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Page 1 of 11916 · PDF PAGE 14
…ophets who prophesy smooth things. The critical situation of the world at present lies not in Europe. Europes fate is known. It lies in America and China. The attention of every man of even the smallest degree of foresight should be concentrated on this fact. It is emphasized clearly enough in these letters. And the great merit of Mr. Stuarts vision is that he saw these things in their entirety long before any other man had even begun to think about them. Another difficulty which arises in connection with prophets is that, although they may s…
1916 · PDF PAGE 5
…instinctive, to the conclusion. And if there be a contradiction, he perceives it instantly. A brain of this kind is peculiarly useful in America, where the people are the slaves of false logic. In transplanting themselves from their native soil, they have left behind them their greatest possession: inherited race knowledge. I have never yet met a stupid American. But Mr. Stuart is almost the only one whom I have met who was not silly. No people are
1916 · PDF PAGE 15
…ompelled to do the work of both, with the result that before his twenty-first birthday he had become freight traffic manager for Central Americas most important railroad. He has also been in charge of various consular and diplomatic offices from time to time. He was land commissioner of the Panama Railroad; and has also been in the real estate and mining businesses, and factor of an important shipping company. He brought the Salvadore Railway Company out of bankruptcy, and reorganized the Port of Champerico. He has also been general counselor …
1916 · PDF PAGE 3
…rouse the deepest instincts of the people, and cause them to appeal to the only types of men who can save themthe Prophet and the Poet. America has no Poet, and may be counted exceedingly fortunate