“Having in mind things true, things elevated, things just, things pure, things amiable, things of good report—having these in mind, studying and loving these, is what saves States,” wrote Matthew Arnold thirty years ago. In the elaboration of a programme for the future of America that shall not ignore what is here connoted there is presented to the Middle West abundant material for new enthusiasms and endeavors, commensurate with its opportunities and obligations not merely as the Valley of Democracy but as the Valley of Decision.
The End.
FOOTNOTES:
[A] The matter has been disposed of by the adoption of a prohibition amendment to the Federal Constitution.
[B] Kenneth Victor Elliott, of Sheridan, Indiana. He died in battle, giving his youth and his high hope of life for the America he loved with a passionate devotion.
[C] Now the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
[D] Mr. Thompson was re-elected April 1, 1919, by a plurality of 17,600.
[E] Colonel Roosevelt died January 6, 1919.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.