Arizona republican., 1913-10-27

! delivered at Oxford, the authors wide | study of natural silence is shown and l applied to some of the great prob i lems of human life, of the rise and i fall of nations.
 1 He who would fully treat of man must know at least something of bi- | ology. of the science that treats of living, breathing things; and especial i ly of that science of evolution which is inseparably connected with the great name of Darwin. Of course. there is no exact parallelism between the birth, growth and death of species 1 in the animal world, and the birth, growth and death of societies in the world of man. Yet there is a certain parallelism. There are strange analo- gies; it may be that there are hOmolOgies"
 All through this essay the author shows his remarkable grasp of world history. In pointing out these bio logical analOgies," he dwells upon the great eras in the races of man. Whether 9 great nation shall live to become lasting influence in the world lies within herself, in the char acter of her people, in the quality of their ideals.
 Rome fell by attack from without only because the ills within her own borders has grown incurable. What Is true of your country, my hearers is true of my own; while we should be vigIlant against foes from without, vet we need never really fear them 90 long as we safeguard ourselves against the enemies within our own households; and these enemies are our own passions and follies Free I.eOples can escape being mastered by others only by being able to mas ter themselves. We Americans and you people of the British Isles alike need ever to keep in mind that among the many qualities indispensable to the success of a great democracy, and second only to @ high and stern sense of duty of moral obligation, are self knowledge and self mastery"
 Here is a passage that might be well made the careful study of the advocates of peace at any price.
 The other type of duty is the international duty, the duty owed by enc nation to another. l hold that the laws of morality which should govern individuals in their dealings one with the other are just as bind ing concerning nations in their deal ings one with the other. The appli cation of the moral law must be diff ferent in the two cases. because in one case it has, and in the other it has not, the sanction of d civil law with force behind it. The individual can depend for his rights upon the courts, which themselves derive their force from the police power of the state. The nation can depend upon nothing of the kind; and therefore, as things are now. it is the highest duty ot the most advanced and freest peO- ples to keep themselves in such state of readiness as to forbid to any barbarism or despotism the hope Of arresting the progress of the world by striking down the nations that lead in that progress. It would be foolish indeed to pay heed to the unwise persons who desire disarma nent to be begun by the very peoples who, of all others. should not be left helpless before any possible foe"
 The address delivered before the University of Berlin on the World Movement" has to do with the won derfuI expansion and influence of all highly developed thought on the ad vancement of mankind, "a world civ ilization, a world movement" There is an especially significant passage relating to the influence of western civilization upon Japan.
 Here and there instances occur where there has been no conquest at all, but where an alien people is pro- foundly and radically changed by the mere impact of western civilization. The most extraordinary instance of this, of course, is Japan; for Japan's growth and change during the last half century has been in many ways # history. Intensely proud of her past history, intensely loyal to certain ot her past traditions, she has yet with q single effort wrenched herself free from all hampering ancient ties, and with q bound has taken her place among the leading civilized nations of mankind
 One of the most inspiring and in dividual essays is that on Citizen ship in a Republic" It might well be printed separately as guide for character building, formulation of ideals of conduct, of aspiration. It was delivered at the Sorbonne. There are here and there those unfailine personal touches, the application of the authors thought in his own life, q certain homely simplicity, the pro- foundest evidence of absolute sheer lty that HOld the dtleHElOH anu Tip the sympathes nightly.
 How much evil has been done in the pursuit of name, how many false gods followed, how France suf- fered in her dream of liberty, equal :ty, fraternity. This is the theme of the essay on The Thraldom of Names" Other essays include Prod uctive Scholarship" Dante and the Bowery,'' "The Search for Truth in q Reverent Spirit" The Ancient Irish Sagas," An Art Exhibition This last, of all the things written on the notorious futurist show, was about the wisest as well as the most anus ing With appreciation and praise for the really meritorious work that was here and there found was keen valuation of the true inWardness of the stuff that made the exhibition a