62 Morality and Efficiency 



lives; but each citizen should be appealed to, to 

 take part in bettering our politics, not for the 

 sake of any possible improvement it may bring 

 to his affairs, but on the ground that it is his 

 plain duty to do so, and that this is a duty which 

 it is cowardly and dishonorable in him to shirk. 



To sum up, then, the men who wish to work 

 for decent politics must work practically, and yet 

 must not swerve from their devotion to a high 

 ideal. They must actually do things, and not merely 

 confine themselves to criticising those who do them. 

 They must work disinterestedly, and appeal to the 

 disinterested element in others, although they must 

 also do work which will result in the material bet- 

 terment of the community. They must act as Amer- 

 icans through and through, in spirit and hope and 

 purpose, and, while being disinterested, unselfish, 

 and generous in their dealings with others, they 

 must also show that they possess the essential 

 manly virtues of energy, of resolution, and of in- 

 domitable personal courage. 



