Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-06-14

duction an Emperor or Gar OBJ
serving the maneuvers of his vast
army; or the mighty Eavies Of
England Or of your own country
passing in review: you may see the
armies of and Bulgaria and Turkey
marching 10 battle: yea, you may
see in the wilds of Africa the king
of beasts in his native lair. At
your breakfast table is laid at your
hand the record of the worlds
events of the day before. The cry
of distress from some terrible
calamity suddenly befallen your
fellows upon the other side Of the
world is almost instantly conveyed
to you and with equal dispatch
some banking institution twelve
thousand miles away is paying out
the money your generosity has be-
slowed upon the sufferers and what
you have done for them they may
do for you.
Oh, what a wonderful age il is in
which you live! What a heritage
is yours if you will but apply your
selves to receive it! Much of it is
yours without any effort on your
part much you cannot fully enjoy
without a contest to obtain it.
Many Of the things | have men,
toned and many more that / have
not referred to. which you have a
right to inherit if you will, are
locked in golden casket and the keys
are hung high upon a stone wall
reached only by the ladder of
effort which you must climb round
by round before you may reach and
grasp them and unlock the caskets
and appropriate to yourselves the
treasures that lie within.
How much greater is your herit-
age than that Of your fathers and
mothers or of their fathers anG
mothers How much the last two
generations of men have added tc
the worlds great reservoir OF
knowledge from the inexhausti5le
supply of which you may freelS
draw.
Now comes to all of you the de,
cisiOn of a momentous question ir
your lives. Are you going to stor
where you are and content your.
selves with enjoying the gifts
which thus far have heen placed
in your hands or are you going tc
set your heart upon unlocking some
one or more of the golden caskets
which are now beyond your reach
If do not misjudge you, you have
made up your minds to open uI
some of those caskets that lie be-
yond that the knowledge which
others have acquired you are going
to acquire and when acquired you
are going to do what they did ado
something more to the worlds store
of knowledge.
And now | come to another great
proposition. 1t is the proposition
of your responsibility to society
You have received or may receive
a bequest more valuable than car
be measured in money; more valu
able than was ever received by
those who have preceded you. Your
heritage great as it is, tenfolt
greater than befell your parent.
a hundred fold greater than befel
your parents parents, rarries will
it proportionate responsibilities
Progress is the law of existence
Men and women have accomplished
great things in this world in tn,
past, they are doing so today. Tt
morrow you and those like yot
who are finishing high school Of
college courses must take the place
Of the men and women who are do
ing the work of the world today
The world is a great beehive O
industry and progress. In that hiv,
you are to be either a worker or
drone. Duty demands that you b,
workers. You cannot avoid you
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