“We must learn that wealth is no excuse for idleness or pride,” he went on. “Every one must find his work and do it, or come to grief--that is the conclusion of the whole matter. We have our European Americans--our Mislaid Consciences, our Leatherhead Monarchs, our Smothered Sons, our Shrimpstones, our Wedding Tourists. We must use the slipper with a firm but kindly hand, and remind them that they are of the Hohenzollern breed and request them to fall in line and get the pace and spirit of Democracy. “With all our faults we are, in the main, sound and healthy. Our average man can be relied upon. He is our heart and sinew. We need not boast of him. He is willing to give all rather than see the spirit of man yield an inch of the progress it has made. That is enough to say of him. If any European country can match him, we are glad and he is glad--not envious. “Our average man would enjoy a drink now and then, but in many of our states he has said: 'If the good of humanity demands it, let there be prohibition--anyhow we will give it a trial.' “The trouble with Russia lies in the fact that among its people there are no individuals--no men trained in the use of the intellect and the conscience. Its people are like bricks, all of the same shape, size and color--all two inches wide and six inches long. They have a common denominator of material and a common numerator of ignorance. Between them and their rulers there has been no average man to speak for them, so the people are helpless. They know not what to say or do. They have been Kerenskyed and Trotskyfied and driven about like cattle. “The Germans have an average man, but he has suffered himself to be Williamized. His conscience has been mislaid. [Illustration: 0117] “Since 1860 this average man of ours has given of his blood and substance for the ideals of Democracy and with not the remotest hope of gain. His God is the father of the whole human family--a God of progress whose aim is not the selfish enjoyment of a favored few, but the welfare of all men the world over. His aim is, in short, common sense--a common sense of honor and decency and brotherhood in the great family. “Again we fight for this ideal--driven to it by the hateful conduct of our brothers in Germany.