Must not the night disgorge
The ghosts of Bunker Hill,
The ghosts of Valley Forge,
Or England's mightier son
The ghost of Washington?
"No ghost where Lincoln fell?
No ghosts for seeing eyes?
I know an old cracked bell
Shall make ten million rise,
When his immortal ghost
Calls to the slumbering host."
But the chief element in the child's ideal should be democracy. His idea of "classes" and of "masses" should be that a democracy has none.
"Imagine!" cried a gaily dressed young woman one day, "that shop-girl is actually trying to be a lady!"—yet that shop-girl was gentle and refined and far more of a lady than the silly rich girl who so vulgarly criticized her.
"I wish we had more clearly defined classes here in America," remarked an apparently loyal American woman (she was wearing conspicuously an American flag brooch). "It is a much more comfortable way."
She represents a considerable section among us, who would like a return to titles and class decorations in our social system. You have doubtless observed that such people always expect themselves to be included in the gentry-and-nobility class. Our forefathers, with a vision and a valor far in advance of their time, fought and died on purpose to abolish such distinctions, and may they never return! Some undiscerning ones insist that we are as truly "classified" as is any European monarchy; but they do not seem to realize that with us caste and class change with almost every generation. The great name and estate are not handed down by primogeniture from father to son.
"The only 'lower orders,'" said Horace Mann, "are those who do nothing for the good of mankind. The word 'classes' is not a good American word. In a republic there should be but two classes,—the educated and the uneducated; and the one should gradually merge into the other until all are educated."
He summed up the whole matter thus: "The law of caste includes within itself every iniquity, because it lives by the practical denial of human brotherhood."
Teach your children this lesson thoroughly.
Pasteur defined democracy as "that form of government which permits every individual citizen to develop himself to do his best for the common good." We must come to recognize that "common good" means not only the good of our own nation but that of the world. May not Pasteur's definition be used as a basis for the great democratic principle to which we look forward as the security for the peace of the world?
The Athenian's patriotism was for Athens. The Spartan's was for Sparta, the Roman's was far more for the city of Rome than for the empire. Ours should be, first, for our own land, but then for the world. It would be a traitor and a craven who would in a shipwreck save another man's wife before his own, if he could help it. So patriotism, like charity, begins at home. But equally true is what Lowell wrote:
To the humblest and the weakest, 'neath the all-beholding sun,
That wrong is done to us; and they are slaves most base,
Whose love of right is for themselves, and not for all their race."
De Tocqueville, years ago, reproached his own nation with being willing to fight only for its own liberty, while to the Anglo-Saxon the liberty of his neighbor was also dear. Since then, France has developed. To her, also, is the liberty of her neighbor dear. May it ever be so to us!
Perhaps the whole content of this little volume is gathered up in Edwin Markham's splendid lines:
To guard the pillars of the state? We need
The fine audacities of honest deed;
The homely old integrities of soul;
The swift temerities that take the part
Of outcast right—the wisdom of the heart;
Brave hopes that Mammon never can detain,
Nor sully with his gainless clutch for gain.
"We need the Cromwell fire to make us feel
The common burden and the public trust
To be a thing as sacred and august
As the white vigil where the angels kneel.
We need the faith to go a path untrod,
The power to be alone and vote with God."
THE END
GO, GET 'EM!
Maréchal des Logis of Escadrille N. 87
The True Adventures of an American Aviator of
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Yankee Flyer Fighting over General Pershing's
Boys of the Rainbow Division in Lorraine when
they first "Went Over the Top."
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THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF BROMLEY BARNES Author of "The Mystery of the Red Flame," "The
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DAWSON BLACK, RETAIL MERCHANT Assistant Professor of Business Method, The College
of Business Administration, Boston University,
author of "The Business Career of Peter
Flint," "Principles of Salesmanship," etc.
Illustrated by John Goss, cloth, 12mo, $1.50 As Assistant Professor of Business Method in Boston University's famous College of Business Administration, the author's lectures have attracted widespread attention, and the popularity of his stories of business life, which have appeared serially in important trade magazines and newspapers all over the country, has created an insistent demand for their book publication. DAWSON BLACK is the story of a young man's first year in business as a store owner—a hardware store, but the principles illustrated apply equally to any other kind of retail store. In bright, pithy style the author narrates the triumphs and disasters, the joys and sorrows, the problems and their solutions with which a young employer, just commencing his career, is confronted. Relations with employees, means of fighting competition, and trade psychology in advertising are some of the important subjects treated. The hero's domestic career lends the "human interest" touch, so that the book skilfully combines fact with fiction, or "business with pleasure," and is both fascinating and informative. |
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THE MAN WHO WON
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A new "Blossom Shop" story
THE MT. BLOSSOM GIRLS A sequel to "The Blossom Shop," "Anne of the Blossom
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Selections from
The Page Company's
List of Fiction
ELEANOR H. PORTER
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Mr. Leigh Mitchell Hodges, The Optimist, in an editorial for the Philadelphia North American, says: "And when, after Pollyanna has gone away, you get her letter saying she is going to take 'eight steps' tomorrow—well, I don't know just what you may do, but I know of one person who buried his face in his hands and shook with the gladdest sort of sadness and got down on his knees and thanked the Giver of all gladness for Pollyanna."
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When the story of Pollyanna told in The Glad Book was ended, a great cry of regret for the vanishing "Glad Girl" went up all over the country—and other countries, too. Now Pollyanna appears again, just as sweet and joyous-hearted, more grown up and more lovable.
"Take away frowns! Put down the worries! Stop fidgeting and disagreeing and grumbling! Cheer up, everybody! Pollyanna has come back!"—Christian Herald.
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"There is a message of cheer on every page, and the calendar is beautifully illustrated."—Kansas City Star.
MISS BILLY (19th printing)
"There is something altogether fascinating about 'Miss Billy,' some inexplicable feminine characteristic that seems to demand the individual attention of the reader from the moment we open the book until we reluctantly turn the last page."—Boston Transcript.
MISS BILLY'S DECISION (12th printing)
"The story is written in bright, clever style and has plenty of action and humor. Miss Billy is nice to know and so are her friends."—New Haven Times Leader.
MISS BILLY—MARRIED (10th printing)
"Although Pollyanna is the only copyrighted glad girl, Miss Billy is just as glad as the younger figure and radiates just as much gladness. She disseminates joy so naturally that we wonder way all girls are not like her."—Boston Transcript.
SIX STAR RANCH (20th Printing)
Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated by R. Farrington Elwell. $1.50
"'Six Star Ranch' bears all the charm of the author's genius and is about a little girl down in Texas who practices the 'Pollyanna Philosophy' with irresistible success. The book is one of the kindliest things, if not the best, that the author of the Pollyanna books has done. It is a welcome addition to the fast-growing family of Glad Books."—Howard Russell Bangs in the Boston Post.
CROSS CURRENTS
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"To one who enjoys a story of life as it is to-day, with its sorrows as well as its triumphs, this volume is sure to appeal."—Book News Monthly.
THE TURN OF THE TIDE
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"A very beautiful book showing the influence that went to the developing of the life of a dear little girl into a true and good woman."—Herald and Presbyter, Cincinnati, Ohio.
THE FOUR ANNE BOOKS
Each, one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.50
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (43rd printing)
"In 'Anne of Green Gables' you will find the dearest and most moving and delightful child since the immortal Alice."—Mark Twain in a letter to Francis Wilson.
ANNE OF AVONLEA (28th printing)
"A book to lift the spirit and send the pessimist into bankruptcy!"—Meredith Nicholson.
CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA (7th printing)
"A story of decidedly unusual conception and interest."—Baltimore Sun.
ANNE OF THE ISLAND (12th printing)
"It has been well worth while to watch the growing up of Anne, and the privilege of being on intimate terms with her throughout the process has been properly valued."—New York Herald.
THE STORY GIRL (10th printing)
"A book that holds one's interest and keeps a kindly smile upon one's lips and in one's heart."—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
KILMENY OF THE ORCHARD (11th printing)
"A story born in the heart of Arcadia and brimful of the sweet life of the primitive environment."—Boston Herald.
THE GOLDEN ROAD (6th printing)
"It is a simple, tender tale, touched to higher notes, now and then, by delicate hints of romance, tragedy and pathos."—Chicago Record-Herald.
NOVELS BY
THE BLOSSOM SHOP: A Story of the South
Cloth decorative, illustrated by John Goss. $1.50
"Frankly and wholly romance is this book, and lovable—as is a fairy tale properly told. And the book's author has a style that's all her own, that strikes one as praiseworthily original throughout."—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
ANNE OF THE BLOSSOM SHOP: Or, the Growing Up of Anne Carter
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"A charming portrayal of the attractive life of the South, refreshing as a breeze that blows through a pine forest."—Albany Times-Union.
ANNE'S WEDDING
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"The story is most beautifully told. It brings in most charming people, and presents a picture of home life that is most appealing in love and affection. It is a delightful tale, highly refreshing and most entertaining."—Every Evening, Wilmington, Del.
NOVELS BY
THE FIDDLING GIRL
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"A thoroughly enjoyable tale, written in a delightful vein of sympathetic comprehension."—Boston Herald.
THE PROVING OF VIRGINIA
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"A book which contributes so much of freshness, enthusiasm, and healthy life to offset the usual offerings of modern fiction, deserves all the praise which can be showered upon it."—Kindergarten Review.
THE VIOLIN LADY
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"The author's style remains simple and direct, as in her preceding books, and her frank affection for her attractive heroine will be shared by many others."—Boston Transcript.
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