The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-14
Bv WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

turn that women make to society is as
valuable as the return made by men.
The essential thing is that each person,
man or woman, shall recognize tine obli-
cation to contribute in helpfulness.
There. is no place for the drone in hui
man society and as public opinion be-
comes more enlightened we shall give less
regard to those, however refined or well
educated who consult their own pleas
ure at the expense of others sand more
consideration to the bread-winners whose
hands are calloused and whose brows are
acquainted with rerspiration.
An education is incomplete which does
not place a noble purpose behind mental
training and make the hands willing to
work The work should ultimately be
the largest work of which the hands are
capable, but at all times it should be the
work that most needs to be done That
education is also defective which so in
flames ones vanity or so shrivels one S
heart as to separate him In sympathy
from his fellows
Better loving companonship than intel
lectual solitude, but there is no reason
why the scholar should be less a son or
daughter. Head and heart should be de-
veloped together and then each forward
step would bring increasing joy, strength
en- family ties and make early friendship
more sacred.
Ii he is culpable who shrin<s from full
participation in the work of this strug-
Cling world, or shirlzs the responsibilities
which he is by education prepared to as
sumo, still more culpable are those who,
by employing their talents against society,
prey upon those who supplied their train
ing. If by force of fraud or cunning one
seeks to appropriate to his own use that
which he has not earned, he turns against
the public the weapons put into his hand
by the public for the promotion of the
common veal.
know of no more imperative need to-
day than that there should be a clear rec
ognltlon of the law of rewards, namely,
that each person is entitled to draw from
society IN proportion as he contributes to
the welfare of society. This law is fun
damental. 1t conforms to that sense of
justice which forms the broad basis of
social intercourse and firm foundation
for government. This sense of Justice is,
o1ended when any one, either through
the faVorltism of government or in de-
nance OF government, acquires that for
which he has not given an equivalent.
Ihere are certain apparent exceptions, but
they viii upon examination be found to
be only apparent or to present evidence
or an attempted approximation to the
standard
For instance, by general consent there
Is requirement by right of discovery A
man finds something of which man ha s
not before known, and although the dis
covery may not have caused him great
eHort' yet 1t may be of great value.
There is justice in giving him reason
able compensation out of the thing which
ne mas discovered, but the fact that the
government under whose jurisdiction the
land lies limits by metes and bounds the
land which the pioneer may claim is ev-
ldence OF an effort to fix relation be-
tween service and compensation And so
II one discovers precious metals the law
determines the amount of land that can
De claimed under the discovery The in
ventor also, in return for the benefits