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Show HJJ ! 1 HEr.EDITY IN NATIONAL LIFE. ffitt H itory of a People Determines Their. Present Character. In Iho evolution of races and nations na-tions wo f.nd nt the outset two general laws, tin one self-evident, tho other not apparent at first sight, but equally denicnstriblc, nccordlng to David Starr Joidan. Tho blood of nation determines Its history. This Is the llrst pioposltlon. Tho second Is, the hlstoiy of a nation determines Its blood. As for tho first, no ono doubts t!-a thi rharactor of men controls the r deeds. In tho'long run and with masses of mankind this must bo true, however great tho emphasis wo may lay on Individual Initiative or nn Individual In-dividual nilatlon. Knntlly true Is It that the present character of a nation Is mado by Its past history. Those who nro olive today to-day nro the resuTtants of the sttoam of heredity as modified by the vicissitudes vicissi-tudes throirh which the nation has passed. The blood of tho nation flows In tho veins of those who survive. Those who die without descendants cannot co ir the stream of heredity. It must take Its traits from thu actual parcntngo. |
