| Show no man should expect more from his country than he will give it dy by DR IRA NELSON HOLLIS of amenson Ani enca society oi of ein engi all preparations for public service must bo be based upon a n foundation of good citizenship in our whole country if our officials aro are to servo well wall in this republic A human buman pyramid can bo be formed only with strong men at the ilio bottom and no f arst rato public service can eyer ho be built up on a 0 flabby cureless cless attitude toward civic duties america is young youn 9 yet it is like it a boy who lias has grown far too rapidly loose jointed and tall with unlimited possibilities after his framo frame shall linao been knit into ti a solid mass one hundred and twenty eight years is not danough to bring a nation to its majority especially one made up 0 of such diverse elements elc menta its as ours tho the dumps dumping ng ground of all tho the world for tho ilia oppressed and ilia poor I 1 A 1 I 1 E every very individual must bo be rogar regarded ded as part of tho the public publia ervice eor er vico and iho first tiling thing lio lia must acquire acquire whether lie ho bo be native born or immigrant is public conscience in come way tho ordinary citizen too often argues that because this is a government by tho the people and for the people tho the state owes him something in that respect our patriotism is ia in part a sham and wo we have plenty of evidence ovid to prove it our is an con can 61 science no man inan should expect more from ilia hid country than lie ho is willing to give it those who ghino about injustice in modern society aro are usually gotting getting about what they de deserve serVa tho the second demand on every citizen should ho be a knowledge of OUT our institutions institution a and ilia method of government tho the normal american is right minded and is ni morally orally upright but slack clack in hi responsibilities to ilia public tho the first tiling thing to learn is that freedom does docs not mean emancipation ci from all responsibility to others it means the self control that permits hermits reasonable surrender to tho ilia needs of all men rousseaux Rousse aus doctrine doc trina that man is 19 dorn born free is falso false unless tho ilia word free is defined in some better souse BOUSO than that in tho ilia dictionary men ilea aro are never free from tho the bradlo to tho ilia gravo grave they bavo to yield and overy every individual lackin lacks fre freedom in just ilia proportion in which lio lie lias has to learn to livo live with other people ile iio must think of ilia wishes arid and tho ilia interests of others ot liers |
