The 

 Human 

 Harvest 



Like the 



seed is the 



hardest 



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free states. We must not read our history 

 so narrowly as that. It is the blood of free- 

 born men, be they Greek, Roman, Frank, 

 Saxon, Norman, Dane, Celt, Scot, Goth, or 

 Samurai. It is a free stock which creates a 

 free nation. Our republic shall endure so 

 long as the human harvest is good, so long 

 as the movement of history, the progress of 

 science and industry leaves for the future 

 not the worst but the best of each genera- 

 tion. The Republic of Rome lasted so long 

 as there were Romans ; the Republic of 

 America will last so long as its people, in 

 blood and in spirit, remain what we have 

 learned to call Americans. 



By the law of probabilities as developed 

 by Quetelet, there will appear in each gene- 

 ration the same number of potential poets, 

 artists, investigators, patriots, athletes and 

 superior men of each degree. 



But this law involves the theory of con- 

 tinuity of paternity, that in each generation 

 a percentage practically equal of men of su- 

 perior force or superior mentality should 

 survive to take the responsibilities of parent- 

 hood. Otherwise Quetelet's law becomes 



