, 1923-10-23
BASIS OF HAPPINESS

D2AA1AB VT Ia AANAloo
knowledge is in every country
the surest basis OF public happiness.
In one in which tho measures of
government receive their impress,
sions SO Immediately from the
sense of tho community A. IN ours
II Is PROFESSIONALLY essential. To
the security OF . FREQ constitution It
contributes in various ways: BY
convincing those who arc intrusted
with the public administration that
every valuable end Of government
Is best answered by the enlightened
confidence OF the people, and by
Teaching the people themselves to
know and value their own rights; TO
discern and provide against inva-
sions Of them: to distinguish be-
tween oppression and the necessary
exercise of lawful authority, be-
tween burdens proceeding from a
disregard to their convenience and
those resulting from tho inevitable
exigencies of society; to discrimi-
nate the spirit Of liberty from that
of licentiousness, ~cherishing the
first, avoiding the last. and uniting
a speedy but temperate vigilance
against entertainments with an In
violate respect to lew@George
washington.
TEACH IT IN THE SCHOOLS
Lot every American, every lover
of liberty, every weliwisher to his
posterity swear by the blood of the
Revolution never to violate In the
least particular the laws of the
country, and never to tolerate their
violation by others. As the patriots
Of '76 did to tho support OF tho Do
ciaration Of Independence. so to the
support of the constitution and the
laws, let every American pledge his
life, his property. and his sacred
honor. let every man remember that
to violate the law 10 to trnmple up
on the blood OF his fathers and to
tear the charter of his own and his
c~hiidren's liberty. Let reverence for
the laws be breathed by every
American mother TO the lisping
babe that prattles on her lap. Let
II DO taught in schools. in semi
naries and in colleges Let 10 be
written in primers. spelling books.
and almanacs. Let II Be preached
from the pulpit. proclaimed in leg
islative halls. and enforced in the
courts Of Justice. In short. let It be-
come the political religion of the
nation.-Abraham lincoln.
THE TEACHERS TASK
You teachers-and IL is n mere
truism to say this-you teachers
make the whole world your debtor;
and OF you It can be said. as It can
be said OF no other profession save
tho profession of the ministers OF
the gospel themselves. II you teach
ers did not do your work well, this
Republic would not outlaat the span
of a generation.
Moreover. as an incident to your
avowed work. you render come we'll
nigh unbelievable services to the
country. For instance, you render
to this Republic tho prime. tho vital
service OF amalgamating into
homogeneous body the children Of
those who arc born here and OF
those who come hero from so many
different lands abroad. You furnish
a common training and common
ideals for the children OF all the
mixed peoples who arc hero being
fused into M nationality. 1t is in
no small degree due to you, and to
your efforts. that we Of this great
American Republic form one people
instead OF a group of Earring peo-
Piles. The children. wherever they
have been BORN. wherever their par
ents have been born. who are edu-
Gated in u schools side by side
with one another. will inevitably
grow I'D having that sense Of mu.
tual sympathy and mutual respect
and understanding which is abso-
luteiy Indispensable for working
out the problems that we as citizens
have before U.S. Theodore Roose-
welt.