The evolution of democracy . risj^ht without strong coerciveinfluences thrown about him. This ancient con-spiracv between king and priest to hold man insubjection has no warrant in the history of hu-man experience rightly studied, and reasonshouts the contrary from every hilltop that marksmans upward progress through the ages. The one indomitable characteristic of man isto rise. His path is ever toward the higher re-gions of light and truth. If it were not so, hewould have sunk to extinction ages ago and someother form of life would now hold sway overmatter. No. The fledging eagle no more natu
The evolution of democracy . risj^ht without strong coerciveinfluences thrown about him. This ancient con-spiracv between king and priest to hold man insubjection has no warrant in the history of hu-man experience rightly studied, and reasonshouts the contrary from every hilltop that marksmans upward progress through the ages. The one indomitable characteristic of man isto rise. His path is ever toward the higher re-gions of light and truth. If it were not so, hewould have sunk to extinction ages ago and someother form of life would now hold sway overmatter. No. The fledging eagle no more naturallylaunches on bold pinion into the upper blue thanman aspires to noble things. The wonder is thatso few men have failed to respond in some meas-ure, have fallen short of their divine inspiration. Let us use our God-given powers in intelligentcooperation for the common good, teaching ourvouth true values instead of false, and mansascent will be as much more swift and trium-])hant as the long thousands of years heretofore21.
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