Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-13

laundering confidence, is IN dire need
of such leadership.
Has he q sense OF humor: EN-
phatically yes II - not the type
that wastes time in recounting incl
dents OF ever increasing triteness.
There is an alertuess about his mind
and a nimbleness Of his spirit which
are very attractive These qualities
do not express themselves in just the
ordinary forms. At times yen might
imagine he had not even heard what
was being said. Then he drops
remark which makes you realize that
he has taken several steps in advance
and has put his finger on the real
point. He is not given 10 hllarlty:
| His humor is dry and delightful and
| its expression as rule is just as
| contentious as his more serious utter
ances.
| Beneath the characteristics we have
| mentioned lies something which one
naturally hesitateS 70 drag out into
the light. There are some things TOO
| sacred for public parade even though
| q man belongs to the people. Wien
| you find q man however. with quail
| ties such as we have sketched. you
! inevitably ask for the secret. What
Is tie dynamic back of this moral
| fbre. this bitter self-control. this
| sense of the value of things, this in
| structive understanding of work, this
| quiet patience with the ages? 1t Is
| his sense OF the spiritual; No one
| can read his speeches without real
| iZing that to him religion is essen
tial 10 life. l am speaking in the
brOadest and most comprehensive
terms. I am not discussing theology
but religion. There are at least
few great fundamental spiritual re-
| alities which are the common possess
sion. OF men. He firmly believes re-
| ligion 10 be necessary 10 the Ideals
I Of America. He asserts that most
! Of all there IS need of religion. FROM
| that source alone came freedom.
Nothing else touches the soul OF man.
Nothing else justifes faith in the
people" federation in religion is
| among our mos notable achieve
ments in this country. The vital re-
| alitIes Of religion alone can satlsTy
| the deepest needs of the human
! spirit II is reassuring 10 know that
| this man believes in q personal power
greater than man; in emergencies,
| with Washington and Lincoln, he will
| know that the issue lies IN another
| hand.
His religious convictions center
| about a few great words-humility
| sacrifice. remuneration, service. In n
very COmmo udable sense he is hum
| Bile man. He puts himself ont or the
| center Of things. He believes that 1T
| is only in the spirit Of true humility
! that there is any approach TO the bet-
| ter things Of life" His remarkable
| speech OF Memorial Day this year
| was actually built around the idea
| Of remuneration. To him 'the law of
| life, the law Of progress. is the law
| Of obedience. the law Of service"
! Striking Attitude
This whole side of his life culmi-
mates in a striking attitude TO the
! problem Of material prosperity ana
! its effects upon the quality or our
! national life. To him there is not
/ the slightest need of regarding ma
! teriaI and spiritual resources as con-
! niCtiug elements in CIVILIZATION. some
/ maintain that matcrialism is our ma
| tional curse. He insists upon the pos
| sibility Of - wholesome relationship
! between these two great factors. He
| recognizes that there is much cur
| rent disconteat but he believes IT to
/ be due largely to unworthy conf
/ denCe in the things we touch and see
/ and handle. He Counsels that We cN-
/ anime anew Our attitude OF mind
! toward possessions" In fact. he
/ firmly believes that real prosperity
( ana even progress demand spiritual
/ values. Nor will real prosperity
arise" he says. by relying upon a
matcriaIism which leaves out of CON
! sheraton human ideals But this
! does not mean to him that there IS
anything inc -itably Incompatible be
, tween the highest standards OF spirit
/ uaL lElhN ana SthHiIe puSir,He -
! siblc the latter 1t would he a start
/ ling thing to the world TO know that
| America actually stands Just there.
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1 'Ih"fo ere Two luhdafhth'aI iAotin -
! which inspire human action. The
! FIRST and most important. is that of
! fIehtc"uShos lh'ie ~ th"' ~ man =
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an address Ia delivered a year ago
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