Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-21
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spiritual OF PHYSICAL lI.e 10 hos
urge this contention 6I-5 any bss,
its syanGness% Do the things AZ
we call evI re+-aia tro- asssveS
the weak. the dsboy and the :ss
In The physical sphere. WHERE ;.
wkea has feeoIeress and wssn
acted as Z Shisld and tccs.
WHERE IL the history q nations q
md the strong staying is hz15
cause % the fee5lsEsss q lis n.
TIE pages II history literally ah@.
with instances % the contrary.
If the only reason that ne sagz
nct prepare such strength as uzs
necessary to p-Ute-r ourselves Is II
cause % fear Iiz- Yze nay D. 1s-%
81 to misuse il and may !, fzct !,
Zss t. i were 5erIs- 10 rUn t1zs "
than the risk u feeb,e1sss and "a
ness against The s-rezg-h u 0aee
WHICH Is just Is liksly. OF this Lei.
= being E-S-Sed against Il
Or geographic position ua6Sss
e5ly m.nin3zss 1he danger q ;ayzas
u or continental possession. 4
LACK u aggressive intention AMI
righteous intentions Minimize
sources ard causes Of way. or :ssy
Ton 1as ro- as & tact assured
freedom from conflict. and o-h=
r!0->aIs relatively as isolated have q
involved II wa-. and no sound rad
Caa r. z66ucAd wh;cL zoul5 :ESHS
sane nan n concluding t1z- tso,s..2
a-c-a SPILLS satsty Furthermore,
isolation i geozrz p-ical c1ly. Z
nation cwelIs -z-c ITSELF aioc= IN
s-a conditions have caused the ID
ests Ct nations 10 y Is Correlated
these q families wLc LzTe i--s-rS
rie6 The Interests Il many Q.
large nations -odsE ara .CsItCr
interviewer with Ihes= Q: some 4:
o- the others &
-No- can sure reliance - "a
upoa our lack u aggressive I'D
tion. our freedom from covs.oasrs
OF our tendency -oNa-c -ig-.=s-sna
The Conflicts and struggles II !
spiritual ard che physical sphe-s Z
zo- always Or often t+-wee1 the u
righteous and the ulrlghteous- cr
tween the cove-o4s- Evil preys u
vl-eue. Ire unjust ugoc the just
the cc-e-1us upon ;1ose whose ~
sessions hey covet-
Self Eespee. ans Hereisn \
Ssaf-resp@ct. without which u.a,t
al inve-1ebrs-e arinal requires y
we should be PREPARED 10 project
which We cherish. which roE azlT Il
clUdes our ma1erial possessions u, /;
intangible something which E5zEs 4
. distinctive nation IL Ire eye N
world some a1e has ~E-y nni.Ms
thai i does 1ot matter so T.ah ~
II -rens as the courage WIZ IL
you face il. and very often The saasI
quences q conflict, a5hoErsZ- IS IA
Of its incidents are. have byoqs
forth some FIRE hitherto uu1eve.a(
strain in 4 people and made ikg
wo-thier to contribute 10 the pruEa
q civilization
Another obstacle II the propercai
sheraton Of tbs subject IS ~
though perhaps in many cases
sc:ous Il IS tire question OF e.
or cost Men set aside Cor n
service. while 50 serving. a
spent to- military r.ateri1
suIled TO be wasted: and
causes many to
from q further considerax
II goes without saying q
that unnecessary expenditure
inc IS waste. but il is equa1iK
that a necessary expense, VII
he tangible return therefrem r.
S 10, waste.
In a general way. most
mental expenditures produce no tn
bic profit: they are not Like the 4
penditure Of the individual citizen .,
produces something that he sees
IAN handle or can identify and ass
Is value Governmental expenditgl
are, so to say overhead charges W
he community contributes from
pockets OF all so that each. by reas
IF such expenditures having q
made and the result thereof. may u
sue his daily vocation with ats attn
liant prof,. The expense and cossI
is largely composed
executives. courts y
legislatures, and those who guard I
life and the property and the hes
IF the citizen. There is no icensl
able return for such expenditures;
citizen cannot carry an item on
books which represents the retuls
aim therefron1. But even slight
sideration will convince the c;rr
.ha. every governmental expense
justified which is found necess6
provide those things which go4S
ment must provide A
Defence At Any Cost
Among those things which tNs
tional government must prsoS
among those things which the fe3
ars of our Republic decreed shon.
provided by the national governn
is the common defense WhaW&.
therefore. is necessary to provide e
the common defense, must be co1 H
whatever proper cost 4&
There need be no fear, thsiss IS
that the people will shrink frASfh
proper expense attendant upon III
OF common defense s a
common agreement has been reafs Il
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