The sun., 1916-11-18
brand WhitIock's Lincoln.
AMERICA AND THE ARTS

roots within the spirit Of his people.
Seek "ut YOUR peoples dreams and trials
make Thorn your own. Aspire 10 he tho
light, flushing tho darkness at all thcse
potent, murmurous masses. For they
have hrcn called TO recrratc the world.
Trey, tho people. whose Indifference to
art oppresses you. are the dumb. And
elnce they cannot express themselves,
they cannot know themselves. You must
he their voice. You must let them hear
ysu speak IN order that they may grow
conscious of their own existence. Give
voice to your own soul n you will
ind that you have given birth to the
soul OF your people.
q have q second task. one moro
d'ficuit and more remote. II Ia 90 es-
tabiish from all th~ae free moving per-
sonaiitics within your States a tie that
shall be rs a blood bond Their lives
are OF many moods and coiora. Ruild
them into a great cathedral. Thrir
voices are unconscious and spontaneous
and dis"prdant, Compose from Thorn a
symphony. Think OF the rich founda.
ton NJ your country. II Ia made up 1T
all rarns u has flowed In n you from
all continents. May this help you 20
understand the ssenttal spirits Of these
peoples nose sum must be America.
Mas II bring you 10 realize that n vast
harmony exists between their varying
intellectual forces.
To-day on the old continent al, OF
these forces are In conflict. II 10 a bit
ter and unworthy spectacle. These ma
tons, like France and GERMANY, arc
%neighbors. In blood and in ideals they
are close kin. Their true differences are
shades. Ye. they have denied each
other. They are hcnding all their forces
consccratirG all their genius tn stuitify
aud to destroy each other. What are
these struggles, seen In a clear light,
hut disputes OF parishes miserable Dc.
mails Of the vastRess Of truth. passion
ate and perverse attempts to stife hu.
man spirit. 20 build walls aroun II. 20
deny IL the world, to shut Il In a prison
As for me, I Say II openly. not alone
IL the ideal Of one nation q too narrow
thing even the ideal OF a reconciied
Europe or a united Occident would be
q too narrow thing.
The hour has struck for mankind "a
hrgiu it's march toward the ideal sim
ply Of humanity 10 begin It with con-
scious fervor, TO suffer no exclusion. Man
must at last enter into health must NJ
least enter into life. All Of art and
science must he his leader. and all OF
humanity must be his goal The Asiatic
cultures. China. India. are being born
anew. This old and tho new worlds
must bring forth the treasures OF their
eouls and place them In common with
these equal treasures. For all great ex-
pressions of mankind suhserve zach
other. complement each other. And the
thoueht Of the future must be a synthe-
sis OF all the great thoughts Of all the
world.
To ach!eve this fertile union should
he the work OF Americans. For II In
they who live between the seas that
hltnn tho tun grant nnnftnnna Ia
they who live at the centre OF tho life
Of the world! This IL my dream.
In conclusion. writer. and thinkers Of
America. we expect Of you Swo things.
We ask that you defend the cause OF
liberty that you defend its conquests
and that you Increase them. And by
liberty ] mean both political and In
teilectuai liberty. | mean the inccssant
rebirth and replenishment Of life that