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...means of this fund the Museum has also published Mrs. Nuttall's work on "The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilization." The work is based upon long study of the religious, sociological and calendric systems of the ancient Mexicans, and shows undeniable identities between the civilizations of both hemispheres. It also contains valuable material for a comparative study of religious symbolism...
Again, this nation must conquer other nations, not by arms, but by example. We must so live that all eyes shall be turned toward the republic, and that the world may be so impre sed with the justice of our form of government that it will recognize it as the best government on all the earth...
...want this nation to be a conquering nation in the true sense. I want its light of liberty to shine around the world. I want its flag to be loved; and all people to bow down and turn their faces toward it, and thank God that there is one flag which stands for human rights and the doctrine of self government...
...fact the fundamental belief which gives rise to asceticism is the belief that life is a tragedy and that we are in this world, not to avoid its hardships, but to face them bravely, even to encounter them voluntarily. In modern times the only expression of this feeling is in the military asceticism. This spirit surely should have another outlet; and much instruction may be gained on this point from the lives of the old ascetics...
Yesterday evening Dr. Lyman Abbott lectured in Brooks House on the Principles of "True Democracy." He treated democracy as a spirit and not as a form of government. The essence of that spirit, he showed, is that the world and life are divinely intended for the whole human race and not for a favored few. This involves the principle that government shall be for the benefit of the governed. This fact is illustrated by the negro problem in the south and the colonial question in the Phillippines...