The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-06-28

would not be
worth mentioning if 1t were not for the
reflection that the American race
Worships Success. For generations it
has toadied to wealth, no matter how
ll-gotten, and every man who achieves
power, by whatever devious ways, is
secretly envied and openly courted.
The majority OF Americans are easy
going, Indifferent, unidealistic and not
very clever. They are also intensely
personal and only ask 10 be let alone
III Is possible that the mass, there
fore, unless it has q real awakening,
would, provided the Germans, In the
remote event OF victory, were adroft
enough to leave them large amount
OF individual liberty, shrug their shout
ders and say: swell, guess they must
be right or they couldn't win out
Nothing to do but come round Times
change anyhow"
"AbomlnabIe Prospect"
This In an abomIrable prospect, but
1t is to be faced Our world, over here,
In the event Of German domination,
would be divided into two classes
mean converts and proud Irreconcfla-
bles-for even In this new and COM
poGite country there are enough men
and women with high ideals and In
violate souls TO despise a race with
out CLEAN of spirituality, of sports
manship, OF deeency and good man
ners, In whom cunning has taken the
place of intelligence, and that wins
only by driving its millions of cowed
subordinates to mathematical slauRh-
ter One cannot even respect such a
race enough to nate 1t. 1t is as If one
had been attacked by herd of wild
animals from the jungle. Those that
escape being devoured may at least
withdraw as far as possible, not re-
mould themselves into semblance OF
wild beasts with lust for human flesh.
"cock-sureness Bluff"
| have not tina faintest notion that
the Germans will win. All the proba-
bilities are against It Moreover, IL
] one projects his mind forward 1t il M
conceivable that history can read that
way. The general conditions Of the
world are not what they were IN the
Fifth Century that Is to say. unless
| the idea grew Ing iiously that 1t was
| the destiny OF the Germanic race to
win and rule the earth in other words,
that Ii was the destiny of Earth to re-
vert to the Fifth Century and begin
over again. II is incredible that such
thought should take possession Of
| any educated mans mind, but the
trouble IL that cur famous land often
sive) cocRsureness is only bluff As
/ race we are not really sure OF our
selves. We prove that by blindIy &C
4 cepting the European-made reputation
| and hesitatfRg TO create and come Out
boldly for eur ewn. Those Of us that
think and have the power to visualize
moment TO counterfeit this tendency
OF an uncrystaIlizad race to accept the
success of might as matter OF course
and uneonsciously adapt itself to the
"inev1table" We must be known az
the IRRECOECIl4ABLES, and IL we
take definite Incorporating stand
there win be only one result-the men
], OF real courage who might otherwise
look upon new future "philosoph
i Iy" win not only wake up under tbs
direct example, but win be ashamed
i to DO reckoned M mere numbers iI
i the great mass OF sheep or conviets
There In no such insidious lowering %
1. morale threatened az this, because Fl
In not OF German, Paeifist or Socialisf
origin. IL is born OF common human
4 weakness and national snobbery. This
result win be vast mass OF inertia
and only party OF slespless Irrecon
I cilables win combat and diminish it.