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However much rarnett and well rnein-Ing rnein-Ing people ma differ as to the truth and posMble appllcallon of fanciful and arhl-trar) arhl-trar) creeds there ciin ctrtulnlv be no rinubt In the minds of men and women wotthv of the mme as to the supreme and vital role moralltv rlavs In Hie building build-ing up and perpetuation of all that Is granl and noble In htimin life The vast and complex processes known coltectlvelj as ' hum-in progrrs. mil go on pci haps even without one of the mniiv elo. mollis so Vital to lli.tr bring but It l al moat mitbriualiialli proven that without morality they nust ill" and eventllall) ilia-solve, ilia-solve, lenvlng tin worl I poorer and moic Ignorant tlun ever before This Is not a vsln lhcm or empt dictum but a fullj demonstrated nnd eusllv vcrlflfd fact A cloie umlsls of the causes tint havo brought on the decaj nf historic races which not onl) were polltlcall) powerful and prosperous numerical!), but also hlkhl) cultured nnd exceeding!) sclenllllc, will furnish the best an I moat convlnilng proof of our i o.ltlon that the glorious an I radljnt grices nf moMlltj arc the onl) potent and irllahle dlv lollies to keep vigil over the mutable ilritlnlts of mmklnl The tupeibl) oignnlred polity of (Ireece i mild not long maintain Its IntegrlD with the germ of orients! license cniwliig al Its Ireaat Home with the preitlfce of uncounted vlrlorles nnd Invincible mill-larj mill-larj town fell a vlillm tn Nrronlan vice unci all kinds nf domestic deprnvlt) ui will slmllarl) nnd on clonelj examining llio crltlial periods In the hlstor) of an nation Hint llh tlie exit of puro and right living, the snurrrs of vigorous life began era limit) In diminish until they either iomilelel vanifled or were llllrd agdln by tho generous tldis of a moiul I correction lo follow this lino nf reasoning mote clearl) and sjmpjthcllcall) It Is neces-sary neces-sary to know thai moralli) la a p ire!) social so-cial creation. It Is .in nlbrevlited lollen vc name of an ver growing serlri of milliners and modes nf public londiiet which spring from und are conducive to normnl und health) soihl growlli The Individual merely as an Indlvlliial suli-tnuled suli-tnuled fioin nil and ever) social rela Hon mil coniehfd of as In a stale of absolute ab-solute solitude uin be ncllhrr nmrul nor Imnioril In such a case, If ll weic at nil poaslble, tho tines of contrast Ulwetn light and wrong would (.radiull) dln-iwai dln-iwai and life bnnme buy an I colmlmn Morallt) then Ii the (.rent soclil con sclenie, the sum total of the llpwird strides of ussocluUd and oignnlred life tho iriiiillUitlon "f vkloiles which culture cul-ture In coiisluntl) gilnlllR over the sordl I savngir) of lailallnll If nlonesilo of this truism wo renlUc also Hint everMhlng of progieas and nil vancement, science and art In liislr) uid Invenllm, liberty alii 1 eare cnjomeni ami pleasure, chaslll) Jusilre mid love baa blossom..! forth mt from the In lit Id ml but the snclnl crivioKs of man It will be 'easy to detect the vlul and oiganlc relallon which all these Messing susta n in morallt) Since lo l in .nil mean, to nrncllru all the virtues and observe all the rules of ou luct leh mike social rionth possible slid self ntiwllng tneiefore clvlllailloii .ultuie and civic rveMunti Hie oulgiowlll of closer so Hal union-are Imposslhl. without mom! ID rteuennliig from tlieee premises we milV also sa Hlnee Ihe soclil Ideal as shown In hleior) an I plil-di ll srlrme Is one of lb" nonml und vital phenomena of tho human mind, therefore Inimor-niv btlng Ih" antithesis of social (.rowih mutt be palholoi,1. al and ubnormal 'Hie Indlviduil Hien who la Immoral must I e ooke.l upon a. die. .sod uid '"R'"'"'!'; , If It be .r;ven beioul . iibt or civil that the nulad) Is rmilaglou. und com mui.lclle iherecnn be no reason win hr .hnuld not be Isolated or oslracle d as well ami, 1 vi haps, men, than one who ! r ., , , i , 1 X ) A 11 k tl i k f i r mil- If hi i "' "" """"" ,f "' man life I r ther violate or Ire,, ,, rn ,, .?to.!!kfto of ,OT,al '"' "n" h"i odety ha. a right , ict tMar ""' J'" The osuaclM,, m,, pum-i.L pum-i.L nre,'etlve The) shall bo lo. la ted and wealth shall not protect them tLn."0.1!!? no n,K" n',m,, "r l l one lauie vvlth a leprous man simply because ne Is rich-why should )oj, then with one who l immoral - . we are climbing up the endless Indder of human evolution we must at some future day reach that rung wnere tho social consciousness will become be-come as keen and sharp a. that of the Individual In-dividual and the ill. ,.f the one w 111 1. as keenl) felt a. that of the other Whin this time cnmes-utoplan though It sounds -soctetv will erect trmporarv and perma nent ae)lums for the Immoral as It does today for the either moderately or vloleni-lv vloleni-lv Insane It will nnd that moral proph-laxls proph-laxls la even more needed and Important than bodllv one It will come to look upon the reprobate n. Innnlttl) more dangerous than the cnnsumitlvr When this time comes society will begin to rid Itself of the animalism of it. oung nnd old ind nothing not even the shadow of wealth will be allowed tn hide the millanant tumors tu-mors of depravity and vice One word as to the relation of religion to morality Mrligion Is the force which converts the moral precept Into H vital and active energy Hecngnlslng as It does si least In Judaism that the connection between (lod and man Is vital and organ Ic and that human virtue Is but a reilec-Hon reilec-Hon of the Iniiiiite attribute, or the 1 mlghtt It clothes human life with majes-t) majes-t) and boundlessness and stump, mortal effort with the Immortal Interest of In-tlnlt). In-tlnlt). In the glorious searchlight of re diglon v irlue need not long for Immediate returns for In the radiance of Inflnllude mortalli) melts avvn and before Us fare all earll) limitation vnnlshrs llkr a rin Id burst tOIISO rtl,NOI !. Itabbi ( ongregatlon Hnal lend |