SCIENCE AND THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA 



tion that is not exclusive or oppressive, but rather inclusive and benefi- 

 cent, founded on the principle of the open door, and dispensing its 

 profits among all who participate in its activities according to the meas- 

 ure of such participation. 



Manifestly, one of the best ways to develop this spirit of cooperation 

 during our present transition period is for the business man and the farmer 

 to get together in spirit and in purpose, to forget old antagonisms, and, 

 as far as possible, to infuse into the present era something of the cre- 

 ative, beneficent spirit of the future. Thus the business man who is on 

 the square and anxious for better things should not only refuse to make 

 common cause with business men who stand for the ethics of the jungle, 

 but should line up actively with like-minded men among all classes of 

 his fellow-citizens in an endeavor to bring about a general realization of 

 the fact that our maximum of national efficiency and prosperity can come 

 only when every citizen, business man as well as farmer or wage-earner, 

 is able to feel that his success will be in proportion not to his craft and 

 Machiavellian ability to outwit and spoil his fellow-men, but rather in 

 proportion to the intelligence, determination, and industry that he puts 

 into productive work. 



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