Evening journal., 1918-12-11
DAVID SNELLENBURC TALKS
OF 'WILMINCTON'S OUTLOOK

takes thought foIsindiyidual rights, and
individual interests as paramount 10 the
rights and interests OF the community ?
Are you going 20 be a part OF the COM
munty? Or Hlbbon, president OF
Princeton University, In his last ad-
dress here, emphasized that 10 his
mind the greatest tribute that could
be paid any man as a last token OF es-
teem. was that "lle was a Public
Spirited Citizen
an one New York paper ! read the
other day three different speeches
which square with what ! have In my
mind when I ask you II you are going
20 interpret your future as you inter
preted your past, or whether you are
going 20 be compelled to learn your
lesson IN the unsympathetic, unrelent-
lng school of experience and confusion.
"Charles NJ schwsb spoke In the ar
ticles / refer 10, OF a better under
standing and a revised sense OF Justice
between capital and labor. John ID.
Rockefeller. Jr.. said that the day had
come when industry could not be con-
sldered as a personal matter; a man
named Kennedy, at a convention OF en-
gineers. said that the coming great man
was the human engineer, the man who
understood the machine and was an eA-
pert In getting out OF the human mlnd
and body all that was in II.
'I speak Of these because they square
with all that have in my mind, as |
interpret and see Wilmlngton's out
look You do not draw a bold or a
brave an0logy when you compare the
city with the man. Whatever will move
the city viii move the man. What will
appeal 10 the man will appeal to the
city.
"Again. what is true OF the man is
true Of the city. The man who believes
that the world Will go on the same as il
did previous 90 July 81. i9ii. has a ter
rible awakening before him. There Will
be a change and the change will COM
mensurate with the agony and the
doubt which the world has gone
through during these more than four
awful years.
II look for a different mankind
look for more courage among men. !
look for more courage among Whining
ton men and women. You could not
make me believe that mankind could
emerge from the agony and terror Of
the past and be as timid as before. Men
have found themselves as they never
found themselves before and you are
going 10 discover that, when you ap-
proach these men In the future.
III what / say appears 20 be moraliz-
ing and specializing, IL Is because | am
convinced That such as ! am doing Is
essential to the Interpretation OF VII
mington's Outlook
"Our physical promise Is perfect, but
as a man Is more than a physical being,
as he has a life and a mind, and a soul,
the mere discovery OF a physical cOndl-
tion Is the least half, II Il IS that much
Of the problem. that Is before us.
~ am convinced that all or any
prosperity or realization OF the splendid
promise of our physical outlook will be
how much faith and dependence we are
willing 30 extend TO the man who will
work out the details Of that wonderful
physical outlook.
I'VE must not be afraid. lie. who
doubts that men can do for themselves
has not yet learned the lesson Of
democracy.
"In a little while thousands Of Della
wares young manhood will be return
AAA- AANAl NAAE nAAH NiAN AANrN AnNAf NlAN
most horrible, the most soul searching
trial that was ever the lot OF mortal
man.
Among those who stayed at home
are other thousands who, TOO, have real
lied thertragedy in all It's awfulness.
In Wilmlnglon's outlook I see this tre-
'mendous polltnd spiritual force as the
most promising and the most encOur-
aging factor. / see Wilmington growing
big in a spiritual way.
Il believe that when our men come
home there will be spiritual giants
among them, men who have discovered
the great souls that Il required a great
emergency to find. They VIII help us
TO see Wilmington's spiritual outlook IN
great big human vision.
II believe the day is gone for VIII
mingion when we will be content with