. Popular science monthly. uly it is sweet to die for ones country. But even in the battles ofpeace the need of this sacrifice is rare. Greater is the need and granderthe opportunity to live for ones country, and wage war against thepowers of ignorance, indifference, disease and degeneracy. And this isthe essence of the newer patriotism, which in no way removes or lessensthe ancient duty of defending the land and honor of ones country, butat once idealizes and transcends that duty. If this be true, it followsthat the man who is awake to his civic responsibility and who appreciatesthe honor of
. Popular science monthly. uly it is sweet to die for ones country. But even in the battles ofpeace the need of this sacrifice is rare. Greater is the need and granderthe opportunity to live for ones country, and wage war against thepowers of ignorance, indifference, disease and degeneracy. And this isthe essence of the newer patriotism, which in no way removes or lessensthe ancient duty of defending the land and honor of ones country, butat once idealizes and transcends that duty. If this be true, it followsthat the man who is awake to his civic responsibility and who appreciatesthe honor of his American heritage will be in hearty sympathy with allagencies engaged in this distinctly modern line of endeavor. He willtake part in, and aid to his utmost ability, those influences making for acleaner and better America, because he realizes that this is not only hisopportunity but his patriotic duty. It appears therefore that the subject of the public health must not vol. Lxxxni.—22. 3J4 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. Landing Stage for Immigrant Barges at Ellis Island. only interest, but must engage the loyal support of every good the name itself means the same to no two people, and there existsan equally diverse opinion respecting the relative importance of the com-ponent elements of the public health, and the causal influences con-trolling it. However, it is unnecessary to bring up disputed points andimpractical discussions when there are issues of the most vital concerninvolved in this question. The public health, or the health of people en masse, in groups orcommunities, is more than an adding together of the conditions ofhealth in which each person in the group finds himself. Just as themob-sense, the group consciousness, or the dominant spirit of the mass,as one chooses to call it, differs from the individual personalities whichcompose it, so the public health differs from the individual health of eachsingle person. The public health is intangible, thou
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