Racial Experience 



These kings " live forever." Dynasties and 

 empires disappear, but Socrates and Plato, Lu- 

 ther and Huss, Cromwell and Lincoln, rule an 

 ever-widening empire of ever more loyal sub- 

 jects. Society will have leaders. Men may set 

 up whatever form of government they will, they 

 are always searching for a king. 



This is no sign of weakness or credulity. 

 Man's desire for leadership is only another 

 proof of the vast future which he knows is be- 

 fore him, and into which he desires to be led. 

 The wiser a man is, the more he desires to be 

 taught; the nobler he Is, the more whole-souled 

 is the homage which he pays to the noblest. Is 

 it a sign of weakness or Ignorance in students 

 of adult age to flock to some great university 

 to hear the wisdom and catch the inspiration of 

 the master mind? When Jackson fell, Lee ex- 

 claimed, " I have lost my right arm." Was 

 Jackson any the less for being the right arm 

 to deal, as only he could, the crushing blows 

 planned by the great strategist? 



These men and women are the salt which 

 keeps society sweet, and the leaven which raises 

 It. They form a real though unrecognized 

 hierarchy. Some stand in high positions, while 



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