The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-16

manhood. But Rotarians are not Phar-
isees. We do not claim to be the best
in our community. We only strive to
represent the best. However, in the
very effort TO represent that which is
best. we hope to approach our lofty
ideal OF citizenship.
So. as one sits at a Rotary table, con-
scious of the honor and interests Of
his own line of business, his eyes wan
der around the circle formed by other
interets and enterprises. and he must
be instantly possessed with the sense
Of being a part OF that larger circun-
ference. Here. indeed. should be found
the very heart OF the community 1t
should be q heart sensitive to every
plant OF need. responsive to every call
for heroic accomplishment. and vibrant
to every challenge of opportunity. No
voice which is the utterance Of an In
terest of this community should be
alien to the circle. Here should be
heard the plant of the half-nourish-
ed babe, the call OF the unprivileged
boy out of the darkness. the appeal for
laughter and play of cramped and con-
fined childhood. and every protest
against injustice. Here all should find
forum where their voices could be
clearly and sympathetically understood.
Rotary must represent human life with
its eager enterprises. it's vaulting am
billions. and the divine yearnings and
aspirations OF It's great. throbbing heart
1t is in the world not to be served but
TO serve.
In this Interpretation have placed
my emphasis upon the idea OF repre-
sentation. To my mind this is the gen
ius of our English democracy. The
Continental democracy of the eighteen
til century, and the infantile cries OF
democracy in eastern Europe today are
intensely individualistic. Il is a babel
of conflicting cries-confusion worse
confounded' each uttering the language
Of his own need. unconscious of the
needs OF others
But II democracy ever rauses with
individual assertion-no matter how
fine may be the primary instinct of
liberty which gave II uttersnce-it can
only exchange tyranny Cor anarchy. The
idea expressed in Rotary Is that while
each man demands representation for
his own rights. he himself is bound in
turn TO be the representative OF the
rights of others. This is the funda-
mental law of liberty. for liberty can
not live without law. If liberty is the
unhampered expression OF a mans life,
he must. in some way. learn to har-
monize his interests with those of 9TH
ers. else these conflicting interests will
limit and obstruct the free expression
Of his powers. So only as one comes
Into the consciousness that his highest
interests are Indeed the interests OF
others. and that in serving their inter-
ests. he serves his own. does he come
into that largest liberty. It is this
which makes democracy social. So long
as the growth is simply an individual
force for freedom. It can only contribute
to friction OF interests. But when 1t
represents not simply a personal priv
ilege, but expresses a personal respon-
sibility. democracy at once becomes the
leavening principle OF civilization The
German empire was the deadliest enemy
OF liberty in the world. always she was
essentially anu-socisl. She repr~s-
ed intense, self-centered Individual
ism among nations. Her voice, assert
ing her own interests and aspirations.
was so loud as to drown the utterance
of the rights OF every other people
When she struck her ruthless blow at
France she was unconscious OF the fact
that that blow quivered through the