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"There Is In the People Themselves the Power To Put Forth Great Men"
Thcse Splcndid Thoughts Are By President Calvin Coolidge Prcsidcnt of tbe Uaitcd States
Innocence is not enough in government administration.
There must be added that character and ability that come only from Fappling with the great problems of life, most usually gained by Americans in great businese and administrative activities. There is no force so Democratic as the force of an IDEAL.
The great test of an institution is its ability to perpetuate itself.
No Government can be successful which outlaws any good influence, whcrever its source, whatever its cdling.
Education is undertaken to give a larger comprehGnsion of lifc.
There has never been a great people who did not Possess great learning.
We do not wish to be Greek; we do not wish to be Roman. \f,fe bave a glcat desire to be supremely American.
It is not enough to teach men science; the great thing is to teach ttcm bow to USE science-
People are not created for the benefit of industry, but industry is crcatcd for tle benefit of the people.
The satisfaction of life arises from the art of self-e:pressionProgress has.lain in the cultivation and maintenance of a state of mi-d. It har been in general a strong adherence to ideals.
We do not need more material development, we need more spiritud dcvclopmcat We do not need more intellectual power, we need more mord power. Wc do not aecd more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more govcrnmcog wc ncbd more culture. We do not need more law, we need more religion. \f,lc do oot necd Eqt of the things that are seen, we need more of the things ttat are untccn.
There is in the people themselves ttre power to put foth great men. Thcre ir in the soul of the nation a reserve for responding to the cdl of high idcals, to nobilig o[ action, which has never yet been put forth.
THERE IS NO PROBLEM SO GREAT BUT THAT SOUEWHERE A UAN IS BEING RAISED TO MEET IT.
(From "The Price of Freedom")
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