upon the spot.
Then his servant dug a grave for him and he only needed six feet of
ground then, the same that others needed--and the rest of the land
was of no use to him. Thus far Tolstoy told the story of many a
life--not the life of the very rich only, but the story of every
life in which the love of money is the controlling force and in which
the desire for gain shrivels the soul and leaves the life a failure
at last.

I desire to show you how practical this subject is. If time permitted I
could take up every occupation, every avocation, every profession and
every calling, and show you that no matter which way we turn--no matter
what we do--we are always and everywhere weighing the Soul.

In the brief time that it is proper for me to occupy, I shall apply the
thought to those departments of human activity in which the sale of a
soul affects others largely as well as the individual who makes the
bargain.

Take the occupation in which I am engaged, journalism. It presents a
great field--a growing field; in fact, there are few fields so large.
The journalist is both a news gatherer and a molder of thought. He
informs his readers as to what is going on, and he points out the
relation between cause and effect--interprets current history. Public
opinion is the controlling force in a republic, and the newspaper
gives to the journalist, beyond every one else, the opportunity to
affect public opinion. Others reach the readers of a newspaper
through the courtesy of the owner of the paper, but he has full
access to his own columns, and does not fear the blue pencil. The
journalist occupies the position of a watchman upon a tower. He is
often able to see dangers which are not observed by the general
public, and because he can see these dangers he is in a position of
greater responsibility. Is he discharging the duty which superior
opportunity imposes upon him? I might mention a number of temptations
which come to the journalist, but I shall content myself with a few.
First, there is the temptation to conceal the name of the real owner
of the paper. The proprietor of a paper should be known, but his
identity is not always disclosed. The corporate entity which plays so
large a part in the business world has entered the newspaper field.
The names of the stockholders are not published and we do not always
know what individuality directs the paper's policy. Year by year the
disclosures are bringing to light the fact that the pr