No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.

The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and the doors of the nations which are closed against him must be battered down. Concessions obtained by financiers must be safeguarded by ministers of state, even if the sovereignty of unwilling nations be outraged in the process. Colonies must be obtained or planted, in order that no useful corner of the world may be overlooked or left unused.

A radical is one of whom people say ''He goes too far.'' A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ''doesn't go far enough.'' Then there is the reactionary, ''one who doesn't go at all.'' All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have

The man who disparages music as a luxury and non-essential is doing the nation an injury. Music now, more than ever before, is a national need.

The world must be made safe for democracy.