Download or read book Mobilizing America's Resources for the War, Vol. 73 written by Clyde L. King and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mobilizing America's Resources for the War, Vol. 73: Annals, July, 1918 The point of mv first illustration can now be seen. Devotion to ideals can no longer be taught through the ear, from preaching moral sermons. Devotion to common ideals must come from the common experiences of every day life; of those ordinary things which after all are most fundamental. If these common experiences cannot be had, common ideals will not arise. Even in a democracy we must recognize this and secure the substantial freedom of all individuals to develop themselves. To a wonderful degree America has been a melting pot for the immigrant in part America has failed, because it has neglected to see that the immigrants come in contact with American ideals. We forget that the immigrant does not get his conception of justice or of the persons administering justice from contact with the Supreme Court of the United States, but from the policeman on the beat, the magistrate and the police court. Almost without exception the negroes of this country have been most patrio tic and are today as willing to serve the country and die for it as any of us. In reality what have we given them? Have we been con cerned with teaching the negro to know his place or encouraging him to develop to the extent of his ability? The fact remains then that, in the case of the immigrant and the negro American, we must primarily recognize either that they are part of us and must Share our common life or else admit that we have gone on an oligarchic basis and propose to develop the country without regard to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.