FIFTY MILLION STRONG 



already celebrated in arts and arms, some savage and 

 unknown. But this last counsel I give you : Whithersoever 

 your victories lead you, never forget that you are a Greek, and 

 everywhere draw hard and fast the line that separates the 

 Greek from the barbarian/ 



" ' No/ answered the youthful conqueror he was barely 

 two-and-twenty ' I will pursue another policy. I will make 

 all men Hellenes. That shall be the purpose of my victories/ " 



Aristotle, the great philosopher, showed a supreme dis- 

 regard for all peoples except the Greeks. Alexander, the 

 world conqueror, cherished the ideal of raising all peoples to 

 higher levels. 



Cooperation invites to service. In the field of cooperative 

 activities many persons are found who dedicate a large por- 

 tion of their time and all their strength to enterprises not 

 established for profit but for welfare purposes. 'Examples 

 of this sort are stimulating and arouse general emulation. 

 Most people engage just as eagerly in a work that involves 

 sacrifice of time, effort and money as they do in work whose 

 one purpose is material gain. In fact, they do so with greater 

 eagerness in all cases in which conditions are favorable, and 

 the most favorable conditions are found where there are 

 numerous examples of persons unselfishly giving the best there 

 is in them for the benefit of all. A few years ago a certain 

 rural church had a member whose name, because of his con- 

 duct and lack of interest in all matters that pertained to the 

 church, the pastor would have been justified in dropping from 

 the rolls of the church. But the pastor felt there was some- 

 thing in the fellow and believed he would yet make a strong 

 working member of the church. And the belief of the pastor 

 was justified, a complete transformation took place and the 

 erring member became a tower of strength among the little 

 group of workers. What contributed most to his change was 

 the activities of the others with whom he came into constant 

 contact. The psychologic effect of unselfish activity on the 

 minds of the selfish often leads to great results. A good 

 example of cooperation inviting to service is also found in 

 the enlistment of millions of men for the Great War. 



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