Article March 9, 1907 Issue

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with contributions from William Jennings Bryan

[William Jennings Bryan in The Commoner.]

We cannot much longer delay consideration of the ethics of money-making. That many of the enormous fortunes which have been accumulated during the last quarter of a century are now held by men who have given to society no adequate service in return for the money secured, is now generally recognized. While legislation can and should protect the public from predatory wealth, a more effective remedy will be found in the cultivation of a public opinion which will substitute a higher ideal than the one which tolerates the enjoyment of unearned gains. No man who really knows what brotherly love is, will desire to take advantage of his neighbor, and the conscience when not seared will admonish against injustice. My faith in the future rests upon the belief that Christ's teachings are being more studied to-day than ever before, and that with this larger study will come an application of those teachings to the every-day life of the world. In former times men read that Christ came to bring life and immortality to light and placed and emphasis upon immortality; now they are studying Christ's relation to human life. In former years many thought to prepare themselves for future bliss by a life of seclusion here; now they are learning that they cannot follow in the footsteps of the Master unless they go about doing good.

[The Outlook.]

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