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Show Too Much Talk of Birth. When the Society of tha Cincinnati was formed there was the most vehement opposition to the principles of founding hero an hereditary order. There Is less danger to-day of an aristocracy aris-tocracy of birth winning any real ascendency as-cendency In this land than there was when tho nation waa Junt breaking away from the Kngush tradition. But there Is today In aomo quarters an unmistakable development of snobbery snob-bery which lays an absurd empnaila on till circumstance of birth. A line of wurthy sucustora la en excollent thing H any ancient tlrtuoa have been tranamlttod to the children. Aa honored name la an enviable possession posses-sion when lta living owner bears himself worthily. Membership In an hereditary patriotic order la pos.lbly an adtantaci so long as It Inspires the member to serve his country today to-day In cauiea no less holy, though niaybi less heroic, than tnose which his order commemorates. Other advantages ad-vantages than these birth does Dot confer. PhlludPlph la Ledger. |