The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-11-16
Who Is The True Idealist?
By Hermann Hagedorn Of The VigiIantes.

know Pacifst He is sincere He is poGe
but unsubsdzed conscientious Obector
to He objects all He objects therefor to this
He that it is time that nation should set an example to
the world the of aggression by offering resistance to
churches and universities raed to the ground its youth slaughtered
or dragged into slavery than that people should oppose force with
My Padst expresses these frequently number of
full Of course his views are impractical But it is good times ike
these Wbsrennn ta there should bes bens be ~0 % 10 ] ~ and
% % or od ng e 3 s %ag wa" R F @ Tse cy @ @ ar" n
mental about my Pacifst.
But happens that that S exactly what he S
An dealist is man who believes that the things You can't
things that actually strike Your physical senses He thinks for
instance that to 9ea @ the truth and be poor better than lie and
real deaist believes that liberty worth than prosperity and
it. He links tha E liberty o @ H ms o oer &
CHILDREN @ is worth more than his life He willing risk his
spirit The Pes S Ss s that ha he q also So believes @ IL that M the things ling of the
that only fellow who does believe that He He thinks that b
erty is fine and slavery is awful
cy T3s s e5 @ o41 o stsscas e & s ] G 2Ff % % int into his
tating him with an appearance of disapproval
When his liberty is threatened and only liberty
but liberty of his children he
without struggle and that the keys the
Does the Pacfst love liberty than prosperity and comfort
Does he love the things of the spirit the things you
can uncork or eat with mayonnaise?
The Pacifs converses beautifully Meanwhile wrong NAV fri
uph liberty may be Quenced may sold into sa
"Be it o cries the Better that than to siay and %
be slain! ' '"''' ~ ''S ana 10
Better that the spirit of tramped under the feet Of bre
than the body! Is that it, Pacfst? ~ N " "0l'es'
letter anythlng! cries the Pacfs than life"
Better to let daughter be carried into slavery than r.
take life? Better to let your made servIe subject If %
ocrat than to take te Better let your own freedom TO h and
speak be controlled by Pssan dergeant than TO ko 1fo9
Better to let your little children be suby influenced to rav
than to take life? VI "'S -oe'eF that
Not for me- cries the in khaki Car better 70 taLo r
ana TO give up life than to surrender the spiritual he+ano of @
thousand years. ~ NP''"' "eil'"se OF TWO
~ ne man IN khaki is right for heritage is the boro -
Ohrlst threatened once by the barbarans WIN "Se u"
Ney he who saVeth his life shall lose it, cries the roo+
deaIs that ever lived "but he who his life for INV
have life everastng." ~ '' "ie iol my sake shall
IN TINS war between autocracy democracy can bor m w
question which is ,Christs side? '"' I'ere be any
~ Du e achst can see nothing except own BODY and M
oFc OF ms Ioe Nothing else is in the picture Tn coyo1 'e
or'l''"" IS Wlthout Slgnif
raist. " ' iie Is d Iough-lVered
The good citizens who trying to rev,f, +bi, o =. ,
bv contact with his going dsappontaj o" deasm
OF the true spark in the Pacfsts deas &C t mere IS as much
jar of pate de os gras "' % '"eIe IS electricity in