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Ameri American good citizenship ance appropriate holiday observance asso be-a depository beneficence are conditioned bilities with promptings birth build a cheerful cant have declared church ciate citizen civic concession condition of mind country's creed cupidity delude dencies deserve designation by Fed discredit all parallels disposition dread of sadder duty earthly notice endeavor enjoin eral excuse explain our neglect faith and love fate beyond recall free institutions garb of immutable ginning and growth goeth GROVER CLEVELAND happy hearts honest human nature inci industry and frugality inter invited lack of commemorative land that lives love of country malev manifesta memorative ment ness ourselves PATRIOTISM AND HOLIDAY pessimism pillars of public political action Political parties politician pride of Americanism prosperity public holidays republic ruthless safety ship the lesson smothered in feasting special pleading spirit Stanford University stitutions teach things thought tion tional tivated unselfish virtues Washington Washington's Birthday zenship
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Page 15 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 39 - Our country is infinitely more than a domain affording to those who dwell upon it immense material advantages and opportunities. In such a country we live. But I love to think of a glorious nation built upon the will of free men, set apart for the propagation and cultivation of humanity's best ideal of a free government, and made ready for the growth and fruitage of the highest aspirations of patriotism. This is the country that lives in us. I indulge in no mere figure of speech when I say that our...
Page 38 - We have fallen upon a time when it behooves every thoughtful citizen, whose political beliefs are based on reason and who cares enough for his manliness and duty to save them from barter, to realize that the organization of the party of his choice needs watching, and that at times it is not amiss critically to observe its direction and tendency. This certainly ought to result in our country's gain; and it is only partisan impudence that condemns a member of a political party who, on proper occasion,...
Page 37 - ... crusade of envy and malice is no more than a zealous insistence upon their manhood rights. Political parties are exceedingly human; and they more easily fall before temptation than individuals, by so much as partisan success is the law of their life, and because their responsibility is impersonal. It is easily recalled that political organizations have been quite willing to utilize gusts of popular prejudice and resentment; and I believe they have been known, as a matter of shrewd management,...
Page 25 - American republic have become in the least outworn, or that in these later days of material advance and development they may be merely pleasantly recalled with a sort of affectionate veneration, and with a kind of indulgent and loftily courteous concession of the value of Washington's example and precepts. These constitute the richest of all our crown jewels; and, if we disregard them or depreciate their value, we shall be no better than "the base Indian who threw a pearl away richer than all his...
Page 30 - Washington wrote that nothing but these was necessary to make us a great and happy people, he had in mind the harmony of American brotherhood and unenvious good will, the honesty that insures against the betrayal of public trust and hates devious ways and conscienceless practices, the industry that recognizes in faithful work and intelligent endeavor abundant promise of well-earned competence and provident accumulation, and the frugality which outlaws waste and extravagant display as plunderers of...
Page 29 - ... pervade this occasion if we fail to realize the momentous import of this declaration, and if we doubt its conclusiveness or its application to any stage of our national life, we are not in sympathy with a proper and improving observance of the birthday of George Washington. Such considerations as these suggest the thought that this is a time for honest self-examination. The question presses upon us with a demand for reply that will not be denied: Who among us all, if our hearts are purged of...
Page 44 - ... am quite willing to confess, that, behind all that I have said, there is in my mind a sober conviction that we all can and ought to do more for the country that lives in us than it has been our habit to do; and that no better means to this end are at hand than a revival of pure patriotic affection for our country for its own sake, and the acceptance, as permanent occupants in our hearts and minds, of the virtues which Washington regarded as all that was necessary to make us a great and happy...
Page 43 - I have invited you to consider with me what obligations and responsibilities rest upon those who in this country of ours are entitled to be -called good citizens. The things I pointed out may be trite. I know I have spoken in the way of exhortation rather than with an attempt to say something new and striking. Perhaps you have suspected, what I am quite willing to confess, that, behind all that I have said, there is in my mind a sober conviction that we all can and ought to do more for the country...
Page 32 - If we find that the wickedness of destructive agitators and the selfish depravity of demagogues have stirred up discontent and strife where there should be peace and harmony, and have arrayed against each other interests which should dwell together in hearty cooperation; if we find that the old standards of sturdy, uncompromising American honesty have become so corroded and weakened by a sordid atmosphere that our people are hardly startled by crime in high places and shameful betrayals of trust...
References to this book
Liberalism Beyond Justice: Citizens, Society, and the Boundaries of ... John Tomasi Limited preview - 2001 |