Evening journal., 1919-06-09


did theme. Let us here today think
OF The war as fought and finished,
holding its lessons and the innumer-
able magnificent examples our sol
diers gave us as an Inspiration and
incentive FOR our conduct in the fu-
ture. That future Is in the keeping
OF you young men and OF the many
thousands like you now preparing TO
take control Of our destiny. The
opportunity TO realize yet more glor-
iously The dreams OF the founders OF
The republic will be yours. To your
keeping will be committed the nation
and the government that have stood
mistaken because based on liberty
and buttressed by the fearless strength
Of freemen You must continue the
work OF rescue Of mankind while
/ holding here the stable and sure
! foundations OF order. peace, enlight-
enment and progress toward fulfil
mcnt Of the aspirations OF our race.
"Nou will be what are called now
! The 'intellectuals.' the men with the
knowledge taught by the books and
trained 10 think in the light Of history
md by the stern logic OF mathematics.
As YOU read in the newspapers the
chronicles of the days, YOU have put
before YOU with startling vividness OF
contrast how mon so furnished may be
carriers Of horrible infections and dis
iributors Of loathsome intellectual and
political diseases, or centers Of beneh-
cencc and strong leaders along upward
paths 10 noble results.
"The 'intellectuals Of Germany the
college and university men, professors
and students alike. led the great en-
pire 10 destruction and the people to
defeat cmbittered by dishonor and at
Tended by The scOrn and hate OF all
nations. and 10 shame so black that
only long years OF good work done In
humiliation and deprivation may |
tighten it, They have given demonstra-
ton clear and distinct as the silhouette |
OF a bare tree against the sunset sky |
Of a winter afternoon that human rca-
son ungulded by reverence for God and /
honest love for man must be- cold. un>
fruitful Of any good, and guide only TO
ruin and horror We have seen like
illustrations in Russia where so-called
educated men, without education In the
or the real meaning Of re-
iigion and uses OF the mind have been
among The most vicious Of The in
ccndiaries.
Here I'm Delaware you are in an at .
mosphere rich with traditions OF de- ,
risivc thought and action governed by ,
steady purpose and iust balancing of 4
things. She Is n small state that has I
kept her head level moving among the ! =,
foremost but along straight lines. She :
las made no great noise until This war Il
for which 7 am informed she sup D.
Piled most of the ammunition that dis
urbcd rihe Huns 50 continually-h \
IN the war that made The Republic the =
Blue Hens Chickens prove the lnvinci- +
BILE gameness that won them their 4
leathless name. and she took from her =
larger and more preientious sisters the F,
honor Of being first TO comprehend our f.,
Constitution and adopt IT, do not !
know that anywhere else on earth /,
could hnd better illustration Of the real !,
work for intellectuals' than I'm the his /,
tory Of This very stale"
"rhc mighty reconstruction we arc {
beginning now VIII be worldwide. and !
you who are 10 do The work cannot !
'onflne your thought 10 your State or 7
'onntry 70 will be your glorious priv d
lego and sacred duty 10 think OF and I
or The world Note the word recon [
truclion again and anew 70 does not /
resupposc destruction. u is for you :
with minds trained and 1,
bought Niialized and enriched here or ri
seWhcrc 10 see that the new political M
'cial and commercial constructions IA
re- on broader and better lines and m
'eper and surcr foundations than the ci
d. The changes will be revolution
". but if they are guided by yirile or
Oughtful love and the American in n.
met Of helpfulness. thrusling away In
o materalislic teachings Of scientific AZ
thessncss and the burning hates OF ib
ind ignorance, the revolution will be IN
t evolution. We will evolve in com ur
lance with the laws and principles ~
Iablished for us by the Higher Power mr.
u accepted by the ripest, best and An
lrest Of finite thought Of all genera GO
ms and races OF
we have won every war we have th
er fought and we have had 10 fight pa
an average every twenty or thirty gr
ars for the past century and a half w
q have also led the world in The di,
umphs Of peace, and TO Americas in an
nike genius. the globe owes nearly mi
the greatest inventions which have so
ded most to The sum OF human hap do
ness since our creation as an inde- M
ndent power The time has arrived W,
zen there need be and should be no les
hiding poverty anywhere in our tai
lntry wi
In political economy the theories OF bo
am Smith and other chemists Of the IN
injury that has past will need to be on
adjusted to meet developments aris- er'
: from the operations OF the new age ma
electricity. Of quick transportation Pi'
Il universal intelligence. The great po
US Of supply and demand viii in the we
ture be more amenable 10 artificial yei
mtalions and governmental and TO
imam direction than ever in the past sig
How far it may be wise and neces- ize
rN FOR government TO keep its re- lvis
raining or directing hand on ind- for
dual enterprise is one Of the dues- wa
ohS Tor The present and the future. to
TO lhe educated Young men Of char lnul
'ler the possibilities which America but
oW oilers are limitlcss II the movers ent
nd resources are rightly applied we nat
'lil come as near 10 finding hero In loo
merica inc utopia or ideal republic gre
.here poverty and Injustice are nm ha,
noWn' as we ever will anywhere on IFS
his earth lin
The fun producing power OF the ma,
lore than nifty million men and ine
'omen now engaged I'm gainful oc- ca
upaiions In this country is almost he
ond calculation. The wealth Of the on
nlied STATES in the one wear iQtS is co