The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27

of the earth the banner of st. George
was flung to the winds.
But at all times there was a great
deal of the world in which the Eng
lishman had neither power nor domin-
ion. So he must be dismissed with the
others as never having been the
worlds big man.
We speak of them not acrimonious
w, but in vast admiration of them,
one and all. As we sit in the ingle-
nook of history we have watched their
pageants passing by. 1t is a pleas
ant and a fruitful pastime.
The worlds big man of the past
was, therefore, the Roman. The
worlds big man of today is the Amer
lean. Only these two, past and pres,
ent, measure up to the full standard
Of the term.
Although the Roman and the Amer
lean are altogether different morally
there is strong analogy between
them physically and mentally. AS the
Roman was clean-bcdied, virile and
alert, natural builder and construct
or, both materially and politically, SC
is the American.
Morally, they are not alike at all
Have you ever stopped to consider
the tremendous fact that America
could yesterday have conquered the
whole world If she were minded as
Rome was minded, and that she can
do it now? Survey the world in your
minds eye and you will see that this
statement is not preposterous. 1t is
the statement of fact.
Now consider the more tremendous
fact that America is not minded to
do anything of the kind and that no.
thing could induce her to set out on
that pathway.
If Rome or any other nation that
ever existed, save America, had at
any time found broken world waiting
to be dealt final blow, would they at
any time have hesitated to deliver that
blow? If so, there is not line in all
the pages of history to prove it.
When the Roman was the worlds
big man he put the world in his debt
by the weight of his sword. The
American, who is the worlds big man
today, finds the whole world in his
debt because he saved it from the
sword.
Rome, the conquerer, was compelled
to garrison with her legions the alier
lands where her eagles were planted
| America, the conquerer, returns hel
soldiers to their homes and the peace
of civil life from which they werf
called.
When the Roman assembled the sum
mits of power he fell into licentious
ness and bacchanalian orgies. Th
American, on the same SUBMITS, turn!
to God and compels his appetltes tt
temperance and sobriety.
Wherefore, the worlds big man o
the past is a mere pigmy compared
with the worlds big man of today.
Let what is here set down be not re
garded as the fanaticism Of parti
san. We but sit calmly in the ingle
nook of history and watch its page
ants pass, telling what we see in old
smoldering embers and the blaze
the log new lighted.
What we have seen anyone ma
see whose eyes are not blinded by an
cient passions.
The American is not only tn
worlds big man today, but he WI
continue to be that for many day t
come. Perhaps he will always be tn
worlds big man. Anyway, 1t coul
not have a better.
His ships are on the sea. his fac
tories are oiled and geared; his plain
and praircs echo the tractors throt
bling music; his mines are busy wit
restless drills; his mills are lille
with whirring looms.
His arms are strong, his feet ar
tireless, his brain is clear, his heail
is buoyant. And there is a vision /
his soul, for "where there is no WIS
ion, the people perish"
A fair field is all he asks, and no ia
yor. He welcomes every other MAJ
of whatever race or cline, to ente
the lists with him or against him. l
his rivalry with others he would nc
care to win by any other methods tina
those of merit.
His habitat is anywhere betwee
Maine and California, and from tn
Great Lakes to the Gulf. But I'll
world is his salesroom and all Its pet
pies are his customers.
From the inglenook of history, tt
picture of the worlds big man of tx
{ day is the best looking and the mos
likeable that we have been able
, find in the album of the centuries
! Los Angeles Times.
Some men are so rushed in tn
world that if they were to die tonigf
| they would want to come downtow