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ABE'S EPIGRAMS
"Every Man His Own Savior Is a Tonic Doctrine; It Encourages Individuality,
It Is Hostile to Coddling to Officious Interference"—Scribner's
SECOND INSTALMENT.
It is a glorious commentary upon the stability of our form of government that
in the time of world strain, when old ideas are tumbling and unrest shakes the foun-
dations of industry, our republic stands firm, and only the mutterings of ignorance
disturb the people's welfare. For it is only the unthinking man who can not see
that the demand for more, and still more, irrespective of the effect upon the nation's
resources and upon the individual employer, is an arbitrary violation of common
sense. The eager desire to do less and to get more is one of the causes of the pres-
ent inadequacy in production and of inequality of the results of labor.
It is all very well to contemplate cutting down our working hours to a min-
imum—some are even advocating making it four. In the face of such absurd con-
tentions, is it any wonder that production is reduced, and the cost of everything
continues to soar?
Not long since, Vice President Marshall remarked, "One of the old ideas of
the republic was, that the limit of striving for success was the limit of capacity
and endurance. The real evil which we are confronting today is the high cost of
leisure. .
"I only beg the thoughtful consideration of younger men who have the good
of the republic at heart, seriously to consider the problem, as to whether the only
way in which to meet the increasing difficulties of American life is not by addi-
tional striving to produce more, to earn more, to economize more, and to save
more."
If we would all follow the thoughts suggested by the Vice President, there
would be no time and no need for Bolshevism. Business would thrive, the people
would have money to spend and to save, and thrift and prosperity would charac-
terize the times.
The contented man is the useful worker. The way to individual happiness is
along the line of fair pay for fair work. The happiness of the world rests upon the
ambitions of what we do—of joy in our work. The simple and businesslike rule
of winning one's way by earning it discourages bolshevism and makes democracy
safe.
Yes, we are facing a crisis, and unless we meet it with courage, and teach our
young people and younger business men the truth of the situation and what faces
them in the future if they do not rise to the emergency and put self-indulgence
under their feet, and exercise the patriotism of self-sacrifice and effort, we who
are in the front line trenches today, w r ill 'not have done our full duty.
When it was necessary to put over the Liberty Loans, public speakers, busi-
ness men, and private individuals gave freely of time, strength, and labor, and the
Liberty Loans were a success. Equally important at the present time, is the birth
and the nurture of the Great Idea—the idea that patriotism calls for work, and
our country needs our patriotism now as never before.
LESTER G. HERBERT.
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