1 82 THE THIRD POWER 



the great or impossible — has said that "nothing 

 great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.'' It is 

 so. Therefore, our duty is, not to pick flaws in the 

 proposed scheme ; not to make up our minds before- 

 hand that it can not win. but to kindle our enthusi- 

 asm to such a point as to make failure absolutely 

 impossible. The cause is worthy; the weapon is at 

 hand and effective ; the only weakness, if there is 

 weakness, is our own doubting spirit. The appeal is 

 for men to fight in the cause and to wield the 

 weapon. With them — and they will be had — the 

 Machine of Cooperation will be built. The Third 

 Power will be a real power; the grand American 

 Society of Equity will be a triumphant success, and 

 agriculture will be lifted to the plane where it right- 

 fully belongs. 



