The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-31

tic may Dc SccI III lle parks ABOUT W
his constitutional before going to wo
| character. This is from poem writ
ten by the Rev. F. S. Browning. 1t
reads:
do not know
Where falls the seed that have tried
to SOW
With greatest care;
But shall know
The meaning OF each waiting hour
below
Sometime. somewhere.
Along this line of thought comes
remark which Mr. Bryan made when
asked as TO his work and whether
the demon of worry ever KEEP, him
awake at night. He replied
II do not worry. do the best l
can and leave the results to the future
don't believe in basing ones de-
! cision on the possible results. The
only question to be considered is as to
! whether the act is right or not II it
is right it should be performed ir-
respective of results. Besides, you
cannot prophesy as to results 1t Is
more important that you should do
the right than that you should regard
the consequences. God has given ev-
cry one the ability to know the right.
and l believe he should act according
10 that ability and leave the results
TO take care OF themselves The man
who does that need not worry"
rs it ever right 20 do wrong?"
no. 1t is not right TO do wrong.
| The man who comes to such a conclu-
sion must be measuring the conse-
quences ,and that as have said. you
cannot do"
rs that not a good principle to build
life or nation on?'
Il believe it is the right principle"
said Mr.. Bryan. NO principle is fit for
the building OF life that is not tit for
the building or 4 nation. There is no
rule OF ethics that applies TO individ-
ua!s that should not apply to nations
as Well"
But that is not the general idea OF
diplomacy, Mr.. Bryan"
Il think it is the right idea. Diplo-
macy and the right should be synony-
\ nous"
But, Mr.. Bryan, good many peo-
pie think differently. They believe
that diplomacy and lying are synony-
nous?
Il do not agree with that at all.
That definition deSrades diplomacy TO
the level OF baseness. The right policy
AID the honest policy plainly stated
is the best diplomatic policy"
Then YOU believe III honest poll
tics?"
There is no ether kind of politics
that last" said Mr.. Bryan. Morality
Is the only foundation for the build
Ing of a man or nation. made Il
| speech along that line Flag Day. The
! subject was brought up by the man
he mo 10 ~
humorous reference TO my idea of
Friendship versus the Battleship. and
rather challenged the doctrine | had
set forth in regard to it, In my reply
l showed that history was strewn with
| the wrecks of nations which had pro-
claimed their immortality when they
were at the zenith OF their power, and
that no amount OF physical force could
maintain any nation II II were corrupt
morally. l closed by calling attention
to the scene OF Christ before plate.
| saying that plate represented the
| great force Of that day. and the great
est government on earth. and that he
! was then apparently victorious The
unarmed Nazarcne apparently sub
mittcd TO him. but from that time the
Roman power waned. In a few cen
turtles its legions were gone and it's
arm became paralyZed. whereas the
I poWcT Oh me IlSHt, maj Oh tie NaZa-
rene. grew, and II has been growing
to this day. 1t is said somewhere
that YOU can build your capitols as
| high as the sky, but II they rest upon
! injustice the pulse OF a woman Will
| beat them down. / do not believe in
| mad rivalry with The Old World in
! the building OF battleships. do not
| think that the only way to preserve
| peace is TO make ready for war that
we may never have. That is barbar-
| Gus doctrine. 1t Is brutal and un-
christian. 1t belongs to the darkness
and not to the dawn"
But is not war the natural state Of
mankind?"
no. The natural state OF mankind
! should be peace and brotherly love.
You could not love God II you thought
| lie so made you that you must kill
| some one occasionally to prevent de-
| generation. All the progress that man
has made has been through the law
! of love, rather than through the law
! OF hate. Some people talk of cvolu-
| don and preach the Darwinian theory,
do not believe in II. The Darwinian
theory is based upon the law OF hate
1t breaches the survival OF the httest.
| by which the strong kill off and crowd
| out the weak. I prefer TO believe in
the law of love. and that God created
man. You may call 1t miracle. but
the world is fun of mira cles. Indeed,
almost everything is a miracle. Take
any plant and try to explain 1t. How
does 1t grow? Where does It get it's
| fruit? It's color? Look at the seed
You cannot explain II. Then why try
| to explain man? Take an egg! 1t is a
| miracle. Set II under hen and in