. The world's speaker, reciter and entertainer for home, school, church and platform; recitations, readings, plays, drills, tableaux, etc. .. . constructors and conservers oforganized government among the Americanpeople. God did not make the American peoplethe mightiest human force of all time simplyto feed and die. He did not give our race thebrain of organization and heart of domainto no purpose and no end. No; he hasgiven us a task equal to our talents. Hehas appointed for us a destiny equal to ourendowments. He has made us the Lordsof civilization that we may administer civ-ilization. Such
. The world's speaker, reciter and entertainer for home, school, church and platform; recitations, readings, plays, drills, tableaux, etc. .. . constructors and conservers oforganized government among the Americanpeople. God did not make the American peoplethe mightiest human force of all time simplyto feed and die. He did not give our race thebrain of organization and heart of domainto no purpose and no end. No; he hasgiven us a task equal to our talents. Hehas appointed for us a destiny equal to ourendowments. He has made us the Lordsof civilization that we may administer civ-ilization. Such administration is needed inCuba. Such administration is needed inthe Philippines. And Cuba and the Philip-pines are in our hands. All protests against the greater Repub-lic are tolerable except this constitutionalobjection. But they who resist the Repub-lics career in the name of the Constitutionare not to be endured. They are jugglersof words. Their counsel is the wisdom of HHk^ ?K^1 ^^fl ? y £- *** ??r^iflt HHIf i| ? >3I-«t > ?? Mt f^* *-4k*^» IB • • fly/ ?VJ 1 ? I ^^_j DRAMATIC Position. DRAMATIC Position PATRIOTISM AND WAR 117 cerbiage. They deal not with realitiesneither give heed to vital things. Themost magnificent fact in history is themighty movement and mission of our race,and the most splendid phase of that world-redeeming movement is the entrance of theAmerican people as the greatest force in allthe earth to do their part in administeringcivilization among mankind, and they arenot to be halted by a ruck of words calledconstitutional arguments. Pretenders tolegal learning have always denounced allvirile interpretations of the Constitution. Let the Republic govern as conditionsdemand; the Constitution does not benumbits brain nor palsy its hand. Imperialism is not the word for ourvast work. Imperialism, as used by theopposers of the national greatness, meansoppression, and we oppress not. Imperial-ism, as used by the op
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