The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-08-17

ism, and the struggle led by Oliver
Cromwell which laid deep and fast in
the life Of Anglo-Saxon people the prin-
ciple of democracy; these he describ-
ed as the great pivotal points on which
the progress of civilization has turned.
And we are now" he said, "in the
midst of another great era of transfer
nation. We of this day are standing
in one Of the great high lights of uni
versal history. A new thought is steal
ing over the world, thought that is
destined to revolutionize private and
social life of man.
What is mana Man is a four-sided
being. On one side he is an animal
with body the same in most respects
as that of the brute. On the second
side. he is a mind. The animals share
to a certain extent in this endowment.
On the third side, he has emotions.
Into this region also the brutes can
come to limited degree. 1t is on the
fourth side-man as spiritual being
that he stands unique and pre-emi-
nent in the world. 1t is by means of
his soul that he has conceived of God
alone of all things that live upon the
is the age of the soul, the age emf
spirit of man.
Defines New Thought.
"This new thought is the higher ma
tiOnalism. There are some things in
which we have not excelled the an
ri writ ha$
ter book than the Bible. We have
never created better statuary than the
Venus de Milo. We have never erect
ed finer buildings than did the Ro-
mans. But there are some things in
the realm of social science in which
we have excelled all the peoples who
have gone before us.
America is now seeking the an
swers to two questions: Can democ-
racy succeed? Am I my brothers
keeper? In no other country is more
research being made into the root of
political life than in this country.
lean democracy succeed?' It is
not possible fully to imagine the ire
finding a major part of it devoted to
the study of this problem. You can't
read any political platform without
findin ga major part of 1t devoted to
the questions of social reform. Old
age, accident insurance, child labor,
pauperism-these will remind you of
the great and critical problems with
which we are now undertaking to deal.
] say We do not say the govern
ment.' We are the government. The
tyrannical French king was able to
say, 4 am the state You are able to
say I am America
The Old Query.
Gam l my brothers keeper It
was a murderer who asked that ques-
ton in the first place and it is still the
case that the man who answers NO
is a murderer.
II have great hopes that our women
will give us splendid assistance in
working out these social problems For
fifteen years I have been a consistent
advocate of woman suffrage. We can't
have a nation wholly free If one-half
Of our people prevents the other half
from voting. Every argument I have
ever heard against woman suffrage is
an insult to mans mother, or wife,
or daughter. The church, the school
and philanthropy are already in the
hands of women and it seems there is
no limit to the services they can rem
der.
THE new thought Of our age is
tringing about new internationalism
We are beginning to realize that Paul
spoke the truth when he said that
God has made of one blood all peoples
in the earth The forces that are bind