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Show Wendell Phillips. such ~ principle, to the pos. iuility of it. cxi~t ing with a particular .'CCL, with a church, with a party, with a con~tit ulion, with n. Jaw. lie had not yet raised him::>elf to the lev ·1 of daring to trust justice, which is the preliminary con -i.ucration to tru.~ting the people; for whether native tlepr~wity be trnc or not, i.t is a truth, attc ted by all history, that the rncc gr~\\'itates toward::) ju tier, nnd that rnakin p; f~tir allowance for diffe retwes of opinion, tlH·re j;; an iuhcrcnt, essential tenc1cney to the great Engli:;h princi ple of filir play at the bot tom or our n~turcs. (Louu applause.) The Emperor Ni ·bolas, it is said, ordered his engin~e rs to by down for him a railway from St. Pder .. uu.rg lo JHoscow, and pre. ently the engineers brought him a large piece of can1-pnper, on whid1 was laid down, like a snake, the designed path for the jron locomoti\'e between the two cnpitnls. "\Vhat's that?" aiu Nichola . . "That';:; the be t rouu," was the r eply. '· 'Vhat clo you make it crooked for?" "'Vhy, we turn tl1i way to tonch this great city, and to the left to r cnch that immen.'e ma~. of peopk, nnu to the right again to suit the busine ::i of' that di::;trict." "Yes." The cmp ' ror turneu the card ov •r, mallc a new dot for :Moscow, and another for St. P e tcrsuurf!, took a ruler, made a straighL line, and said, " Builu me that roau." (Laughter.) "But what will become of tlti :; depot of tracle ?- of that town? " ''I uon't know; they must look out for themselves." (Cheers.) And omnipotent democracy sny , of Slavery, or of a church, " Tltia i. justice, and that i iniquity; the tra <.:k of God's thunderbolt is a traight line frorr1 one to the other, anJ the ClturTh or State that ('annoL . tand it mtL t get out of the way. (Cheers.) ·Now our object for twenty years ha .. bt•en to educate the mass of the American people up to that level of moral life, ·which . hall r ecognize that free . peech carri<•d to. this extent is Goll's normal school, educat ing 1 he American miml, throwing upon it tlw grave respon::; il.Jility of <leeiding a great question, anu by means of tliat rcspon:;ibility, lilting Wendell Phi1lips. 47 it.b t.o . a higher level of intcll ec t ua1 and moral l" f R Sl thty ·d u cat e~, and [)Olitic~ J• • ~. u t tl ' I e. r . pon- . · :-; u a no Itr na ~ , , way o{ teaehin cr the mn ~sc, tl . < me OJ' vod's 0 ( .::; c li e;.;, under the r , ·~. · . great present iut<.'re t T l e pons iud Jty of 1 · · o c<. ucate man i~ G U.'~ 1 . Cl1( and purpose in all . . ,. , ;"') o ::s u t11natc el ea liOn. lru t tl ' 1 . g ravest <J uestions and . tl I . lC pcop c With the ' ' lll 1e oncr run , d wltile, in the proce -s o ) ou e ucate the race. . ::; ' you secure not perfect L t I L ' Slule, insti tutions No 1 1 . ' u t lC est pos- ] .1 · · w sc 10 ar ·Iuj) t·wd, . 1 w )'Our Brool·lyr1 } f:T l ( ::; on one Sldt', and ... :Atg e 'tys " Tl . . ' poor man, he thinks o r' ('L:' 1 liS IS rnadn<'~ ! " ' Vvll, · (tu cr ll<'l') TJ . of the whole matter is tl . t I d o .' le very ddTiC'ulty . , la 1e OC ' thuJ!· , 1 · ehool that we OJ1en is fo. 1 . II' " . .. o, an< till. normal f 1 ll m. l s e '1 t I , tl 1 o the 1owe.'t bench (L l ~ ' on le owc:t entl . aurr lt<'r and I ) r cprcsent:3 that very ehro ~ 1" ' app ausc. But he only I n1 e < 1 st ru~t whicl 1 c a '. ' s pccinlly the f . d l 1 perva< e:-; all tit at S ImJ ' e< ucate(l mind of ti T tates. Anachar ·is went. t I tc e Northern lll o t lC forum •tt Atl a case arcrucd b tl . . ' lens, and l1card o y IC g t eat mmds of tit ' 1 vote. liP w·tll·eu o t . I c < ay, and :-;aw the ' ( " u mto t 1e tre c t~ 1 him, " 'Vhat think vou of A I . ., .ant omeoody :-;a i<l Lo . l I J t len lan liberty? " " I . sail te, " wi se men ,,u .f rue cn u c I f · tlJJnk' " Just what the timid I~1 .. ( ~ , am ools dccitle them." • C lO cl• two tltOLIS'111} the • treets of Athen" tll"t l . I . c t year ' ago said in f ' (~ w 11 c 1 C'l.ll ' . t . '1 f I o the U nited tate . ( 1 se t 1e sc!toiHr~ltip 1 . • ' ays to-day of J)Op 1· . . . ets WISe men •trcrue q -t· u .u ag ita tiOn, that it I • o ne:s IOns and fool . 1 . 1 t lai unruly Athens wi .['' ::; < CCH e them. But · . . ' ' lere IOolt:~ decided ti . . liOn~ of poiJty Uild r'crJ t d le gw~ est qucs-b . ' Io l ' an \\'l'OJlcr wJ ' . . c Just, and where propert 1 .• t' lCte It was not .... ale to the thrift and industry of l y,]~v uc l. yon had garnered up Ly 1- 1 O-( .1y mwht be f uy t te pn-judice ~ of tl ' n wrung rom you t. le mob to-morrow . t1 proual>Iy secured th ' wt very Athens e greate ' t lwmnr 1 . ness of its era inve t , I ' l wppmes and noble-r . ' n et art, and ~o und c l ~ o philosophy . God 1 1 . • < or us the depths fl ' en~, to lt the nob! t . a~hes to-day the to . 1 I . es mteJlects, and it tltc oltl worl'l I .,' cl~ t wt g dds yet tllC monntain J><."ll·s of' · ' ; W lJ C ~ctrvv {>t , tl te Il llnkcr co . . , "· qtnty, where nobody darcu t . . . nservaLlvt: of anti-o dliier irom the prie::; t, or to be • • |