Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-28
Work Not Yet Complete.

And St1ll tNe great "oih 40 NV -
ished. 1t can never be rounded on ana
concluded so long as circumstances
change and the fortunes and relations
of men shift and alter. The question
you have to decide one week from next
Tuesday Is whether 1t shall be pre-
maturely interrupted, perhaps Tor
generation to come, and all tne zen
erous forces of the age and OF the
world thrown back upon themselves in
encouragement and confusion
The program remaining Is as great
as the program accomplished. Inc pro-
cedure of our courts is antiquated ana
q hindrance, not an aid, in. the just adj
ministration of the law. We must SIM
plify and reform 1t as other eniignt-
ened nations have done, and make
courts of Justice out of our courts OF
law. We must seek and find the means
of bringing capital and labor to clear
understanding of their common inter-
ests, which are no other than the IN
terests Of the nation itself as CON-
munity. We must release our great un-
developed natural resources upon some
sensible plan of use and conservation.
We must recruit the votes of forward
looking men by the votes of women so
that we may have a fresh insight in all
matters Of social reform and move
more certainly and more promptly IN
the solution of the many new problems
of society with which the law must
henceforth deal We must unite the
Americas. North and South, in new
sympathy and cooperation. We must
seek Justice and the right through
every channel that offers, and we mdst
put America in all its force. in all its
wealth, alike of physical power and
spiritual enthusiasm, at the service OF
the other nations of the world when
peace comes on the other side of the
establishing 1t on the everlasting
foundations of right, cooperation,
equality and justice. These things we
must do and all else that may serve
mankind
Gives eco Operation" as Motto.
And our motto must be Corpora
tion,' the union, not the hostile
rivalry, of the forces of society within
the nation and within the family of
nations. The interests of MANKIND can
never again be served by aggression:
the interest Of no nation or group of
nations can ever again be served by
aggression. The contests of jealousy
are rs bitter and as dangerous as the
contest Of arms. The world must
henceforth seek the means of accom-
mediation, not the means of arresting
Quarrels merely The nation we love
and serve must be among the first and
foremost Of those that rise to the new
ideals with spirit and well-directed
force. Our own reforms. our own &C
lions in the interest of justice and
humanity must be the earnest of ouI
spirit and purpose in the affairs OF
the world outside our own borders.
Such is the prospect. such is the
program, nay fellow-citizens, Il
which we look forward, to which it IL
our purpose to move forward with en-.
thusiasm aand irresistible ardor We
will not pause in the midst of our task
We know that we stand at one Of the
most critical tunctures in the history
of the world. when all hopes hang liz
the balance. We will suffer no man. nc
body of men. through timidity or feal
or Jealusy, to delay or hinder or EN-.
barrass us. Reaction can have no place
of tolerance among US when ali the
world waits upon those who plar
Justice and progress. I summon you
not only to sustain. but to swell the
hosts that have their faces now Sc
toward the light. their eyes lifted t.
the horizons where the dawn of a new
age begins to brighten. and summon
you with confidence. with a certain ex
pectation of the part America and he,
great people are TO play when tn,
dawn broadens into day"