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and appetites which he has in common with the inferior 

 creatures. Alth ough a so cial organization cannot exis t 

 w ithout comp etition, yet^it does not necessarily follow 

 that we are to oppose each other with the ferocity and 

 cruel^ of wild beasts. It is the intention of Providence 

 thaFwe should seek io ennoble each other by mutualrivalry, 

 that tliestru^^ should improve our"mbral and intellec- 

 tu aT nat ure. As society advances, for the world moves on- 

 ward, those will be most successful who fight the inevitaSie 

 battles of life bravely and honorably. Even now the ten- 

 dency of the age is to offer increased inducements to a 

 meritorious line of action. What is a mere millionaire 

 after all ? Frail and perishable niortal, whorn men SQ»«t 

 much envy and admire, you_ shall not survive the £rave ! | 

 To-day your name is in every^body's mouth ; to-morrow>J 

 yo^^SilEJjS-fprgotten ! Money never res cued any man '^ 

 n ame from oblivion , unless it was expendedrso as to bene- J 

 fit soci ety. Virtue alone is enduring. The mind is the 

 noblest part of man. What of the mind of the millionaire ? 

 Are these tliFinenwhose spirits converse with us when their 

 bodies have been mouldering in the grave for ages ? Do you 

 rank the millionaire with such men as Newton and Frank-T 

 lin. Clay and Webster, and the venerable Humboldt ? 

 These men are not dead ; they live, and they will continue 

 to live for ages yet to come. Who remembers the miC 

 lionaire ? Does his picture adorn the poor man's home ? 



That which is the most remarkable about a tree, is not 

 only the variety, the perfect harmony, and freedom of its 

 individual parts, but that power of centralization by which 

 all these parts are combined togc^ther into one harmonious 

 whole. That is only a harmonious ordered whole, whose 

 parts are free, and those parts are only free which unfold 

 theirpeculiarities subordinate to a common law, and which 

 in their independent forms equally realize the idea of the 

 whole. In the tree, then, we have presented for contem- 

 plation an illustration, clear and beautiful as the unclouded 

 sun, of a perfectly natural and equitable social system of 

 labor, combining the highest individual freedom with sub- 

 ordination. The tree shows us a system of harmoniously 



