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fa; I 11 H THE YEAR AND MM M ITS TEACHINGS ljj H It Is customary for many nowspa- lltffl 1 purs nt tho close of a year, to print )1 "El H " record of evonts happening In tho li Hi II twelve months. These revlows nro I i"1 Instructive, but at best thoy convoy llttlo miggcstlon of the real spirit of j (i period of llmo. El History Booms ono long record of I wnrs, buttles, porsonal conflicts of Vliigs nnd emperors. Theso aro not thn most vital fucts. The really significant sig-nificant events nro tho progross of ! education, Individual liberty, political j democracy, scientific discovery, tech- ' I n!"nl arts, Invoutlon, oconomlc pros- life Sll ill icrlty of tho common peoplo, nd- Ik II 1 j yam a of moral Ideas. Tho historian kW (II II I "mjr not ml' lnucu on so,no of these IK hi 1 I IV Ints. ;ft I I I I What win bo tho Breat ovonts of ''tu I 3 1M'r' "8 Bec" ,)y lll fl,lllro historian? ryl ! Thoro would hardly bo any battlos if 1 1 j f"r theso have not boon decisive. ,V IF j Tho triumphs of armies, candidates, jEj K parties, laws, often scorn nt tho tlmo yw 1 jj lo mnrk a great era and assure hu- Zm V j man betterment, yet such hopes of- p ft' II ton prove Illusory. Real progress Is nil Jv very Intangible, n thing of tho hu SUV- 1' ninn spirit. flAlM U! It would scorn as If 1915 nnd Its HJfh u ovonts must strongly omphaslzo ono Wm 83 Idea tho valuo of systomatlo dlsclp- 'ffl SI ft 8 lined organization, working in unl- II Hi u fel ty for cmm,mlty onds. Disciplined iffliBl R BJ unity has enabled Gormnny to win t ,8l mnrvolous succcsnos. It has cnnbled al'llH Tranco, with Its sma'lor population, il ',yffl to mako a showing that many people jMIji 1 li would havo thought ImpoBslb'o for iilCtl 41 H a dumocratlo country. Lack of unity t- JllllVlllllllllIlM4 jCCi MTfJlr -1rmri. and discipline has mado tho English Eng-lish results disappointing. This Is an Idea that applies to tho greatest, nation and tho smal est vll-lago vll-lago alike. Ncgatlvo criticism de stroys power. Tho pcoplo who seek their own advancement, rgardtcss of how such advancement nffects tho wholo crmmunlty, defent their own ends. They share- In the 111 resu'ts of tho community inefficiency which thoy do so much to bring nbout. |
