214 Manhood and Statehood 



nation. We are in honor bound each to strive ac 

 cording to his or her strength to bring ever nearer 

 the day when justice and wisdom shall obtain in 

 public life as in private life. We can not retain the 

 full measure of our self-respect if we can not retain 

 pride in our citizenship. For the sake not only of 

 ourselves but of our children and our children's chil 

 dren we must see that this nation stands for strength 

 and honesty both at home and abroad. In our in 

 ternal policy we can not afford to rest satisfied until 

 all that the government can do has been done to se 

 cure fair dealing and equal justice as between man 

 and man. In the great part which hereafter, whether 

 we will or not, we must play in the world at large, 

 let us see to it that we neither do wrong nor shrink 

 from doing right because the right is difficult; that 

 on the one hand we inflict no injury, and that on the 

 other we have a due regard for the honor and the 

 interest of our mighty nation ; and that we keep un 

 sullied the renown of the flag which beyond all 

 others of the present time or of the ages of the past 

 stands for confident faith in the future welfare and 

 greatness of mankind. 



