26 THE FARMER AND THE NEW DAY 



But the spirit of the New Day also demands that to 

 insist upon rights alone is not enough. We all agree 

 that to grant our own rights is the duty of other people, 

 but we must appreciate the fact that the others have 

 rights which it may be our duty to grant. It has been 

 said by a wise American economist, Thomas N. Carver, 

 that " my rights are your duties, and my duties are 

 your rights." These two must then be married; they 

 belong together by divine fiat. The spirit of the New 

 Day, calmer than the spirit of battling men, insists that 

 duty and right cannot be divided. They act and react 

 upon each other. The fight for rights has an incom- 

 plete justification unless it is accompanied by a recog- 

 nition of obligations. Not only so, but the spirit of 

 the New Day urges that ultimately the victory for 

 rights is fully won only by those who fulfill their duty. 

 This is merely a modern interpretation of the old 

 truth that " he who would save his life must lose it "; 

 " he that would be first among you, let him be your 

 servant." The magic word " service " is the key- 

 stone in the arch of the new social structure. If each 

 man, each class of workers, each country could con- 

 tribute to the common good its full measure of service, 

 the rights of them all would be safe. 



The spirit of the New Day then seems to call for ( i ) 

 a far better chance for the common man; (2) the in- 

 telligent planning of human progress; (3) a recon- 

 ciliation between organized effectiveness in human work 

 and life that also leaves individuals and classes truly 

 free; (4) an insistence upon service to fellow men as 

 the great motive in life, believing that thus social jus- 

 tice can best prevail 



