The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-05

WHINE w tdk' rom clncI h1liONS II
Il" make ourselves dependent upon
I '1cm rather than 10 cultivate 10y teoi-
ons effort our W resources. ~
have n striking example of this in the
dye industry. Germany has shut on
: supplies. AID where do We find
ourselves: Truly in "A sad state Of
lacking self-helpfuiness. This anne
Indifference or d~ilettantism in educn-
ton. instruction of the national mind,
Is going to cost us dear in the Pacific,
' where a thoroughly determined people,
n keen for study. Sa4 going to cause
, US trouble.
Finally, nov Dr.. s.Nitimentaiism
affect love and marriage? Ofrlanl
this can best ne answered 10y aging
mat We are tho most divorced nation
in the world: the only reasonably close
second being Japan. There the right
OF divorce has been regulated by the
Government only of late. and those
Oricntals. like children with new toys,
are pla ying with that domestic remedy.
Marriage is inspired all too frequently
by a desire alone Tor the other party
! ~ the union without a willingness 70
assume the normal consequences.
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the couple cannot bear with one an
others faults. Hence we have 'aNini-
ties multiple divorces and childless
unions. Worthy parcnthood figures
but little in the impuls, to matrimony.
Once more we are unwilling to pay
the price. Il is love at first sight and.
B hguotivcly speaking. marriage tho
day after. We don want to give tho
time that serious consideration r"-
uuires. We have no desire 10 ponder
the consequences: away 10 tho altar
! And then, finding that we have made
mistakes. W. wan to he let off easily
End ask tho law to ucdo our own acts
before We are very much inconvc-
nienced.
What has caused Americas dis
trcssing scntimentality" Primarily the
tremendous fertility Of tho virgin land.
We got everything easy for decades.
and even If we had been far less en-
lightened VI could not have helped
but progress. 1t was a case OF easy
come. easy go. We exploited the soil.
we ravaged II forests, and so IL went
on. But just the same a day OF reck-
oning confrontS us. There is nc longer
the same easy outlet Tor a city's excess
of population. The fruitful land does
not beckon as II once did. and We are
face To face with the problem Of pro-
viding the ncedful In
consequence We n y Congestcd com.
munities and, the increasing demands
or labor offend NJ. We resent seriou.
study and labor, and yet these social
questions can be solved in no other
way.
Take FOR instance n country like
Holland. where every square foot OF
soil Is treasured. And then there Is the
city Of Amsterdam. built we'll nigh en-
tirely upon a foundation Of plies, the
very timber for whch was drawn from
Scandinavia and America. But see
what those industrious IIollanlers
have achieved. Tie battles they have
had TO fight because OF lacking or
scanty soil have made them the thrifty,
enterprising bodies tina they are.
Further. the very conception OF our
democracy is wrongly interpreted. W.
take II is II matter of right rather
than n of duty. We want to share
In results bu, not in eXert!on. Talking
tn kings the idea tina, AL mon ~.
born equal sounds Very well, but iilr-
between common men that sort ~
hyperb"le does not at all. ard
We know its We are not born equal
10y any manner of means. Socialism &,
the direct outcome of a false under
standing Of the real meaning uf do
mocracy. and the Individual Sinking CT
obligation here has made America a
fruitful soil for this expression or 30
'ial unrest. Every right Involves a
corresponding duty. Any other inter
probation shows a failure Of proner
understanding.
\ has been apt,y said 'Gcnius in
tho capacity for tiking infinite pains
Genius is really only "A strong index q.
"A particular native bent--an irrcrc-,
capacity 10 do best in some particular
direction. and To do that something
very wei. But even So the so-cal,ed
genius must work. Conversely. mere
work wont make u man II genius. hut
that labor VIII make him - better and
u more usefu, citizen.
The price ~ success : cffors. and
oar sentinentalisln makes Us ,rayc
the fruits without inspiring liz with
. wiling eSs to plant and cult.vate.
=. y might Wei Ice supposed. SEM
mcnial.sm runs rampant through oar
attitude tnward religion. Moody AM,
Sdnkry were one evidences OF IL. w.,
, al know how tn" Impossible Dove,
stirred popular imagination. and nov
81. late We have had l!.l.y SUNDAY
Nowhere else have tile Moody ard
Sankcy hymns had i.Npau. such as
here. Forgiveness and grace were q,
be had for J." d>hr-. o., man had
Only /" open his m"ut" to drink IN