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will be exalted among the heath
en-, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms 46:1O.
But he that shall endure unto the
end, the same shall be saved. Mat
thew 24:f3.
II now begins to look in this world
fight. that the early bird is going to
lose the worm. At least at this time
it is making a grand "get away
The most of us hate any person
with the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
below" attitude.
The United States has always been
a little timid about mixing in" the
other fellows fight. The bully has
said Eve were cowardly and had no
flag" but before this knock-down and
dragout fight is over, the world will
be taught that Uncle Sam has the
most deadly punch" of all If we sus-
tain our past record in fighting. The
United States has never fought for
anything but larger liberty
In these days if your blood has ia
ken the color of gold you are lost to
commercial greed, and the red in the
flag means nothing to you.
An unworthy son of the "stars and
stripes" contaminates the democrat
lied air he breathes. ''The Nation
first" is the first thought of patriots.
Liberty of thought, of action and wor-
ship, and the right of pursuit of hap
piness have always come high They
are kingly,' and crowned heads
have never believed in sharing them
of their people as their loyal sub
jects; while democracies speak of
them as equals.
A man makes mistake when he
lets his ancestral history and race
prejudices control him. The oppor-
tunity before him and not his ances-
try behind him counts most.
l always admire the maker of {
great name, but despise the one who
lives upon the traditions of a family
| name. Show Difference to him who
| merits it.
The greatest thing that has come
out of the European UNPLEASANT
ness" is Russia's victory over Gar
dom. Every man who believes II
liberty and union one and INSOFAR
able" rejoices in seeing the crowned
heads tumble into the waste basket:
of earth.
It takes a mighty breed of fighters
and they must be great lovers of lib
erty and terrible haters of tyranny tt
go against the established order OF
society.
Little narrow chested, cigarette
suckers, with vitiated blood trace
ing through their veins, will never BIZ
able to help change the existing or
der of society for better. We arr
rapidly learning that when the chan
nels of civilization become clogged
only mighty workers may change the
streams of civilization. Only weak
lings, cripples and runts hide whe1
their country's flag has been openl!
and contemporary insulted. Oul
| flag is the people. We the people
are the flag makers, and the person
OF the nation who shoots the flag
shoots me. If you deny the flag, yol
deny the rights of national protection
over which the flag floats. If you ar
receiving the benefits, protection ant
| opportunities under the flag, thel
| SldO1y ana freely n2nL Tor IL or VII
lingly receive the treatment of be
lHgerant alien.
"When freedom from her mountain
height unfurled her banner to tn
air" she brought forth a new nation
and suggested to the nation-build
ers to form the government on tn
consent of the governed" and TO
141 years in our awkward way CIV
the people of the United States
have, without example or preceden
been the school master of the world
giving free lessons in democracy
While it has disturbed the sleep o
the self satisfied crowned heads O
the earth, it has awakened the slum
boring common people of the crow
ridden nations and they are shouting
for CELEBRITY, fraternity and equality.
Our right to teach this gospel ha
been challenged, but the blood of '76
1872, and 1861, is asserting itself
1t has all the snap, vim, vigor an
push of those earlier days Thre
cheers and a tiger for the red, whit
and blue.