The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-05

N'N ~ e'NS 'D''N' N''N 49,
o II of the successful shall not by
any mere right of birth or favor con
tinue TO occupy their fathers place.
OF power against the rise of n new
generation In process of coming VI
from the bottom. The pioneers of oW
American ~individualism had the goot
sense not to reward Washington AM
Jefferson and Hamilton with heredi
tary dukedoms and fixtures in landed
estates, as Great Britain rewarded
Marlborough and Nelson. Otherwis,
eur American fields of opportunity
would have been clOgged With long
generations inheriting their fathers
privileges without their fathers capac
lily for service.
That q u system has avoided the es-
Establishment and domination of class
has a significant proof in the present
administration In Washington. OF the
twelve men comprising the President,
vice president. and cabinet, nine have
earned their W WAY In life. without
economic inheritance. ard eight OF
them started with manual tabor.
If w examine the impulses that
rTrry us forward, non Is so potent
FOR progress as the warming for in
Cividual self-eXpression. the desire f0I
creation of something. Perhaps the
-s"eatest human happiness aows from
personal achievement. Here lies the
great urge of rhe constructive instipc1
If mankind. But II can only thrive
IN a society where the individual has
liberty and stimulation &c achievement
Nor does the community progress ey
cert through its participation in these
muttitudeS OF achievements.
Furthermore. the maintenance of
productivity and the advancement "
tie things Of the spirit depend upon
the ~ever-renewed supply from the mass
OF those who can rise to leadership
Our social. economic. and intellectual
progress is almost solely Dependent
upon the creative minds of those in.
~dividuals with imaginative and admin
~iStrative intelligence who create ca
who carry discoveries to widespread
upIilCdlloH- NV JuIt DpSSNSsNS HiOIS
than a small percentage OF thess
minds in a single generation. But lit
tie thought has ave been given to oui
racial dependency upon them. Non
that our progress is in so. large a
! measure due to the fact that with ouI
increased means Of communication
these rare individuals are today able
10 spread their Influence over so Ell.
larged a number of lesser capable
minds as TO have increased their pc
tency a m~illion-fold. In truth, the vast
ly greater productivity of the worlc
with actually less physical labor Is
due TO the wider spread of their infiu.
enee through the discovery Of these
facilities. And they can arise solely
through the selection that comes from
the ~free-runn!ng mills Of competition
They must be free TO rise from the
mass; they must be given the attrae,
ton Of premiums to effort.
Leadership Is a quality ef the In
dividual. II 1s the Individual alone
who can function In the world Of In.
tCliCNt dIfu Ia TIE ntiu vi icuutT SHIP.
II democracy Is TO secure It's sathori.
ties in morals. religion, and statesman.
ship, Il must stimulate leadership from
Its own mass. Human leadership ran
not be r~epienished by selection like
queen bees, by divine right or bureau.
c~racies, but by the free rise OF ability.
character and intelligence.
Even SO, leadership cannot, no mat.
ter how brilliant, carry progress far
ahead Of the average Of the mass Of
individual units. Progress OF the ma
tfon Is the sum Of progress In It's In
dividuals. Acts and ideas that lead
to progress are born out OF the womb
Of the individual mind. not out OF the
mind OF the crowd. The crowd onls
feels: 1t has no mind Of its own which
can plan. The crowd is credulous, Il
destroys. II consumes. II hates, and IL
dreams-but 1t never builds. II Is n
of the most profound and important of
exact psychological truths that man In
the mass does not think but only feels.
The mob functions only In a world Of
emotion. The demagogue feeds o..
mob emotions and his leadership is tn.
leadership Of emotion. not the leadey,
ship of intellect and progress. PopY-
lar desires are no criteria to the real
need; they can he determined only by
deliberative consideration. by educa.
ton. by constructive leadership.
cTo BE coNTINUEIy3
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