Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-11
THE MAN WHO TALKS

What a fine idea it is to mark our fallen heroes upon the service flag with a star of gold. a mark of respect more fitting than words on the flag or upon the lapel of our coats. ( There is an old saying that the nan who falls for the love of God shall rise star; and it is plain to be seen that the man who falls for the love of hu- manity falls for the love of God, The glory of it all is not in the dying, but in the calm. courageous self sacrificing spirit which holds man to service Ill the face of such peril, as a free man not as as the slave and tool of au- tocracy. The star signifies greatness and the golden heroes of to-day are stars in the Armament of noble manhood Both gold and the star signify in symbology integrity and truth, for which our martyred sons were called upon to make the great and heroic sacrifice.
 It is not strange the men who planned the terrorization of the na- tions of the earth after having de- stroyed several small nations and com mitted every offence against law and humanity that is imaginable and are now at a point where they must face the consequences of their wickedness want peace, a peace of their own making, and are resorting to every sort of intrigue to fool the people of the earth and to bring it about. The only peace the Entente can look for or entertain, is a peace which rights wrongs and is founded upon justice, a foundation to endure. Nations who have assaulted their neighbors and have started propagandas against the peace and good will of all civilized nations upon earth, to say nothing of the lawlessness, savagery and ruth lessness which has marked their beastly conduct, are not the nations t9 fix and control the future policy of the worlds government
 It makes us worse when we pretend to be better than we are. I catch my self having a keen feeling of respect for those who have the courage to make no pretence to anything more than their daily life discloses. If there was less false pretence, there would be less cheating sand less lying in every day life-less promising and failure to perform. The greatest talent some people seem to possess is to conceal their thoughts and culti- vate false pretense. Somehow man seems equipped to be a hypocrite in everything but his pleasures, which false -heartedness was never designed to fit Shakespeare charges man with stealing from Holy Writ to cover up his villiany; and we all recognize that the indictment fits, It isn't safe to have two faces for we are very likely to fail to keep each in it's proper place The only way one can tell what man is is to hear him tell it himself in conference meeting. The hypoerite is so closely related to the fool that il does not take much longer to find out the one than the other Stand true don't wobble.
 A hundred and fifty years before the birth of Christ Terence was inspired to declare: T am a man, and what l ever concerns humanity is of interest to me- and twenty centuries of culture have not affected it's truth or it's force l This nation and every one of it's free | citizens feel the thrill of this wise say | ing to-day The inhumana thirst fol power and pelf which created this all world war presents to us the necessity l for making great sacrifices that hu manity may not only hold it's place l among the nations, but closer approach l the Christian standard, and constant!
 enlarge the freedom which is man. I by divine decree. Our veal and woe i interwoyen with the interests and pur | poses of all other souls and Withou l this interest in one another the worlt | would not be long worth living in
 It will do us good to remember anC
 repeat to ourselves this bracin!
 thought of an ancient sage: T am
 man, and whatever concerns hu 1 rE
 Mind and misery are just as closet! 1 related as mind and happiness.
 was Rosseau who found that the nint
 grows narrow in proportion as tn
 soul grows corrupt. Our doubts an
 fears are enemies to peace of mind | Where faith and hope and trust abid l misery cannot get installed Gu apprehensions worry us and our mis
 conception of conditions destroy pleas
 ure. It has been well said that a per
 son without vision limps through life and the vision needs be more like a, autumn sunset than January fog The mind is ours to manage and it i up to each one of us to let no sowe of seeds of disturbance cultivate an part of it. He who is not master 0 his mind is the victim of every imp 0 l darkness which scents danger or dis turbs the soul Hope keeps the ina gination clear visioned and the hear
 glad-keeps an expectation of goo
 uppermost and joy active.
 l The junkers of Germany are con
 scious of their own meanness but un
 conscious of the weakness of thei methods of defence. No country eve
 used prisoners more shamefully, an
 what other country would requir
 every exchanged prisoner to- sign
 register averring he has been we treated; and they have all signed be
 cause they knew to do anything els
 would mean a return to a prison cam
 and perhaps death. It is a case wher
 sfgnatory honor is not involved
 Every conceivable trick is used t bring out free expression when tn
 enemy and the prisoners are bot
 aware what free expression mean,
 These signatures may. deceive tn
 German people, but they will have n
 power to refute the charge made b
 the prisoners outside of German,
 Germany exchanges crippled, emacia
 ted and sick men for well-fed an healthy ones. In all things unfair an
 brutal, Germany is the limit.
 The men who go to France are tf
 men who are going to come bac
 home and correct some of the mo. glaring political faults in this countr
 The politician of the the near futul
 is not going to continue to make tf
 franchise look so insincere, or chea 5 or get his hand quite so deep in u public treasury. The manhood of tn ? country is being summoned to defer
 democracy in Europe, and it will r
 turn to improve the democracy
 home from pork barrel politics al shysters. In future our door will n be duite as wide open to alien enemie t or our political regulations look mo
 like scratch cradles than just al
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