The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-13

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sink In "elative unimportance when
you cor }ider the spiritual thing that
you arc doing in making roads. There
is a very general saying OF a great
English writer that he never could
hate man he knew. And / dare say
that every man and woman here
knows the truth OF that, / have loved
some great rascals. ! have tried to
get them in Jail. but I have been very
fond of them And 1t is very dim
cult. indeed, to get close to n man
and not find some point Of contact
and sympathy and community OF
thought. Sectonalism is based upon
the radical danger Of every nation.
namely ignorance,
THE only thing that breeds dark
ness In the world Is ignorance. The
only thin that really blinds us is
not knowing what we are talking
about The only thing that binds
2 nation together Is the knowledge
Of its several parts Of each other.
II did not come here to talk poll
tics. but there Is one thing that Is
pertinent In tffts connection which,
cannot deny myself the privilege OF
saying. Any man who revives the is
sue OF sectionalism in this country
u unworthy .ofthe confidence of the
nation. He .ahoTs himself a provin-
ciai He shows that he himself does
not know the various sections of his
own country. He shows that he has
shut his own heart up in little
provfnce and that those who do not
rock the special Interests Of that prov
tnoe are to him sectional while he
alone Is national. That is the depth
Of anti-patriotic feeling.
and 20 one OF my interests in roads
ID that want TO see that thing car
ried on which ! have seen work TO
the bsneft of this nation in so many
pArts OF it. Wherever you have not
q good road. you have created a pro-
nnciai and sectional population.
4 Tie That Binds.
wherever you hay. a good road,
you have tied thong between that
oommunity and the nation to which
Il belongs. And that is my interest
In good roads. for, my fellow citizens.
my present interest is chiefly in the
1 standardization of America. The thin1
J that ] am more interested in than
anything else in these days is the
D forces that make for drawing America
together into a great spiritual unit.
We have had time and opportunity
@ssrtil the present TO do pretty much
INT we wanted in America and TO
% different things in different parts
Tpf America. But just as soon as that
( European war is over. America has
got 70 stand for one thing and only
one thing in the world and she must
b. ready with united force We can't
play with the elements of our life
any more. We can't first combine
them this way and then combine them
4 that way. We have got to combine
them in one way with a definite pr
pose and then we can go full steam
ahead under expert leadership a,ong
1 M new lines OF a new age. Eut so
Ie00 ~ We are playing with the ele-
4 meats. 20 long As we have contrary
4 nvmpAthiss, 50. long as one body of
= pulling In one direction ana an
oshor body In another direction, we
eat do anything either for ourselves
80 Tor the world"
1he President said there are good
AG1Uno In the air He referred 10 the
sMn1uA1 conventions OF every great in
4 NnDtry ana every profession "sor the
n 4ADQee 81 setung up standards" Mr..
1loon called this q good omen.
Qo3osring to relations bet 1een can
ss1om1 md labor. President Wilson said:
GothinG can be for the interest of
&noo1al that In not In the interest Of
And nothing can be In the IN
foA ~ labor which is not in the
0oC1me n capital. II men want to
thsy must have human 70
18th those vho help them
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