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Show TAFT 18 ' Deplores Reaction of Sacrificial Spirit That Prevailed. PROGRESS IS SLOW Must Buckle on Armor and Push on Toward Better Things, . BALTIMORE, Md.. Oct. 15. The, moral tone, the sacrificed spirit oi a. I the people which was distinctly ele-ated ele-ated during the war. has suffered a reaction, declared foimer President illiam Howard Taft in his address as president of the Unitarian general conference here today "and we are hack again in the old region of "he doldrums where progress to do belter bel-ter things seems as slow as it was be- 1 fore the war." "We should not be discouraged, ' however." Mr. Taft said. "It Is the i frailty of human nature. It is :o h .found in its ability to maintain for long periods Its abhorrence to the highest ideals Real progress in the world is through a course of action and reaction. This reaction will be succeeded again by an onward and upward movement and we shall find the world better because of its saiii-fices saiii-fices and the lessons they taught. We shall not make the same progress thai, we hoped for, but we shall step up and on. It is the duly of all those whose disappointment in the present stage of affairs is great, to buckle ; on their armor and to push toward belter things, to take their places in i 'the ranks of those who would stir the religious spirit of the community and who woudl preach as part of their lives the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. and the willingness willing-ness to sacrifice in order to promote those great principles of Unitarian Christianity. Lot us hope that this j annual meeting will rouse the I'niU- Irlans of the country to a reiUdication of themselves to the faith which Chan i ning preached and to livin- the life which Channlng lived" oo |