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Show Emphasis Must Be Placed Not Upon Our Right: to Vote, but on Our Duty - By PRESIDENT M. L. BURTON, University of Michigan. In a democracy our civilization must depend upon a high type of intelligence in every community. Moreover, that intelligence must come j to expression. Emphasis must be placed not upon our right to vote but upon our duty. Whether we like it or not, it is the solemn obligation ! of every one who lays claim to the privileges of citizenship in our coun- j try to exercise intelligently his right as a voter. j Sometimes we hear members of the church express the opinion that l the church's duty is in the field of religion and that it ought to let j politics alone. Any such sharp demarcation between the two fields re- j veals a curious and narrow interpretation of religion. I cannot conceive of any movement which would be more genuinely significant to our country than for the Christian churches of the land to make up their mind that every member, through an active and vigorous vigor-ous campaign, would see to it that he performed fully his functions at the ballot box. |