or
the comfortable miserable. This will not add to the pleasures of
the rich, neither will it feed the hungry, not clothe the naked.

The civilized wealthy should endeavor to help the needy, and help
them in a sensible way, not through charity, but through industry;
through giving them opportunities to take care of themselves. I
do not believe in the equality that is to be reached by pulling
the successful down, but I do believe in civilization that tends
to raise the fallen and assists those in need.

Should we all follow Tolstoy's example and live according to his
philosophy the world would go back to barbarism; art would be lost;
that which elevates and refines would be destroyed; the voice of
music would become silent, and man would be satisfied with a rag,
a hut, a crust. We do not want the equality of savages.

No, in civilization there must be differences, because there is a
constant movement forward. The human race cannot advance in line.
There will be pioneers, there will be the great army, and there
will be countless stragglers. It is not necessary for the whole
army to go back to the stragglers, it is better that the army should
march forward toward the pioneers.

It may be that the sale of Tolstoy's works is on the increase in
America, but certainly the principles of Tolstoy are gaining no
foothold here. We are not a nation of non-resistants. We believe
in defending our homes. Nothing can exceed the insanity of non-
resistance. This doctrine leaves virtue naked and clothes vice in
armor; it gives every weapon to the wrong and takes every shield
from the right. I believe that goodness has the right of self-
defence. As a matter of fact, vice should be left naked and virtue
should have all the weapons. The good should not be a flock of
sheep at the mercy of every wolf. So, I do not accept Tolstoy's
theory of equality as a sensible solution of the labor problem.

The hope of this world is that men will become civilized to that
degree that they cannot be happy while they know that thousands of
their fellow-men are miserable.

The time will come when the man who dwells in a palace will not be
happy if Want sits upon the steps at his door. No matter how well
he is clothed himself he will not enjoy his robes if he sees others
in rags, and the time will come when the intellect of this world
will be directed by the heart of this world, and when men of genius
and power will do what they can for t