The Gavelyte, December 1907

200 ·--------~------- ---------------- Individual Libert7. HY M1:-;:,; \ mm., Hll:P, '()~I. J 1 ~vc>ry nation has a message for mankind, each the embodimr.nt or sonrn granrl, C'entral thought, the exponent of an evrr-living principlt>, which mtrnl 1·ontribute its part toward the fulfillment of the ever-expanding purpo~e of man. The true aim, the ideal of man, is to transform life into something more glorious than has hitherto been attained. The true goal of man iR the n,alization of his higher virtues- purity, justice, truth and love. Every in– tluc>nce which assists in the unfolding of the divine .character wrapped up dl:'ep in the heart of every man, however low in the scale of civilization, con– tributes mighLily to the progress of the race. ...' And every principlt>, which has added to the sum total of development that has been reached, has bePn given to thP world through the passionate devotion of some great race, 'l'o the Hehrew, we owe the idea of one God, above and over alf, besides whom thPre is none other; to the Greek, we owe the associated ideas of beauty ~nd truth; to the Roman, the ster·n concept inns of justice and law. Each of these ancient peoples has bequeathed to us principles whose influence upon our modern civilization can never be estimated. But it has remained for a moJl:'rn p• o~'(>. one whose work is not yet Jone, to complete the tm,k so well begun, ar,d to add to the list of principles, mighty in the development of man, :ve.t one mort>, whose significance rn only -Q.eginning to be understood. Today the worl<i stan<ls most indebted to the Anglo-Saxon race for all the granq achieve,nen ts of our advanced civilization. Battling for an e:xi.:tence against the harcbhips which nature had imposed them, this obscure race grew strong, encluring, and progressive. Taught in tht> HtPrn s(·hool of nrr,~ssity, th~y INu·nprf the might of individnal manhood,