The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-10
Woodrow Wilson on the
Secret Of Right LiUing

the ease Of a perfect adjustment.
Adjustment II what a nan gains
when he comes TO himself. some men.
gain Il late, some early; aome get a
all at once, others SGT u By deeroes
and quite i~mpcrceptibly."
The college man comes TO adjust
himself 4 the man's life when he nm
lshcs the boys life at graduation. The
same thing comes to the hoy who
comes from the farm 10 The city. al
comes In a more subtle way to tho
man who marries for love. After
uuotiag the saying that a bachelor IL
"an amateur IN life,r the president
~coutinuess
"A man who llves only Cor himself
has not begun 20 liVe--has yet 10
icRru bis use. and his real pleasure,
too, IN the world. II - not necessary
he should marry TO ipd himself ont.
but u H. necessary he should love.
Men have come 20 themselves serving
thcir mothers With m unselnsh deto-
tion, or their s~isterr. or a cause FOR
whose sake they ioTsook ease and left
on thinking for themselves. II 10 un-
selfish action growing slowly into the
high habit OF devotion that
teaches a man the wide meaning OF
his life.
EMO thounhtml man who aid not
know and acknowledge that Il was
what nc had lone unselhshiy and for
others. and nothing else, that satisfied
him In the retrospect, and made him
feel that ne had played the man."
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The much berated captains OF in
dustry come In for defense by Presi-
dent Wilson. Their activities. ne says.
are not "a mere vulgar pursuit OF
wealth. Their enthusiasm ls for the
game of business. witch has become
an intellectual pursuit and In which
the making OF more money IL more
power and a greater advantage In the
same OF shaping men and events ana
markets. II they allow the vulgarlty
of wealth 10 show itself In the follies
Of their wives and children. Il Il be-
cause they are too much absorbed In
their appetite Tor power 10 notice
such tribes.
IL was this fascination which had
laid hold on the unnamed man 20
whom the president pays tribute. his
coming TO himself was an example Of
the positive side of a mans discovery
OF his true place In the worlds az
iNAtrs ANN ntkhtANt Nihf NNANtN hAtAA
2 man discovers his limitations.
This Is most strikingly illustrated
by reformcrs who become statesmen
by the realization Of what they cannot
do and should not attempt. From
revolutionary ideas that embody what
he alone believes should be done. the
reformer comes to take the opinion OF
others into consideration and TO adj
yocnte those measures with which
they are In sympathy.
'Oftentlmes the mos, immediate
and drastic means OF bringing them
trcformers) 10 themselves Is 20 elect
them Co legislative or executive Of
fees. That will reduce o~vcrsanguiae
persons to their Himplest terms.
IL Ia not that uch men lose
courage when they End G..ei. selves
charged with te actual direction -
affairs concerning which they nave
held and uttered such strong. unhesi-
fnting. drastic opinions. They have
only learned discretion. . The
former special objects of their zeal
fall into a better and trucr
perspective. The reformer
should look 20 II that he knows the
true selection OF his will 90 the wills
Of those he would change and guide. %
In looking for the place he may en-
ter and be a man among his fellows.
every maa seeks satisfaction, says the
president. He deceives himself 90
long as he imagines II lies IN self-lu-
diligence. His Key to his own gifts
and happiness IL the example OF
Christ.
Chris. ianity la liberated the
world he writes az the end. not as
a system OF ethics, not as a phllos-
! ophy OF altruism. but by its reyela-
ton d the power OF pure and unseif-
ish love. . Love, clear sight-
ed, loyal. personal. b. lis breath and
immoria lity. Christ came, not 20
save himself. assuredly, but to save
the world. . Every thoughtiui
man born with a conscience must
know a code OF sight n OF pity %
which ne ought TO conform; but witn-
out the motives OF christianity with
out love. he may be the purcst al
TRUST and yet be ~ sar ana as unsat-
isfed as Marcus Aurelius.
Christianity ave us, In the full
ness OF time. the perfect image Of
right living. The secret OF social and
individual well being. for the two are
not s%eparable, and the mar who re-
ceives and vcrihes that secret love IN
his " living has discovered not only
the best and only way to serve the
world. but also the one happy way 60
satisfy himself. Then, indeed. has he
come TO himself.
" Heaceforth he knows what NJ
powers mean. what spiritual air hes
breathe. what Rrdors OF service clear
them OF lethnrgy. relieve them Of al
sense OF effort, put them at their best
After this fretfulneas passes away
experience mellows and strengtheni
and makes more NJ. and old age
b brings, not senllity, not safety. no.
regret. but higher hopes M seren'