Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-05
toms to- the marts of the world.

All f1hucTtCh HoH1tbs
 We would not have an America Hv- ing within and for herself alone but we would have her Self reliant Independent and ever nubler, stronger snd richer. Believing4n our higher Standards. Teafed through ccns0tutional liberty and main taincd opportunity, we invite the world to the same heights. Hut pride in things wrought Is no reflex of a completed task. Common welfare is the goal bl our na- tional' enieavUr. Wealth is not ipiinieal
 to welfare, it ought to be it's friendliest agency.
 'Thefe neve- can be equality of re- wards or possessions so long ss the hii- man plan contains varied taleilff and dif- fering degrees of industry anu thrift but
 ours ought. to be country free from
 great blotches Jf distressed poverty. We
 ought 10 findsa- way 70 guard against the
 periIs and pen3 lties of unemployment. We
 want an America of homes illumined with hope and happiness, where mothers. freed from the necessity for long hours of toll beyond their own dosrs. may pre- side as beffts th'' hearthstone of American
 citizenship. We want the cradle of American childkood rocked under cordi- tions so wholesome and so hopeful that no blight may touch it in its development and we want to provide that no selfish i interest, no mgt' rial necessity. TO lack ! Of opportunity shall prevent the gsinins
 of that education so essential te best eiti-
 zenship.
 "Thefe Is no short cut to the making
 of these, ideals, into glad realities. The world has witnessed. again and again, the futility and the mischief Of ill-con-
 sidered remedies for social and economic disorders. Dut we are mindful today as never before of the friction of modern h. idustrialisns and we must learn it's causes and reduce it's evil consequences by sober and tested methods. Where genius ms
 made for great possibilities. justice and
 happiness must 1e reflected In greater common welfare.
 Service. the Supreme Commitment. Service is the supreme commitment of life. I would rejoice to acclaim the era of the golden rule and crown | with the autocracy of service. l pielge an
 administration wherein all the agencies of government are called to serve and
 ever promote an understanding of gov l ernmcnt purely as an expression of the popular, wi
 "One cai...ot stand in this presence and 7! be urnfnGful of the tremendous resron- l sibiity. The world upheaval has added s4 heavily to our tasks. Bu: with the Teali- 5 zation coE-es the surge Of high resolve, . and there Is reassuTance in belief in the 5 God gircn destiny of oLr republic If i. feN that there is to be sole responsibility 3 in the executive for the America of to- morrow, l should shrink from the bur = den. But here are hundred miiiions, e with common concern and shared resgon- s sitility. answerabie lt 10 God and country = The republic simmons them to their duty g and invite cooperation. ftt
 Q T accept my part with single mind t edncss of purpose and humility Of spirit
 end imnlore the favor and Ftiidancer oi r God ifi IIis heaven With these am am | afraidsand confidently face the future. 2 q have taken the solemn oath Of .f- fee on that ps ssage of the holy vr'i 7 wherein 1t is asked What doth Che 115rd l rcquire of thee but to do justly and to = lovs. mercy and walk humbly witb, thy : c - This plight to God and country.