The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-23
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else. And | have done more In that
direction than in any other. come
from a long lin OF specialists in this
field. My father accomplished No
thing before he was thirty-hve and at
the age of eighty he was still on the
job. My grandfather also made q
conspicuous success of Nothing in par.
ticular, and his father before him
was known all the day down Main
street as the man wac did Nothing
all his life, and did 1t in the face
of the keenest kind Of local competi.
ton. Our whole family tree groans
under the weight of its rich fruit of
Accomplishment. Please dor't think
what our family has done in this con.
nection mas been done only in small
personal inconsp' cuous way. There
are many men who have accomplish.
ed Nothing in great big, imperson-
al farreaching way, And there are
men living today whose names will
go down in history as having accom-
plished more of Nothing than any
men of their time, ,..1 ..
| Take for instance, those bilgy
browed gentlemen called Statesmen,
who have been sweating all Europe
for years to maintain their big ar
mics and navies, which they herald
ed as certain guarantees of Peace.
For a while It looked Just as II these
C. G. of P.'s would prove to be what
they were not and that all the ef
forts OF these Mighty Minds to &C
complish Nothing would prove ofno
avail But suddenly war breaks loose
and in a moment their years OF work
are crowned with success. They &C
cornplish Nothing.
| Likewise those European Diplo-
mats with their international marri-
ass and their bowling and scraping
and hand kissing at the Courts of
Saint James and the Courts of Saint
Yocob. Did they fail to accomplish
Nothing through their diplomacy? No
they succeeded as usual. And then
they published Blue Papers and
Brown Papers and Wrapping Papers
telling us infinitely just how they, did
It.
And then take the big Labor Lead
ers who have been marching M and
down in their skull caps for twenty
years telling us about the Interna
tional Solidarity of Labor and the
Great World Strike, that would be
pulled in case of war. Look how
splendidly and completely they &C
complished Nothing all in one fell
swoopsky.
And our well meaning but anemi'
Churches! Didn't you think for 6
while that something would be &C
; complished against war after tive
thousand years preaching Of tina
mighty mandate, Thou Shalt No
Kill? Didn't you think that perhaps
there would be successor to Jesus
: Christ in the Pope's Chair VINO woult
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in Christendom to lay down his arms
and that some other overman at thu
= head Of some other denomination
would do the came thing, and so OF
all the way along the line? Ant
couldn't you in your minds eye SCI
the four million Socialists in Gel
many refusing to butcher their broth
ers In Belgium, and marching calml.
to the stake with the same splendid
courage they used to show In thei
oratory? But weakness saved tn
day. Nothing was accomplished b.
all Of them.
And those gritty little Trust Bust
ers here in America who adjuste
their eyeglasses, girded their corset
and talked big from the chest on
, about wiping the Trusts Off the indus
trial map! Have they accomplishe
Nothing on a bi gscale? snoul
: say yep.
So you see that when 7 talk abou
I my own accomplishments along thi
line, / realize that am not so niue
after all.
Some men and women don't ge
the same opportunity to accomp'is
! Nothing that others get What chanc
has the poor boy got. who must qui
4 school at fifteen and get out and di
a to support a busy father who has t
5 hanw around the courthouse readin
the stock sale notices? How ca
such boy expect to compete wit
} the college graduate who has the az
vantage of four years spent with tn
stein on the table and good son
in the air-r-r? He hasn't got a pee
: In.
And where does the girl of poo
parents stand even a shadow sho,
alongside the girl OF rich parent
when It comes to doing Nothing