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Show A 8 ham Love of Country. "Our country" is an entity of which most American citizens are proud. They love their country. They will Bervo It, they will dlo for It; they resent re-sent any Insult to our flag, and would make war with all tho world rather than submit to dishonor. And yet thousands of our countrymen who thus cherish a national Ideal are grafters, bribers, or bribed, advocates of corruption cor-ruption and agents or it In all that pertains to tho busln ss of tho nation. na-tion. They do not ' i tho nation, but they lovo their country. The latter Is an Ideal, like lollgion. But tho nation thoy icgard as an everyday every-day affair, and their dealings with It like tho business thoy dn with sharp traders, In which each man considers lawful plunder whatever ho can make by exorclso of his wits. Christian Register. |