The Irish standard., 1912-10-26

/ man is the nearest and painest rep
rcscnt;ltive OF the triumph of law and
| intellect over brute force. Tactus
famous epiglam OH tho aptitude of
the Celtic races for fight and free
speech Gem militarem ct argute To-
| QuD has come true in the course of
ages but modified to suit the purpose
for which God has scattered us over
the world. We are not made and ftt-
cd for wealth and empire like the
British and American. nor yet for ar
| tistic conception and execution like
the Latins nor for the mighty efforts
of human intellect and houndlcss cru
dition OF the Germans, but rather for
success in another and better world
than this, and for tho diffusion here
OF mystic and spiritual forces. but
as the triumph of spiritual forces on
earth requires the highest and rarest
gifts OF mind for it's accomplishment
as mystic theology transccnds all
other branches of the divine science.
SO we must expect that the old order
will return, that the culture or the
curly centuries of our race will hc
renewed and that the Island OF Saints
and Scholars will develop and expand
as a spiritual forcc lcavening and
purifying tho English speaking pco-
! pies
Matthew Arnold. il mistake not,
has acutcly remarked in his lee
lures on Celtic Litcrnturc,' that the
note OF genius in Shakespeare is
! Celtic and Catholic, rather than Sax
on and Protestant. The greatest Of
English drnmaists closes the long
procession OF the middle ages, and
marks the period when Catholic
thought ceased to influence the des-
TIMES of Britain. and the lnctaphysic
OF the school gave way before the
matcrialistic philosophy of Bacon.'
The stress and friction of that mighty
conflict of opposing ideals fell mostly
on our race.
:, that tho 'isieaiss AMI gdnst',lv c. ,n,i'
race like those OF Gods ancient pco-
pie whom we so strangely resemble
rs Patrick rrScmblcd Moses. are cath
er spiritual than worldly intellectual
. than commercial, still VIC must not
yield the horn to tho sinner We
) must struggle for the right So long
} denied, so cruelty deferred. hut in
: that very struggle we must he mind
ful of our destiny and strive for in
! dependence as II necessary means for
realizing our ideals. The very rorccs
OF spiritual and intellectual gravita-
tion as it. may be called will enhance
the dignity and enlarge the influence
of the Irish race. That quick SYM
: pntny and tender feeling toward the
: wrongcd and the oppressed, bcgottcn
Of our own centuries OF persecution.
point to d destiny commensurate with
our ideals. to u spiritual and intclcc-
/, tual supremacy in En- nSlnnd and AM
: erica, when once the crainped cnrr-
Sics OF our people are let 80 free, the
foreign letters OF ignorance and in
, justice rivcn from the limbs OF Erin.
Let England keep the ideals OF an
cicnt Rome, a world wide empire and
the commercial spoils of subject pco-
, pies, our destiny points to those of
Athens, the siIvcry speech, the gol-
den thought, the sway and empire of
: the mind.
planted here ut the great Domin-
ions center, in tho mighty continent
: toward which our mother land has
7 ever looked, for in the words OF the
r old ballad. ireland stands forever
"'With her back turned to England.
= "'And her face to the west
I'VE marvel that while ice and bliz-
: zald make our weather far into the
i. new year, the old land, as near the
. pole as Labrador, should bask in soft
: skies and gentle rain and warm
winds, the mystery is the gulf stream.
I The gentle, genial heat thus cngcn-
| dcred has made of the British Isles
9 the cradle of Gods mighticst races.
e May we not race in this physical
marvel and adaptation of the forces
t of nature to a great and far-rcaching
= end, the likeness of the spiritual force
\ and mission of the Irish race? God
l has set it with It's untainted faith
8 with the purity Of it's daughters, the
1 energy and devotion OF its sons, amid
f the colder temperament and mater
t alistic instincts of the Anglo Saxon
!, and American, to warm. vivify, con-
n vert after twelve centuries OF silent
:. woe, and cruel suffering, to explain
: and develop the genius of Catholic
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