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are ushering in the kingdom. An understand- 

 ing of the unsocial spirit of the world is good, 

 but wholesale denunciation will accomplish lit- 

 tle that is worth while. Patience, tolerance, a 

 willingness to cooperate, and a blending of the 

 practical with the ideal are essentials of useful 

 character. Certainly the broad-minded view 

 will avoid the common error of thinking that 

 justice will be attained simply through the vic- 

 tory of one social class over another. A change 

 of masters is very acceptable to the new mas- 

 ters, but not always so advantageous to the 

 public. The appeal of the future is not to any 

 economic class, but to the men of vision, to 

 the disinterested and idealistic in all classes. 

 Progress may mean the disciplining of some 

 classes, but it will mean primarily the rule of 

 social intelligence and conscience wheresoever 

 uttered. 



J. The Force of Idealism 



Above everything else, the person who wants 

 to contribute to his times will foster idealism. 

 No inheritance is so precious to the world as 

 the vision of righteousness. Beauty in form, 

 color, and sound are allied to it; truth is its 

 weapon; but righteousness itself is the soul of 



