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climbing, but we must pull up with us what
is below. That is brotherhood.
' Patriotism is the love a man has for the
snot of frround he calls home." As time de-
Till luiiiu with us in splendor nnd strength nnd skill enn
vie;
Vet, should wo reckon liberty and manhood less than
these,
And slight the right of the humblest between our cir-
velops the nation, this sentiment, so strong in sh(m,(l we be falso to our sacn.(1 past( our fathers. Gt)(1
each individual, extends to a protective love forgetting,
for the whole. The nation becomes the larger This banner would lose its lustre, our sun beuigh his
home a native land, to be defended and setting.
loved as :i very part of life. So our fore- Grand as are the results of patriotism al
fathers thought of our country. They fought ready achieved in this country, we have not
and died for it. Their patriotism was an es- reached our ultimate goal. There is more to
scntial part of their being. No other senti- he done. Modern thought has reduced the
merit ever even partially supplanted it. It plan of industrial perfection from a vague,
secured for us a place among the nations of chimerical outline to a definite structure,
the earth ; it assured safety and honor to us One hundred years ago there was but an
as a people : it opened the way to all the exaggerated, almost superstitious, notion
prosperity that we enjoy. But before gov- 0( an ideal democracy. To-day we have the
ernment of the people, by the people, could complete architectural design. America has
be secure, there must be a sterner test. The i)ecn at work upon the foundation for mimv
awful struggle of the civil war. a patriotic years. The corner-stone must be as was
struggle in the highest sense, brought politi- prophesied long ago the stone that the
cal freedom and equality within our bounda- builders rejected. The world has trusted to
ries to all men and for all time. The email- jls 0wn knowledge of skill and statesman
cipation proclamation was the climax in this shJp UMtn human endeavor has gone as far as
development. The political ideal was real- jt C!lll unaided. We have attacked nature in
ized. To-day, this United States of Amor- her very strongholds, and forced her secrets
ica stands before the world, a vital, organic tyom r one nv one. Human energy, in the
answer to that question so long guessed at mterial world is conquering every obstacle
and agonized over by the nations what is ;n ;ls path. To-day, with pulses quickened
true patriotism? I say, in 1S6.? we worked l)v victories already achieved, it moves con
out the problem with the blood and tears of a fidenliv on to linal success.
million souls. To-day, patriotism on Ameri
can soil has provided the surest foothold for
the individual he has ever had since the cre
ation. Let America guard closely her sacred
heritage. The fathers laid the foundation of
national unity and life ; the sons have burned
out the plague-spot that threatened it. None
of the old hopes and anxious fears that in
spired their devotion exist to-day. The very
fact that these inspiring springs have been
exhausted demands a more constant watch
a more jealous guard over the sentiment of
our people toward their native land.
"Ah, what n mighty trust is ours, the noblest ever sung,
To keep this banner spotless, its kindred stars among.
Science may dare the mysteries of earth and wave and
sky,
With this tremendous forward movement
of the industrial world, the intellectual and
spiritual must keep pace. We must be hard
at work trying to harmonize human law with
the divine. That Golden Rule, "Whatsoever
ye would that men should do to you do ye
even so to them," we must be able to declare
is on trial in the hearts of thousands up and
down this land, who labor and sweat for
daily bread. For the brain and heart must
keep up with the hand, or that greatest curse
of humanity will be ours irresponsible
power. Have you seen a mechanic more
skilled with tools than any of his fellows, who
understands complex machinery, whose very
brain is a machine, exquisitely adjusted to
the perfect accomplishment of automatic