The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-02

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ten by the Rev. F. S. Browning. II
reads:
| do not know
Where falls the seed that have tried
With greatest care;
But | shall know
The meaning of each waiting houI
below,
Sometime, somewhere.
Along this line of thought comes a
remark which Mr.. Bryan made when l
asked as to his work and whether the
demon Of worry ever kept him awake
at night. He replied:
Il do not worry. l do the best can
and leave the results to the future. l
don't believe in basing ones decision
on the possible results. The only
question to be considered is as to
whether the act is right or not If 1T
is right it should be performed IRE
spective Of results. Besides you can
not prophesy as to results 1t is more
important that you should do the right
than that you should regard the con-
sequences. God has given every one
the ability to know the right, and |
believe he should act according to
tina ability and leave the results to
take are Of themselves. The man
who does that need not worry
rs it right to do wrong?"
mo. 1t is not right to do wrong.
The man who comes to such a con-
| cluSion must be measuring The cOnSe-
%Quences. INK that as [ have said, you
cannot do"
"Is that not a good principle to
build a life or a nation on?"
II believe it is the right principle"
| said Mr.. Bryan. mo principle is fit
for the building Of a life that is not
fit for the building Of a nation. There
is no rule of ethics that applies to in
dividuals that should not apply to ma
tons as we'll"
But h ia is not the general idea of
diplomacy, Mr.. Bryan?'
II think it is the right idea. DiplO-
macy and the right should be synony-
nous"
But, MI. Bryan, a good many peo-
pie think differently. They believe
that diplomacy and lying are synony-
mous?"
That definition degrades diplomacy to
the level Of baseness. The right poll
cy and the honest policy plainly stated
is the best diplomatic policy"
Then you believe in honest poll
tcs?"
There is no other kind Of politics
ty is the only foundation for the
building of a man or 3, nation. l made
a speech along that line Flag day.
The subject was brought up by the
man who spoke before me. He made
rather q humorous reference to my
idea of Friendship versus the Battle
ship, AND rather challenged the doc
trine l had set forth in regard to it.
In my reply I showed hat history was
strewn with the wrecks of nations
!, which had proclaimed their immorali-
ty when they were at the zenith OF
their power, and that no amount OF
; physical force could maintain any n a
ton IT it were corrupt morally.
closed by calling attention to the
scene Of Christ before PLATE, saying
that Plate represented the great force
of that day, and the greatest govern
4 ment on earth, and hat he was ther
: apparently victorious. The unarmet
: Nazarene apparently submitted t.
j him, from that time the Roman power
: waned. In a few centuries its legion,
e were gone and it's arm became paral
yzed, whereas the power of the right
e that OF the Nazarene, grew, and it ha.
: been growing to this day. It is sait
8 somewhere that you can build YOU
e capitals as high as the sky, but if the,
e rest upon injustice, the pulse of a wo
y man will a them down. l do no
believe in a mad rivalry with the oil,
world IN the building Of battleships.
e 90 not think that the only way to pre-
5 serve peace is to make ready for a wa
} that we may never have. That is
le ~oarparous doctrine. 1t is brutal an
unchristian. 1t belongs to the dark
d ness and not to the dawn"
m But is not war the natural stat
es of mankind" ~
re No. The natural state Of man
n kind should be a and brother
e, owe. You could not love God If vo
r. thought He SO made you that Va
"a must Kill some one occasionally |
IN I revent degeneration. All the mr.,
ed cress that man has made has hee
through the law OF love, rather tina
through the law OF hate Soma ~.
al pie talk OF evolution and nraach ~
Darwinlan theory. 1 do not belie1
e IN It. The Darwinian theory is base
upon the law OF hate. 1t breaches ~
or survival OF the f~ttest, by which -
lis strong Kill off and crowd ont ~