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Show Our Nation's Greatness Founded on Fatherhood of Man and Brotherhood of God. rtgfinrTH the growth of the ration gES tliei'e nas neen correspond- iiiW in.? growth in responsibility. The raw experiment of a flj nation framed from the skel- ' ' eton colonies of the eastern seaboard has proved the greatest success suc-cess in government the world has ever known. Democracy sits at the tables of the land today. Brotherhood asks its helping from the amply filled boards of the American home. These two attributes of the American people fully express the secret of America's success as a nation. The growth of the nation has been in accord with the extension of these ideas. They are both home ideas, and therefore they are both ideas that express the inner spirit of the day of thanksgiving. The fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man these were the leading conceptions of the Pilgrim Fathers. Fa-thers. They are the leading conceptions concep-tions of the sons of those fathers today. to-day. They are the conceptions that can neer be made hackneyed by hypo-CT-itical use or by designing abuse. They will stand forth in the genius and action of the American people until un-til each year shall add praise to praise in the measure of the fullness of reasons rea-sons for the giving of thanks. Fence, provision, protection these are the prized possessions of a nation na-tion whose one aim is to exalt the ends of human liberty, to extend human-democracy and to exalt the ideals of human equality. As this nation touches the world at large it does so through Its leading national conceptions, concep-tions, and only when these are vitally assailed can it take up arms for its own defense. It has the obligation resting upon it to conserve the true needs of liberty, and this can be done only by insisting upon the sacredness of human rights and human opportunities. opportu-nities. Hence the day set aside for thanks is a day of pure and unadulterated unadul-terated Americanism, into which no alien sentiment can possibly enter. Hence it is that e"ery head of the family in acting In his capacity at the bend of the family board becomes the priest of the things made precious in the life of the country and of which mention is made as thanksgiving themes of the day. No more can the nation depart from its lofty mission and progressive ideals than can the earth swing away from the solar attraction. at-traction. The day of borne happiness, the day of praise, the day of felicity is a sacred and singular day in the annals of American progress and American Amer-ican world influence. p-'V"' 7ArSJK12 |