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All authorities agree that true culture is not exclusive but the 

 very opposite. The man or woman who has special opportunity 

 for the training of his powers can neither satisfy the highest possi- 

 bility of attainment through living away from people, nor fill his 

 obligation to society. By giving to others of his knowledge and 

 wisdom, the cultivated man enlarges his own possessions and helps 

 contribute to the happiness and welfare of others. True culture 

 is not aristocratic, but democratic. 



Tine culture is not attained in solitude, but in society. There 

 was a time in the history of learning when the opinion prevailed 

 that he who would be a scholar must live as monks live. This 

 view, no doubt, had its virtues, but the finer qualities of the human 

 heart cannot be touched and cultivated without an intimate contact 

 with people. The cultivated man should keep in the stream of life 

 and be a part of it. If he allows himself to feel that he is set apart 

 from others by his training, he is not truly educated, and often be- 

 comes critical and unsympathetic with the best things in life. 



And finally, the best atmosphere for culture is that of a school, 

 college, university, academy, or church, where many pursue together 

 the ideals of truth, righteousness, and love. These are the flowers 

 and fruit of life, whether they come through college or church. 

 These ideals should be fostered seven days in the week. Each one 

 should think for himself and follow his own religious convictions. 

 The cultivated man will continue to grow in the knowledge of truth, 

 righteousness, and love, that he may gain " that kind of culture 

 which means intelligence, knowledge, and character the culture 

 described by Matthew Arnold, which aims to learn, in short, the will 

 of God, and to make it prevail." 



If we apply each part of this definition to the life of Jesus, we find 

 that in every respect he fulfills it. We also find no other leader who 

 so completely fills it. We find, therefore, the right attitude of the 

 cultivated man toward social problems to be that of the man of 

 Nazareth. Let us then inquire what is the key to the teaching of 

 Jesus, to what extent is this religion social, and how far the best 

 modern practice in the treatment of social questions lies in the 

 direction of the religion of Jesus. He says: " Thou shalt love the 

 Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with all 

 thy mind. This is the first and great commandment, and the sec- 

 ond is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On 

 these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." Thus 

 it is clear that the first duty of man is to find out God by all the 

 avenues open to him. It is only as we come to realize that, back of 

 all the matter and forces of the visible universe, there is an invisible 

 spirit of God, and that we come in touch with him, that we can love 

 him. 



