelschmfdt Is convinced that II
can be equally applied to human be-
ings. Application Of the current also
eliminates pain from any part o. the
body.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14

G. Armstrong, A OHara. Father ce
iestfne. Francis Gay, Il. lsenberg, Mrs
Kauf Wilcox, III. P. Faye, ]. Morse, P
Henoch, J. c. Tecano. r, Fugita, Y
Akau Master Quong Yet, H. F. Had
field, C. Spillner, John MAMMAL, John
Lowell, Mrs Bowers, J. Souza. Mrs
Souza, Mrs. ]. H. Soper, Smith Hiroth
and IS deck.
Per stmr. Mikahala, from Maui and
Molokai, October ia. Gartley, w
W. Harris. 8. Thayers, c. L. Watson,
E. d. Murdoch, William Miller, D. Ka.
1auokalani, Mrs. Henry Keau and 80
deck.
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BLOCKADE RUNNER
lcontiauesi from Pase d

/ 81. ips worried the great Japanese ad,
miral Togo and the scout commanders
OF the Japanese fleet =
Wnen StoesseK and che garrison of
Port Arthur were beleaugered b9 the
late Generals Nogf and Nodzu, com
manding the forces In the lines at
DaIny. Louis and Dick Splitter electri-
fed the world by running ship after
ship through the network OF Japanese
warships and Japanese submerged
mines, feeding. the starved soldiers of
the white tzar from the most danger.
| Gus possible inlet. 81.
III Maaina word was received that
fabuious sums cBuId be earned by the
man who would pierce the JAPANESE
lines on land or water around Port
Arthur. At 81 secret conference with
the Muscoviae agents, Louis Splitter
took up the Russian bids ss
Several trips were successfully
made. At last Dick was taken aboart3
IiiH steamer, full to- the srHppers with
grain and all sorts of foodstuffs for
the Russians. He was sent Under an
armed escort to Tokyo tried in ae.
cordance to International laws Of war
and condemned to be shot. He was not
shot. just why was never disclosed.
! Louis was reported to be head over
ears in love with young English
woman, Laura Dunbar, whom he had
saved from Insult on the Praya of Sim
Rgspore. It is thought that the girl
failed to reciprocate his advances.
He was Of the true type OF the
privateer of the seas and knew every
rig of ships ever stepped on launch
ways.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
WEATHER TO-DAY

Temperatures a m, 70: s a m.
IS; 10 a. m, 80; IL noon, 79. Mini
mum last night, "A.
Winds a. m, velocity 10. direction
E.; a. m. velocity Il, direction n
E.; 10 a. m, velocity IL, direction n
E; 12 noon, velocity 6, direction NE.
Movement past "a hours, 1875 miles.
Barometer at 8 a. m, 80. OF. Rela-
tive humfdity,S a. m, 50, Dew-point
at q. M, S. Absolute humidity 8
a. m, 7s091 Rainfalk %.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14

a chance to harass che hated enemy
and followed Il up The Democratic
leaders made Investigations and are
said to have talked the matter over
informally with the Encouragement
and Mott-Smith. Lindsay, say the
Democrats, Of course did not give any
opinion, but seemed to think the Bour-
bous have at least chance to make
a point. and the Democrats are cor
respondingiy encouraged
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
AmeriesRB uiIt eunboats for
chinese Waters.

AsHerfedyf6uNtS duupoats TOT
Chinese Waters.
"A sister ship to the gunb6af Mono.
cacy will be built at Mare Island,
Both gunboats viii be used in Chinese
waters With two ships to be built
instead of one, the cost Of each viii
be Iessened sby. distribution Of the
overhead charges, and the estimate Of
yI41,600 for the Morlocacy was 50
much lower than the nearest private
BID S211, 600 by Seattle firm that
an, investigation was demanded and
made. Authorization for the gunboat
Just ordered was made by Congress
in 1885. Great Britain objected, I'M
der the treaty of 1912, to the use Of
the gunboat on the Great Lakes, as
was planned, and after fourteen years
the appropriation has now been let.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
Entered of Record Oct. II, 1872, from
$3.50 u. m. to 1899 n. M.

Mary Akat ct ais to Mrs Kupafu
Chang Tim :. :. ................D
Isemoto Sanyemon to Hilo Empo-
rum Ltd CONGRATULATIONS. CM
tNakashima Sentaro to Hilo EmpOr-
ium Ltd ..............C M
Shuhei Nakahara to- G Russell. BIS
Shuhei Nakahara to Joseph Dowson
Do
Shuhei Nahahar to Rokusaburo Ota
Do
Shuhei Nakahara to JumatSu Osa-
Al Do
Henry st NahaoIelua and VT by
Atty ct ali to Au Linn Tim d
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
VESSELS TO ANB
FROM THE ISLANDS
(SpeciaI Gable 10 Merchants,
EX6hange.l

So Monday, Oct Ia.
HIL0-Sailed, Oct. IL, p. m, s.. s,
Enterprise, for San Francisco.
FORT BRAGG Sailed, Oct IL, Schr
Dauntless, for Hilo.
SAN FRANCISCO = Arrived, Oct. IL
ga. m, s. g. Siberia, hence Oct. 8,
Sailed, Oct II, g. s. Maverick
for Honolulu.
Sailed, Oct. II, LIS p. m, 8. 8.
Korea, for Honolulu. - s.. So
Sailed, Oct. Is, s. s. Arizonan, for
Salina Cruz.
PORT TOWNSEND - Arrived, Oct
IA, schr. Blakeley, hence Sept. rs.
EUREKA - Sailed, Oct. Is, Schr. A.
F. Coats, for Hilo.
rGRAYS HARB0R - Sailed, Oct. Is,
bktn. s. 6. Wilder. for Honolulu.
SEATTLE - Arrived, Oct. II, s. s.
Missourian, from San Francisco.
- Arrived, Oct. 8, Schr.
H. d. Bendixon, from Port Gamble.
IS Aerogram.
is. s. CHINA--Arrives from Yokoha-
ma early Tuesday morning and
sails fer San Francisco about 4 pm.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
MAJOR {. VI. SMITH I
MAY COMMAND SHAFTER

Army officers here are specializing
as to who will succeed to the COM
mand of Fort Shafter, made vacant by
the sudden death Of Major John H.
Wholley. "#
Another major will have to be as
signed to the regiment, which is now
left with only one serving with the
troops, Major Erneste v. Smith of the
first battalion. Major George B. Dun
can is now at the Army War College.
Rumor has it that Major Smith may
get the Shafter command. as he is
the senior major of the regiment. The
assignment, however, is entirely up to
the War Department. IN
Major B. A. Read, Judge advocate
Generals department, is through
passenger on the army transport Lo-
gan He called at department head
quarters this morning. +
Major Blakeley, c. A. c., is making
his third trip to Hawaii within the
year, and the second within two
months. He came here July 81 last,
as member of the defense board,
which formulated plans for the furth-
er protection of the island. Major
.Blakeley is to be an umpire at the
coming naaneuyers. So a. .asa.. 4
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
tREAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Entered Of Record Oct. 1s. 1912, from

Ie:39 a. m. to 4:30 D. M.
0pupele Levi and hsb to Alvina K
Kekumano -. ...............D
Ct L Samson and VT to Lee Shee. D
Hawaiian Trust Co Ltd to John T
Brown :. Rel
Est of John c Quincy by tr to Ching
XII Hong :. .............P arRel
Ching XII Hong to Sakuji 1keda: -. ID
T X Lalakea and VT to Hilo Rail-
road Co -. ................D
Simeon X Hao and VT to Trent TT
Co Ltd M
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WATERFRONT NOTES
Iwalani Bsc,< wien suusr.

IWalanl Back With Sugar.
Sugar made up the bulk Of the car
go brought by the Inter-Island steam
er Iwalani. an arrival from H0noipu.
this morning. The vessel met with
q fair passage, the wind and seas be-
ing favorable. According to report
from her officers there awaits 924
sacks sugar at the Hawaii port.
Noeau for kadat This Afternoon.
Taking general cargo destined for
windward ports along the island Of
Kauai, the Inter-Island steamer No.
eau will be dispatched at o'clock this
afternoon. The vessel will be sup
piled with a later mail but no passen-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14

Four Pittsburg people were killed.
when a train cofifded win their
automobile at grade crossing.
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Il was going to give Jones little
friendly advice this morning"
And didn't you?"
mo. He started to tell me how to
run my affairs, and that's something l
tolerate from no man"
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Conflicting dispatches have been
received concerning the acceptance
of Italy's peace proposals, but it is
believed that preliminary agreements
will be signed on the arrival of the
Turkish emissary at Ouchy.
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PACIFIC NAIL

Continues from Page y
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American Fish Gamers in Japan.

Japan is being invaded by Ameri-
can fish-packing and canning concerns
the Swift and Liebig packing COM
panies having representatives on the
ground and in one instance a plant
has been placed in operation. Hok-
kaido has been selected as the site
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
suY ANO SELL

Diamonds. watches and jewelry bought.
sold and exchanged. J. Carlo. Fort st.
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Communications b honolulu STIR Buleti Ltd nsselain T. H
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-06-20
WHY THE SALOON
SHOULD LIVE
Good Nora! Uplifting and Home Finding
Institutions of Our Land

The Gideon answers
1-Bccause of its moral uplift in
the community. ~
2-Because of its purifying effect
in politics n
3-Bccause it is such a law-abid-
ing institution. ~
4-Because its patrons get so much
value for their money. ~
5-Because drinking helps one to
get job and keep it. (!)
6-Because it makes business-for
the courts and the county agent. u
7-Becausc drunkards-the saloons
finished product make such good
husbands and loving fathers. n
S-Because saloons always make
cities safer and better places for
boys and girls to grow up in. "
9-Because all right-minded fa-
theirs and mothers pray that their
boys may become saloonkeepers. 2
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-06-20
SIXTY-TRIRD We'd
DING anniversary
SiXty-Three Years Of Welded Life Cele-
brated by An Aged Couple

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas J. Randall
celebrated their 63rd wedding ami
versary Sunday June 16. Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. f. Randall and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. S. Randall were present, as was
also Mrs Fannie Farthing a sister
of Mr.. Randall who was also present
at the wedding 63 years ago. She
says at that event the bride and
groom rode white horses and the
thirteen couple present rode black
horses.
Thomas j. Randall was born in
Jennings county, Indiana, in 1927.
while Mrs. Randall was born in the
same county in 1894. In 1856 Mr..
Randall was ordained to the min
istry of the Christian church and
has proclaimed the gospel of Christ
ever since. The family moved to
this city in 1888.
Rev A. l.. Grim and Mrs. Grim
celebrated the happy event with the
family. Sunday.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-06-20
JUSTICE TO THE ARABS.

1t is unfortunate for the Ara
bians that their literature should
be locked up in a character and
idiom so difficult of access to Eu-
ropean scholars. Their wild.
imaginative poetry, scarcely ca
pable of TRANSMISSION into for
eign tongue. is made known to
us only through the medium Of
bald prose translation, while their
scientific treatises have been
done into Latin with an inaccu-
racy which, to make use of pun
Of Casiri's, merits the name Of
perversions rather than versions
of the originals. How obvious
ly inadequate. then. are our
means of forming any just esti-
mate of their merits, 1t Is I'M
fortunate for them, moreover,
that the Turks tthe only nation
which. from an identity of re-
ligion and government with the
Arabs. as well as from its pOliti
cal consequence. would seem to
represent them on the theater
of modern Europe) should be a
race so degraded. one which. dur
ing the five centuries it has been
in possession of the finest eli
mate and monuments of antiQ-
uity. has so seldom been quick
ened into a display of genius or
added so little of positive value
to the literary treasures descend
ed from its ancient masters. Yet
this people. SO sensual and slug
gish. we are apt to confound in
imagination with the sprightly,
intellectual Arab. Prescott.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-06-20
ANOTHER KiITITAS
PIONEER CALLED
A Seventy Years Pioneer, Capt. E. D.
BrOughtOE, in 0kancgan County

Okanogan, June 16.-Capt +. d.
Broughton one of the earliest set
tiers of Okanogan county. died AT
his home on Salmon creek. midway
between this this city and Concon-
ully, last night Capt. Broughton
was abought 10 years old. He came
to this county from Ellensburg about
1886 and settled at Ruby. then a
llourishing mining camp. He was
an old Indian scout who had spent
most of his life on the frontier.
For years h. was in the government
service. 1t is related that whcE
Broughton was assigned task he
preferred to do it alone, and could
scarcely be induced to accept the
company or assistance of any of his
fellow soldiers.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-06-20
WHAT is DUTY?

Philosophers have seemed to
assume that we knew what duty
was. They have discussed the
question whence came the idea
of duty. and so on. which is very
interesting in its way. but they
have overlooked the main point.
which is. What is duty: Now.
that is just what we don't under
stand today. We don't know
what our duty is. If we did
more Of us would try to do it, i
believe-not all of US and not
always. but in general we would
try to do right if we knew what
right was. 1t was Guizot, |
think. who said. 1T is harder for
Il man to know what his duty
is than to do it." All the mod
ern philosophers have built up
incomplete systems of ethics be
cause they have overlooked this
fundamental point. We have to
go back TO the ancient Greeks
before we find problems of ethics
attacked in their entirety. The
Greeks did have in their way a
complete system of ethics, but
this is Of no advantage to us. be
cause their social world ana their
outlook on life We're entirely diff
feront from Ours Their civiliza-
ton did not present the problems
we have TO cons der They had
no conception of a duty toward
other nations. for one thing.
Their own state was an they
recognized. and even within that
their view was limited Henri
Bergson. Famous Modern French
Philosopher