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Show PRES. HARDING CONSECRATED TO SERVICE Washington, Nov. 20 (Special correspondence) In his Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing Proclamation Prosldont Harding onco moro stresses what Is tho keynote key-note or his Admlnstratlon and tho central thought of his political career Service "Wo shall bo prospered as we shall desorvo prosperity," ho declares, "seeping not alono for tho material things, but for those of tho spirit as well; earnestly trying to help others; asking, before all elso, tho privilege of Service" And, again "opportunity for very great Service awaits us If wc shall prove equal to it." Warren O. Harding entertained tho political campaign a year ago with that thought over boforo him. Service Ser-vice Is to him what tho blazing cross In the heavens was to Constantino: "In hoc slgno vlncos." In his acceptance ac-ceptance speech' ho said: "With an . " unaltcrablo faith and In a hopeful spirit, with a hymn of Service In my heart, I plcdgo fidelity to our country and to God." In his Labor Day speech of 1920 ho I declared: "Work Is tho supremo engagement, en-gagement, tho subllmo luxury of lite. I wish I could plant tho gospol of loyalty to work and Interest In ae-compllshrabnt." ae-compllshrabnt." And by "work" ho meant Service. , In a front porch speech of Sept. 23 1920, ho said: "Service, a willingness to sorvo intelligently, to train for human hu-man Service, to cleavo to nn Idealism of deeds arid honest toll and scientific scienti-fic accomplishment, rather than to servo by mere words." In his address on "Social Justice," oometlmo after, he said: "I believe and havo repeatedly said that citizen "Vp 1b based upon obligation" tho -alligation to serve one's follcwmon. In his Cleveland speech of October Octob-er 28 he said: "I want to bring n-bout n-bout tho greatest Service that Amorl- ca can give to tho world the Sor- vlco of an example of a great representative repre-sentative domocracy undivided f That is my ambition. That Is my op-I op-I portunity for Service to America as I - ' conceive it" ' In his farewell address to tho Son- f ate, following his election, he said: '' "Ono cannot promise agreement in It all things with an opposite party which Is sometimes Insistently wrong , k but wo may find common ground in , tho spirit of Sorvlco Thoro Is so i much to bo done, and wo havo al- ' ready had so much dolay that I 5 should like unanimous recognition that there arq no party ends to servo, but precious days are calling for Ser- . vico to our common country." n Repeatedly In his Inaugural ad- ! drCBS lle Blre83os the lmportanco of fiRtt SorvIco- "I can vision tho Ideal re-jj, re-jj, public, whero wo may call to unlver Iji sal Servico every plant, agency, or JJ facility, all In tho subllmo sacrlflco L for tho Country. Out of such unl-. unl-. versal Servico will come a now unity of spirit and purpose a new confl-donco confl-donco and consecration which would mako our defense Impregnable, our triumph assured. Sorvlee Is tho supremo su-premo commitment of life. I would rojolco to acclaim the era of tho gold-. gold-. en rulo and crown It with tho auto-' auto-' cracyof Service" In his first address to congress, and in his addres at the unveiling of Bolivar, while the word Is not usod i tho thought of Servico is kept uppermost, upper-most, and when the soldier dead woro laid nqw on row on the Hobo-I Hobo-I ken rder, ho said: "These had sorv-I sorv-I ed, which is the supreme Inspiration I in living." "Servico Is tho greatest li thing In life," ho told tho Annapolis I' graduates last Juno, and to tho gradu m vY5 tno American University, in Nv'ashlngton, ho said: "I wish I H could ImpresB tho young men and women of every graduating class this year with my own acuto conviction EH regarding tho obligation of Service M tho diploma Is not a certificate of M right to special favor and profit in H tho world, but rather a commission II of Servico." Bi |