The indispensable condition for such a realization is autonomous nationality; not nationhood, necessarily, but autonomy. This, more than civil rights among other nationalities, is our stake in this great war. In the last analysis, the Hebraic culture and ideals which our Menorah Societies study, can be _advanced_, can be a _living_ force in civilization, only as a national force. Our duty to America, inspired by the Hebraic tradition,--our service to the world, in whatever occupation,--both these are conditioned, in so far as we are Jews, upon the conservation of Jewish nationality. That is the potent reality in each of us, our selfhood, and service is the giving of the living self. Let us so serve mankind; as Jews, aware of our great heritage, through it and in it strong to live and labor for mankind's good. [Illustration: Signature: H. M. Kallen] _I think I see in your Society a recognition of the real spirit of our country's motto_, e pluribus unum. _That does not mean a sinking of the differences between us all into absolute uniformity, but rather the harmony that can result from the recognition of these differences and developing our own individualities so that we shall have variety in unity.--From an Address before the Yale Menorah Society by Professor Benjamin W. Bacon of Yale University._ FOOTNOTES: [C] For a fuller treatment of this point compare in the New York _Nation_ for February 18 and 25, 1915, the author's articles on "Democracy Versus the Melting Pot." [D] Cardiff Speech, 2d October, 1914. [E] Dublin Speech, 25th September, 1914. [F] Cf. Isaiah, II, 2-4; XIX, 23-25; XI, 6-9; LXV, 17-25, etc. Yankee and Jew _An After-Dinner Address_ BY G. STANLEY HALL _President of Clark University_ [Illustration: _G. STANLEY HALL (born in Ashfield, Mass., in 1846), President of Clark University, is a leading authority on education and psychology, and author of a number of important books, notably "Adolescence" (2 vols. 1904). The present address, delivered at a recent dinner of the Clark Menorah Society, has been revised by Dr. Hall for publication in The Menorah Journal._] I feel an unwonted embarrassment in speaking to you to-night, first because the light After-Dinner View of Life, which is my theme on your program, is far from being serious enough, and I must totally abandon my plan and speak entirely extemporaneously, although upon a subject in which I have an old and strong interest.