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Thru all the ages past men, civilized men, so-called, have been at each
other's throats in the struggle for existence, and the spirit of
individualism this struggle has begotten, the spirit of hard, sordid,
brutal selfishness, has filled this world with unutterable anguish and
woe.

But at last the end of the reign of anarchistic individualism is in
sight. The social forces at work are undermining and destroying it and
soon its knell will be sounded to the infinite joy of an emancipated
world.

The largest possible expression of the social spirit should be fostered
and encouraged in the Socialist movement and among Socialists
themselves. In spite of the hindrances which beset us in our present
environments and relations, we may yet cultivate this spirit assiduously
to our increasing mutual good and to the good of our great movement.

In our propaganda, in the discussion of our tactical and other
differences and in all our other activities, the larger faith that true
comradeship inspires should prevail between us. We need to be more
patient, more kindly, more tolerant, more sympathetic, helpful and
encouraging to one another, and less suspicious, less envious, and less
contentious, if we are to educate and impress the people by our example,
and by the effect of our teachings upon ourselves win them to our
movement, and realize our dream of universal freedom and social
righteousness.

ROOSEVELT AND HIS REGIME.

Appeal to Reason, April 20, 1907.

The only time in my life I ever saw Theodore Roosevelt was years before
he became president of the United States. I was aboard of a train in the
far west, where Roosevelt was then said to be following ranch life, and
as he and several companions in cowboy costume entered the car at a
station stop, he was pointed out to me. I did not like him. The years
since have not altered that feeling of aversion except to accentuate it.

I have since seen the nation mad with hero worship over this man
Roosevelt, but I have not been impressed by it. Very "great" men
sometimes shrivel into very small ones and finally vanish in oblivion in
the short space of a single generation.

The American people are more idolatrous than any "heathen" nation on
earth. They worship their popular "heroes," while they last, with
passionate frenzy, and with equal madness do they hunt down the sane
"fools" who vainly try to teach them sense. Theodore Roosevelt and
George D