Show I TWENTY FIVE EXCERPTS 1 1 From William Wiliam H H. Tafts Taft's Book Four Aspects of Civic Duty I Selected by L. L A AJ Damon Fulton Fulon Illinois j I I When one ont encounters a graduate graduato ofa of or ofa ora a university of means mons and opportunity ity Iy for or public usefulness who allows his emotional side to overcome o his Judgment so that ne he sic develops clops Into a parlor socialist without really realy understanding understanding under under- standing anything about the thc real eat springs and ant material and Intellectual progress of or the world th then n we wo nava nav a result resul With wih which it I is difficult to tobe tobo be bo patient patent That par party is the more effective I party In party In which tho the m members are more nearly united on time the great principles prin or of governmental policy I do rio not at all advocate ad that a n man should adhere to party part against higa principle and conviction but this life Is Ls all a series of ot compromises by which little litle bj b b little and arid step by b step progress re reFS ress s toward better beter things Is mat made We Ve must achieve what we can at the time we wo cnn can and must let other almun alms aims un and amid objects of ot the time highest hest good a different opportunity for Cor their at at- at Eternal vigilance Is tho the rIco of ot good government go Politics ought to be bo neither distasteful distaste distaste- ful fui ul nor degrading and men inca vao enter them for or the purpose of ot them pure muro ure and making them better are aro engaged engaged en en- en- en gago In tho highest duty dUh Experience will show that there are 1 fields of ot business action acton which the gw can better beter cover than private enterprise and there ai at- also fields nells over which because of pf Pt abuse by private enterprise tiC thc government government gov gUy should a assume ume co control not notay b by way ay of Initiation and amid administration lion tion ton but b way vay of effective regulation regula regula- lon tion ton In tho time Ideal condition of or things thing tho the theoffice office should seek eok the We n un A Jury jur system must tend to failure It if f the intelligent and arid honest men of or orthe the regard the time service serice asa as asa asa a burden that tho they evade by b excuses an and leave for selection only the unintelligent unto unto- and those subject to venal enal nal ni motives oti emi Thu Tho Jury system popularizes tho the coin court and gives the people to understand under tinder stand that thal they have an In- In crest erest but also a part In tho admin- admin of Justice Nothing Is I more foolish foolish nothing more utterly at variance with wih sound public policy than to enact a law which by reason of ot time the conditions surrounding tho the community in which It t Is declared to bo be law Is Incapable of ot enforcement Continued lack Jack or ot public confidence In n tho the courts will wil sap their LionS lona tons 4 One Ono or ot time the great leat reasons wh why Jury duty Is evaded aced c b by good mon men Is Is because well the tho or ot the delay delay we we may maj wel look to English method or of disposing of ot cases ases cases cases which take in this country three and four tour weeks are ar disposed of ot there tero in a day or a day cay and a half halt Nothing lothing can can be more moro detrimental to the tho public Interest than for Cor an any part Of or f the tho people to take tho law into their ow own n hands Assembled In lii a 0 mob snob Oe they soon lose their conscience I do not for tor a moment momet In lii tho Cite view that everything Is K corruption cor corruption cor and that all al the picture should be dark and black black Thero There never was a time In the history history his his- tory tor of ot the world when there was wa more virtue more charity more sense sensa of ot today brotherly affection than tan thero tero ia Is i Tho The courts are the tho background of ot out our civilization 1 We Wo must conduct affairs in the te Philippines PhilIppines Phil Phil- Phi Phi- with wih a view solely to tho In Interest in- in terest of ot tho the Filipinos We Ve are not in tho the Philippines for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of making trade trade but wo aro are there tere to discharge the highest t duty that one nation naton can toward to another another another an an- other people 1 i It I Is very er probable that the tho trade between the Philippines and and the United States wilt will wi Increase to to such proportions a as to make male that trade use usa ful of or both countries But we cannot base our conduct or action acton on such a atao n tao U ye The Tho deliberate misrepresentations that sometimes do characterize articles article in tho ho newspapers newspapers should be left ler to logo loso their effect b by tho time gradual dIscovery discovery dis dIs- dis- dis covery of or the actual facts and of ot the tho injustice of the criticism In the events c which follow Our people are arc intelligent and keen They aro are ablo after experience to gauge the Importance to bo be attached and the tho confidence to be bo accorded to statements so extreme that thc they bear between their lines tho the refutation of ot what they express rhe The press pres Is essentIal es to our civili civilization chil allon and plays an unofficial but vital Irol role in tho the affairs of ot the government government Nothing so Interfere with wih the sucCESS success suc sue cess CESS of or a nation naton In lii carr carrying out In International International In- In matters as a fire firo In tho the rear mear by part of ot Its Is own people Life LIe In Washington leads most men mon who are arc impartial and who tako take broad views of ot affairs to a condition of reasonable optimism as t to tho Progress progress pro pro- gress toward better things On the whole when no nc looks into the system of ot government at Washing Washington ton and amid regards ds It I from a n standpoint of ot an nn impartial tolerant citizen und arid critic taking Into consideration 01 nil all the limitations of ot structure and constitution constitution con con- which prevent any government government govern govern- ment mont from becoming a perfect machine machine ma ma- chine ho he cannot but reach rech the tho conclusion conclusion con con- elusion that we wo are arc a fortunate poo poe plo pie who have havo progressed far tar In In the tho development or of a n public service service service ser ser- vice and In vindicating tho the theory theor of popular sovereignty |