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【正文】 hich the nation has grown and the sphere of action of the national government has grown. we now administer the affairs of a nation in which the extraordinary growth of population has been outstripped by the growth of wealth in plex interests. the material problems that face us today are not such as they were in washingtonamp。s time, but the underlying facts of human nature are the same now as they were then. under altered external form we war with the same tendencies toward evil that were evident in washingtonamp。s time, and are helped by the same tendencies for good. it is about some of these that i wish to say a word today.
in bunyanamp。s amp。pilgrimamp。s progressamp。 you may recall the description of the man with the muck rake, the man who could look no way but downward, with the muck rake in his hand。quot。39。quot。 and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be performed. but the man who never does anything else, who never thinks or speaks or writes, save of his feats with the muck rake, speedily bees, not a help but one of the most potent forces for evil.
there are in the body politic, economic and social, many and grave evils, and there is urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them. there should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man, whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, business, or social life. i hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform or in a book, magazine, or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful.
the liar is no whit better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. it puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.
an epidemic of indiscriminate assault upon character does no good, but very
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