The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1916 Page: 4 of 4
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—Rater Radford
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pm alnc* the mynt in the Garden at Mm tnraed
I HsU loom am earth mankind feu been rated By emotions, j
i ! mod ot aril-—mostly eriL Trace the haftao race from
lhe ‘,re*"Bt fcaMr ®* *»rU wc wiu ttud lhe
frailties ef human ml ere struggling for the mastery.
SSBr anJ greed, properly restrained, the motive power that
r£51 has moved civilisation to Us towering height and uare
etrained has hurled government to destruction and n»w-
J2T' JSSm Miu! to barbarian: Visit the cemeteries of civilisation
fBrijH and we Bud written upon the time stained monument of
| ■ Egypt, pride; Macedonia, ambition; Persia, conceit;
WBH Rome, conquest; Oraaca. envy; and upon the tombs.ons
narks the newly-made grave of the past generation. selfishness. and In
ige we are chiseling ns onr epitaph, organised selfishness,
he peril of this nation today to organised selfishness. The individual
ken swallowed ap la organisation and the unit of government ha* shifted
the clUaen to class and In the transition we have lost many of the
Ms) virtues of the human race
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and developed many of the traits of the
beaaft. Organised selfishness to lending civilization from divinity to the dens
of animals. Classes, clans and sections tear at each other with the ferocity,
of savages and seek to dir mbovrel and disintegrate government that dares
to limit class liberty. Self-restraint Is being driven from society; honesty '
has become a viewpoint and light a predominating factor in right Patriot-
ism never suffered more from commercial paralysis than at the present hour.
There never was a time in the hlr.tory of the human race when creature
comfort was at a higher premium or the Ideals of human success more primi-
tive than at present, for organisations that are swung around selfishness, call
Into action only such emotions as an- felt by animals that roam the forest
Office in Lackey Building
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Residence Phone 161
; into acuon oniy suen emo.ions as arc leu Dy animais turn ruuai uib iutoi
land selflshneE? suppresses the nobler qualities of hnman life. The squirrel
that gathers a bountiful supply of nuts to Its dan Is thrifty bat It makes no
contribution to society; the fox that outwits its neighbor has great ability
t but It has never helped others; the lion whose roar makes the animal king-
; dom tremble has great powers but has never used It to uplift civilisation,
f the cannibal clans have fonght desperate battle* for supremacy but victory
| ended with the flesh pot.
I MaR 1* nn animal and government should encourage and protect him hr
i indulging every emotion that moves the heart of s beast bat when a flash
of divinity lit his soul, God Almighty expected something more of him than
i. animal activity. He ought to try to do' something an animal can’t do. A
voice should call Mm to noldor deeds, la society, place Us fallow man above
| Joo. A. Hardy, M.D.
I Microscopical Work Giv-
1 cn Special Attention.
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ON CITIZENSHIP. j §
a. The Texas Economic League invites the people of j g
jtek Texas Into a dtoeuashm of citizenship, bat before we can ; ft
K| intelligently study so Important a subject we must first ' *
4eo«>+ it. What la clttoenshlpT Who to the best laid $
jjpR.' can iltlsonT Ssaich Ora statute books tor a doauuon ' ,
Qg aUmmNip and —one In n member of the legal | .
pLm pmfnsslnn we Immediately become entangled la n toby- £
WW rtnth at confusing and oftfmeo contradictory laws seekr j.
W hut to promote or restrain most overy form of unman j
activity, mnea of thorn good, soruu of thorn had and oth-
JN era Indifferent. Bat lawn come and go; thu ^»UtuUoo l» *
hmfl permanent. The preamble of our Federal Constitution , ;
|0| states that onr government In organtoed to give Its ritk , >
^Ldhapplnees Read the Declaration of Independencej»nd ths j h
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‘ ALPINE. TEXAS
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Yates, W. J. The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1916, newspaper, March 9, 1916; Alpine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803569/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend).