Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-16


rage, said;
We N America ARE not infrequsntly re-.
minded that W. sre young, very Young
And with the franknefs ~ youth we 80
mil the impeachment although NJ stu
dents Of history We know that our eYolus
lion from . colonial II not savage state
b The highest civilization n but an easily
obaerged epitome Of the evolution ~ rnsh
through aaons NJ time 10 the present,
ana that tho whole history ~ EUROPE, a.
Immediately preparing the WY for ~
through English colonization, II but carly
American history. Yet We sre young
no., too, IN the same sense, u bhabe~
spssrs young. very youns. Both were
born toEsfhar, twInned Al single birth,
children of the same IDEAL. They are Of
the safus age and have grown up to-
esthsr- or may In good time grow Up,
unisss the common IDEAL shall keep them
forever young.
Ponce De Leon sought for the fountain
Of youth In Florida 70 keep the physical
being young But Shakespeare found
and partook ~ that common fountain Of
youth. called The Ideal. that keeps a
youthful nation not only young, but, IN
its lfreyerence of age and traditions,
shameissay hopeful thai Il may, aloDg
with him, remain forever young.
nut then, Ponce ds Leon was a Hpan'
lard In those days ~ ancient rivalry,
and Shakespeare wss an Bngllahman
or shall We claim him by-Datural affinity
in this ~ an American And there you
are. Even n the Hpanisrd had found the
coveted fountain. with its doom of On.
Inspired physical perpstuIty, some prsde'
csssor of Drake on the hiKh seas would
have swiped II from him before he got u
half way across the Atlantic and tapped
from II sn eniightening stream OF IDEAL
Ism.
BnaisnA's Dreams and Ambitions.
ny tho time Elizabeth came 10 the
throne, England had acquired tho habit
Of always outdoinK the spaniard anyhow
The queen herself, epitomiziDg the spirit
OF her country, had n way about her Of
getting what she wanted that puzzled
not only the great Armada and the ex
piorers returning from the west with
laden gaiioons but also King Philip him
self personally and automatically beyont
ali solution. And England IN the day
OF good Queen Bess was only youni
America IN the buoyant heedlessness ant
liawiessness OF childhood IN chasing oyeI
all obstacles after the purse At tho enc
Of the rainbow.
II was in these days Of dreams an'
restless rowing and fierce Feeereallties tina
England got hor bulldog grip on III
world. which has not ioosened since, No
that she controlled. but she was con
trolIsd by subconscioiis activities whicl
she was not even aware Of and which sh
could not have diverted even n she ha'
wished. That II tho way with the sub
conscious directive force, which We ma
call the ideal-once II gets q grip on "
We cannot get away from u. lfuua
progress Is explained on no otter basil
That Ia why we are eiviIised and kee
civilized aud want TO grow more cisllize
and make the reat OF tho world hmilarl
civilized. whether It agrees 70 II or moi
We often think we are not idealists, acor
TO be called such. and believe we are yer
practical, even proaaie. But We wake y
sometimes and find that We arc ideailst
all the same, poets every ono OF us'~pfes
ent company especially lncludedwln on
inspirations and motive forces.
All Looked to the West,
II was this inspiration Of the Ideal I
subeonaclousneas that tmbucd all Eng
land in those days Of Elizabeth and Jane
that are most accurately bounded by IN
twenty.odd years Of Shakespeare liter
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wide expectation OF aomethlng beyon
that could not be realized at home. Me
in the fields dropped the reins, o
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