. The National Civic Federation review . hodoes not believe that his first duty here on earthis to do something for the general good. (Applause.)It -matters not what be the precise nature of thework: the important thing is that it be work con-ducive to the welfare of his fellow-men. It is amaxim of highest philosophy, as well as of highestreligion, proclaimed by the great St. Paul, If aman does not work, neither shall he eat; and thisformed the truest social philosophy, in theory as-suredly, if it were not always carried out into prac-tice, of the old and the mediaeval times when it waslaid do
. The National Civic Federation review . hodoes not believe that his first duty here on earthis to do something for the general good. (Applause.)It -matters not what be the precise nature of thework: the important thing is that it be work con-ducive to the welfare of his fellow-men. It is amaxim of highest philosophy, as well as of highestreligion, proclaimed by the great St. Paul, If aman does not work, neither shall he eat; and thisformed the truest social philosophy, in theory as-suredly, if it were not always carried out into prac-tice, of the old and the mediaeval times when it waslaid down as a vital principle that a man who ownedthe property and who lived from his property ownedit only in order that he would have greater leisureto serve his fellow-men. We should be all it be the work that cleans our streets, let itbe the work of him who makes use of his pen forthe general information of mankind, let it be thework of him who is seated in the Presidents chair,or who leads the armies of his country in its de-. FRANCIS L. ROBBINS,President Pittsburgh Coal Company. fense. Work because it is work, and because it isserving the general good, is honorable. II seems to me that this gathering is an indica-tion, Americans and Iellow-workers, that those prob-lems which at times seem to affright people aresurely on the road to solution. The two thingsDeeded most for the solution of those problems arehere made manifest, intelligence and sympathy forone another. Tin; problems that come before us inHie name of capital and labor aro the result of ahundred social complications. It is only by serious thought that we can reach the root of the diffi-culties. It is only by large-mindedness that we cansee the trend of difficult problems. Those problemsare to be solved mainly through principles, and ittakes mind, it takes thought, to study out and in-vestigate those principles. To-night we have with us the representatives ofthought in America. I salute with very great ple
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