Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-12
Editors Letter Box
"The Morally Right Course"

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Editor Kennebec Journal:
Morally Right Course by J. Fl. Under
wood, | was interested. Years ago |
knew joe we were chums at school.
In your comments you say ne is clear
thinking" Why? Why don't you vivi-
sect him and show to the youth of our
land what "clear-thnking" persons are
made of? Did you ever notice, we have
very little to nail US to a fixed stand
And again if we learn the How" and
not learn the Why" it is usually of lit
tie use to us and soon forgotten.
I joe doesn't care how much we pick
good. He's ear-thinking'' because he's
clean-inside. Make the inside of the pot
clean that the outside may be clean al
So" Notice clear and clean are spelled
nearly alike and they mean nearly the
same; that which is clear is usually
clean, and that which is clean is usually
clear
You speak of war. What is the cause
of war? Over 1900 years ago, Prophet
gave us the clue, and he pictured the
course of events. and the age. and the
fruits of the common dominion. At the
beginning prosperity seems to rise, then
the Power of State" and church slowly
gain dominion over the wishes and rights
of the common people and "a house di-
vided against itself cannot stand When
the Power of State and church overrides
the WISHES ana rights the idDOTlHS
! people, there's trouble ahead
| Look sharp. and try this on Europe.
Are we sure our own United States is
not facing symptoms" at least? Why
are these murmurings about the farms
not paying. taxes high. etc? Wise peonlc
can take warning. AS l reflected afte
reading your comment, | said to nlyGe'f.
How would the rnited States look witt
! clear thinking Jocs' in all the posito rs
of trust" and an echo seemed to swell
'oh wondrouS change, There would be
no seats sold to him who could pat up
the best stake: thercd be no auction OF
the peoples rights and privileges to aug
ment the salary. there'd be no letting in
of some political puppy who had hung
around so long that compromise had
to he made TO stop his barking; there'd
70 gain adnlittance into the band higher
up. would take the benefit Of the doubt
from the accused. where it belongs, and
carry it to the 'powerful(0."
| Watch this matter and YOU easily see
how the monster with the Big Head
! grows. In the beginning of a govern
ment the people choose their officers and
they are servants. "a government of the
! people, by the people, and for the peo-
pie The People should rule, but as the
Head gets strong and bold and has lain
tentacles to suck at the cream, these ser
wants become Independent and important
they won't do. Isn't it easy to see
what feelings must arise in THE Peo-
pie: I'm making The Laws for this
: country. I'm choosing my servants for
Why can / not have word to say about
how they shall treat me? Why should
they be lords and masters over me-
When you see the abomination which
maketh desolate standing forth in the
nigh tplaces of trust places. then know
that the end is nigh" Isn't it an abomi-
nation when The People" must be over
ridden by their servants?
in1-i in, <J-eo
positions. He's willing to work with his
hands. He's willing to study and learn
the duties of any Office he wills accept
He's not the kind who seeks office
ises. He's clean inside; he's honest
rms is no praise. 1t is only what ev-
eryone ought to be. Hes not the kind
who buys his way into dominion as gains
foothold in society by throwing puff
balls to emulate some degenerated soul
non CT the indoent rich, and If he were
IN IN, position Of trust, he'd see to it thai,
others did not do So We've had quite a
sharp warning against the "hrelng'' an /
the thief and the man who steals priv
lieges and rights. is the worst thief of
all. He's counterfeit so slyly disguis-
ed mat few suspect him.
/ what must come after the war;" Do
you realize that when that war is over
mere VII probably be no ponderous Rus
sla with its crown of glittering diamonds
sucking a tribute of sS,o0o00o per annum
IRON the blood Of its children; no over
ambitious Germany; no proud England
etc. LOOK to some large tract of land
over which fire has swept and behold
paradigm Here and there a green patch,
a few 'blackened trunks of some mon
archs of the forest which escaped the
intenser heats and still hold aloft their
how Of the people. Oh. The Vacant
Chairs'. and the sliced men! Oh des-
olatioh. No government left. able to
pay them even the necessities and the
breasts OF Mother Earth sore and disfig-
ured from which to draw his sustenance.
l ask. 40 you believe such suffering nee
e essar W IN the onward march Of progress
men. "clear-thinking'' men that are re-
sponsible? l have read many articles
and arguments on "Nationsm' and In
aividuaissm." long treatises. 1t seemed
TO me that better idea could be drawn
from Few axioms. You cannot separate
nationalism from indvidualism- any more
| imam you can separate garment from
the tn fibre of which It is made, and the
shoddy. the garment is shoddy; If the
hbre is good. the garment is good.
| As the individual is, SO IS the nation.
like to whisper to him. to ask if he
knew there was little vine growing
around fHnceton which some people fan
70 note? Sometimes it has seemed to me
| could detect some of its effects in him.
that group of clear-thinking patriots Of
Revolutionary times? Who shook our
land into action, shook off its chains, and
then shook it down to a calm? Read
history with your eyes and not with your
prejudices to learn if these did not drink
of that same little vine? and then fol-
low on to see If Daniel Webster didn't
| taste its vintage. Some say he was in
spired. but that is not strange. 'Twould
| pc stranger IT he were not. for what
does inspiration mean? I'm the spirit
| in the thought. That one who is not in
| spired, cannot think.
| Who is to blame for this lack lof
knowledge in regard to inspiration.
thought?
Isn't any one studying such matters
Tell me, where may I go to procure un-
prejudiced instruction in thought? Can
not the unseen be defined to an ex-
tent that we may gain some ideas. Tsnt
It as important as the seen? isn't
steam Just as powerful and important as
ice? Why doesn't some one discover or
invNnt some method of following IN these
gases to learn what becomes Of them?
| Isn't mind though unseen" lust a. a.
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