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citizenship, and it ought to make him feel that he 

 must show that he has profited by it; but it should 

 certainly give him no feeling of superiority until 

 by actual work he has shown that superiority. In 

 other words, the educated man must realize that 

 he is living in a democracy and under democratic 

 conditions, and that he is entitled to no more re- 

 spect and consideration than he can win by actual 

 performance. 



This must be steadily kept in mind not only by 

 educated men themselves, but particularly by the 

 men who give the tone to our great educational 

 institutions. These educational institutions, if they 

 are to do their best work, must strain every effort 

 to keep their life in touch with the life of the na- 

 tion at the present day. This is necessary for the 

 country, but it is very much more necessary for 

 the educated men themselves. It is a misfortune 

 for any land if its people of cultivation take little 

 part in shaping its destiny; but the misfortune is 

 far greater for the people of cultivation. The coun- 

 try has a right to demand the honest and efficient 

 service of every man in it, but especially of every 

 man who has had the advantage of rigid mental 

 and moral training; the country is so much the 

 poorer when any class of honest men fail to do 

 their duty by it; but the loss to the class itself is 

 immeasurable. If our educated men as a whole 

 become incapable of playing their full part in our 

 life, if they cease doing their share of the rough, 

 hard work which must be done, and grow to take 



