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but now Invention has made war too costly a pastime even 

 for nations to indulge in. Again, in the past social arrogance 

 has, by the aid of ignorance, made a class distinction between 

 rich and poor possible, and so has been able to govern by 

 keeping the masses in ignorance and thus to control crime. 

 But in the future what is erroneously called education, but 

 should be termed culture or instruction, must give place to 

 greater inculcation of energy and increased freedom of thought 

 and action and the destruction of sects and- privileges that 

 tend to make crime so powerful and folly so arrogant that it 

 will become impossible to enforce the laws, or curtail the 

 abuse of liberty that makes the individual unruly and so leads 

 up to civil wars of unprecedented magnitude which will necessi- 

 tate a form of government by military police till the mass of 

 the people learn the value of social distinctions. 



They must learn that money is not wealth, but is time 

 well spent ; that riches do not make happiness, but that a life 

 spent to add to the comfort of others does ; that it is better to 

 do good than to be good ; that you must show respect to 

 authority in all its forms, and reverence to those above you if 

 you would have them respect your rights and liberties ; that the 

 restriction of liberty alone permits freedom ; that we must 

 first consider the freedom and just claims of others if we would 

 have them contribute to our happiness and consider our claims 

 to equal freedom, because we do not and never will extend 

 assistance to others if they do not deserve our gratitude first ; 

 that success is the reward of time and skill well used ; that 

 wealth is the reward of success, not success the result of 

 wealth ; that success is the outcome of habits of industry, per- 

 severance and economy, and that wisdom is the child of judg- 

 ment and self-control, not of knowledge or science. The two 

 latter are the parents of invention and skill, their only two 

 children who die in their infancy if not fed on the milk of 

 continuous energy and perseverance. Further, that it is better 

 to be ignorant and useful than clever and useless ; that know- 

 ledge we cannot utilize only tends to create discontent and in- 

 crease vice ; that riches are the just reward of management and 

 success, and that poverty is the correct cure for indolence, and 

 that humiliation is the best preventative against failure. 



For we must eradicate pride and conceit ere we can 

 gain wisdom, and crime will not be removed, only deterred 



