Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-09-03


been, and because it is the embodi-
ment, the very heart and soul and
symbol OF the Spirit of the West, and
because II is the window whence the
young and restless west looks out face
to face upon the ancient and plastic
east, with the spell of a pregnant flu
ture hanging over it all: for here the
westward moving circle of the pioneer
is completed and the horizon of to-
morrow Is to be scanned for some to-
ken of the new day that promises
headway for mighty movements in the
affairs Of men.
Let us not dream of destiny or
brood over destiny, but let us do as
westerners always have done, let us
roll up our sleeves and go out to make
destiny
Ocean of the future, a stage set for
the next great forward movement, all
its trails conyerging here, we need
not seek its mastery il is too big to
be mastered; but let us see that the
Eagle of the Republic takes its course
there with no middle flight For this,
in part the canal was built. Already
We have set stepping stones for our
commerce across the sea and planted
sentinel lights to mark the path of
eiyilzation,-in Hawaii, Guam, and
the Philippines. Now that the ma
rine trails beckon us on, we will not
rest nor turn back. The conquest and
dominion that have followed the steps
OF westward-moving men shall here
fulfill the vision of Humboldt and Sc
ward and justify the words of John
/ Hay when he said.
"0ur horizon is expanding We are
now too big to shirk our fair share OF
/ resp possibility We owe ii to our past
/ 10 be true to our history We
cannot check the irreyocable onward
/ march OF this mighty republic called
+ by divine voices to Il destiny grander
and brighter than we can conceive
and moving always. consciously or
unconsciously, along lines of beneti-
cent achievement whose constant
aims and ultimate ends are peace and
/ righteousness.
Pioneer work upon the land still
waits to be done. The great events
are not behind us. but ahead of us.
I When the material problems of the
rock, the clod and the stream shall
have been solved, we will have leisure
to give to the greatest of all adyen-
Itures.-"the care and culture of men.
In all the Kaleidoscope events OF
the west. the coming of the universe
ties fits like the keystone of an arch.
Here upon these bay shores stand
an oxford and a Cambridge, full stat
ured born to the energy and fresh
( morning visions OF mid-youth. 9th
ers like them are dotted through the
west From these universities you
western men will 90 forth to the pho
neer work of tomorrow to shove back
the frontier and level the forests that
stil clutter and obsruct the life OF
J men and communities.
d. Let us here resolve in silence that
we will fuse the ideals of Deltaism
, into the life that surrounds us Schol
arship, service, cooperation, art. sym
; metry harmony, brotherhood in Its
broad sense,-these things, root an6
/ branch, are part of the Deltaic code
The man who can add something t
) the uplift OF political life, something
to the brotherhood of social life
+ something to the ethics of CONNER
;. cial life, something to the practica
e efficiency of spiritual life, and who
/ If need be. can afford to be SCORED
e today for the sake of an idea that |
a accepted tomorrow the practlca
n dreamer who sees ahead of his da
q and walks in advance of the mass
n he is the supreme pioneer OF tomol
S row You sons of trail blazers, who's
sires uncovered and let in the ligh
(, upon the last dark corners OF tn
a earth let us in this hour remembe
o that there is dark place in the heal
a and conscience of men and nation
y which cries out in agony to the whit
Ell beacon of humanity. In part, at leas
il will ultimately devolve upon tn
n country.-and we must be ready
q. blaze the trail and open the broad roa
Il. up which all nations of the earth mu
n come to that serene height where
" longer shall God be Knocked nor ma
n be marred by the spirit of war
to You pioneers, you western me
Of Won men OF the square badge; folio
n, the radiant CLEAN of our Delta co
to cent Relieve t.. Preach II. Thu
e. Il. Live it. SO shall YOU help
It. leaven society. So shall you help
IS UNFOLD the state. So shall you add
r. the bloom and flavor of life, VIII
n. the epic of the west shall have foul
nd its master and the story of this 81
at the Mississippi is nodded into an !
at perishable classic, your work. I
NIL things that you do, conceived in t
ely principles of Deltaism and perform
Ike in the Spirit OF the West. VIII
DO. worthy to be written there.
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