Carry on! Carry on!
Things never were looming so black.
But show that you haven't a cowardly streak,
And though you're unlucky you never are weak.
Carry on! Carry on!
Brace up for another attack.
It's looking like hell, but
Carry on, old man! Carry on!
There are some who drift out in the deserts of doubt,
And some who in brutishness wallow;
There are others, I know, who in piety go
Because of a Heaven to follow.
But to labor with zest, and to give of your best,
For the sweetness and joy of the giving;
To help folks along with a hand and a song;
Why, there's the real sunshine of living.
Carry on! Carry on!
Fight the good fight and true;
Believe in your mission, greet life with a cheer; There's big work to do, and that's why you are here. Carry on! Carry on!
Let the world be the better for you;
And at last when you die, let this be your cry:
Carry on, my soul! Carry on!
Alien. See Immigrant citizen
America, as a vindication of de-
mocracy, 227, 314-315, 320-323;
inheritance of, 229-230
America first, 222-223, 228-229,
230-235
American citizenship. See Citi-
zenship
American Federation of Labor.
See Labor, American Federation
of
American independence, at stake in
present war, 251-255, 256-257
Americanism, 257; Theodore
Roosevelt on, 91-93; its distinc-
tiveness, 93-94, 97-100; pecu-
liarities of liberty, 100-101; char-
acteristics of, 209-217; responsi-
bilities of, 314–315
Americans, origin of, 7-10; making
of, 200-201; of foreign birth,
202-205, 225-226. See Immi-
grant
America's purpose in the world war.
See World war, America in
Anglo-Saxon civilization, 7
Aristocracy. See Privilege
Austro-Hungary, 272, 279-290,
296-297, 307
Autocracy, 239–240, 254–255, 247-
249, 270. See Germany
Belgium, sacrifice of, in present war,
247-249, 253, 263
Bible, influence of, on American
history, 12-14, 19
Boone, Daniel, 21
Boxer indemnity, 215
Bravery, personal, a trait of the
American Spirit, 1, 6-7, 82-83,
160-161
Breadth of view, a characteristic of
the American Spirit, 26, 28-31
Brotherhood of man, a fundamental
belief, 22, 123–124, 140, 161-165,
199-200, 203-204, 284-286
Bulgaria, 301
Cavaliers, 8-10, 233
Citizenship, 91-93, 105-107; price
of, 207-210, 217-219, 230-233
Class distinctions. See Privilege,
special
Colonization policy, 250-251
Columbus, Christopher, 1-3
Commerical greed not an American
trait, 86-88, 158, 221-222
Common man, belief in, a trait of
the American Spirit, 20-22, 26-
27, 45-49, 65-66, 72-77, 91-93,
102-103, 119-120, 123–124, 129-
131, 132-133, 214-215
Cooper, James Fenimore, 21
Courage. See Bravery, personal
Crisis, the present, 239-240, 241–
244, 245-304
Declaration of Independence, 9,
97, 98
Democracy, foundations of country
laid in, 20-22, 25, 28, 43-45, 48-
49, 56-57, 91-93, 95-96, 142; the
goal of history, 93-94; and labor,
108-110, 125; world, 108-110,
320-323; characteristics of, 116-
122; and life, 123-137; educa-
tional influence of, 206-209;
America a vindication of, 227;
the world safe for, 255, 258, 261-
274, 279-283, 289-292, 294-296,
313-317, 320-323; and efficiency,
see Efficiency
Diplomacy, Old World vs. New
World, 215
Duty, sense of, essential to Ameri-
can Spirit, 102-103, 104, 105-
107, 242-244, 314-315
Foreign relations of our govern-
ment, 41-43, 74-76
Freedom, 2-3, 67, 70-72, 77, 102-
103, 229-230, 236-237, 243-244,
321
Frontier, influence of, on American
Spirit, 25-28, 112-115
Future, faith in, 2-3, 242-243
228-229, 272-274; early expe
rience of, 209-210, 223-228;
naturalization of, 217-219
Imperialism, foreign to American
ideals, 85-86, 89-90
Individuality, a trait of American
Spirit, 2-3, 9-10, 33, 53, 114
Industrial efficiency, essential to
America, 107-110, 111
Internationalism, 211-214, 217
International law, violation of, by
Germany, 246-247, 262-265
Generosity toward enemies a trait
of the American Spirit, 59-60,
62-63, 80-81, 83-84
German-Americans, 222-223, 228
Germany, and the present war, Jefferson, Thomas, 8
295, 316-317; belief in, 11-14
Labor, American Federation of,
108-110, 258
239-240, 245-255, 256-257, 262-Justice, 204, 257, 274-275, 294-
274, 286-292; barbarity of, 247-
249, 262, 298; long preparedness
for war, 249, 288-292; milita-
rism in control of, 250, 277-278;
menace of, 258, 276-279; present
Germany not the old, 259-261;
the people of, 268, 277, 289–290,
295-297; tyranny of, 280-283;
progress of, before the war, 287-
292
"God's Country," 221
Government, faith in our, 37-38,
73-74, 100-101, 310-311
Grant, Ulysses S., 78-79
Hamilton, Alexander, 98
Hardships of life and its influence
on the national character, 6-7,
7-9, 16-18, 18-20, 28, 31, 56-57,
58-60
Heroism, moral, 78, 79-80
Home, the American, 129–131
Honor, national, 68-69
Humanity. See Brotherhood of
Humility, national, 166
Humor, a trait of American Spirit,
45-51
Hyphenated citizens, 219–222. See
Immigrant citizens
Idealism, a characteristic of Ameri-
can Spirit, 1-2, 3-5, 11-14, 22,
23, 24, 26, 44-45, 59, 62-63, 216–
217
Idleness and idle class. See Work
Immigrant citizens, contributions
of, to America, 199-200, 230-233,
235-236; citizens by free choice,
202-205, 228-229, 230-232; loy-
alty of, 209-217, 220, 222-223,
Labor and capital, influence of
frontier on, 25; just relations
essential, 108-110; and democ-
racy, 108-110, 125, 258, 314-317
Liberty, 70-72, 77, 181-183, 214-
215, 224; belief in, a character-
istic of the American Spirit, 3-4,
18-21, 28, 100-101, 104, 105, 141,
155, 255, 258; limits of, 104-105,
141-142
Lincoln, Abraham, 256; charac-
teristics of, 43-45, 51-56, 58-61;
humor of, 45-50; sympathy of,
50-51; a typical American, 51-
54; a national idol, 226
Living, standards of. See Stand-
ards of living
Magnanimity, a trait of the Ameri-
can Spirit, 57-60, 62-63, 80-81,
83-84
Mayflower, the, 14, 16, 19, 243
Memorial Day, 186
Mercy. See Generosity and Mag-
nanimity
Militarism, 210, 250, 268-269, 276-
283, 284-286, 289-292, 293-294
Monarchy and democracy com-
pared, 110-112
Monroe Doctrine, 74-76, 245, 251-
252
Moral character of people, basis of
democracy, 99-100, 111, 154-
157, 232-233
Moral courage, 160-161
Moral ideals. See Ideals
Nations, unity of, 108, 161-165; | Popular government, essential to
Native land, 145-153, 219-222,
225-226
Naturalization, 200-201, 202-205,
209-211
Nature, bounties of, given to
America, 3-5
New England, 9-10, 18-22; con-
tributions of, to civilization, 18-
New World, 2-3, 211, 228
North and South, 7
Officials, public, duties of, 105-107,
190-192
Old World, 200-213, 235-236, 242,
317
Opportunity, America the land of,
3-4, 27; a characteristic of
American life, 108-110
Oppression, opposition to, 12-14
Optimism of Americans, 110
Panama Canal, 251
Pan-America, 89-90
Pan-Germanism, 289–290
Partisanship, dangers of, 37-39
Patriotism, 139-166; necessary for
democracy of our government,
37-40; what it is, 68-69; faith
in our government, 73-74; duty
of, 140-143; value of, 140-143;
glory of, 143-144; love of coun-
try, 145; moral quality of, 154-
157, 161-165; the higher, 161-
165
Peace, belief in, a trait of the Ameri-
can Spirit, 78, 80-81; terms of,
294-296, 298-302, 305-310, 322-
323; return of, 302-304; basis
of a world, 305-310
Persistence, an American trait, 133-
137, 323-324
Philippine Islands, 85-86
Pilgrims, landing of, 14-15, 16;
early traits of, 17-18; character
of, 22
Pioneer life, trials of, 16-18, 28-31,
43-44
Pioneer spirit, 1-31; of discovery,
1-5; of colonization, 6, 16-22; of
the frontier, 25-31
Plains, influence of, on American
Spirit, 25-30, 44, 114-115
Poland, 300-308
Practical judgment, a trait of Amer-
ican Spirit, 12-14, 47, 65
Present crisis. See Crisis
Privilege, special, foreign to the
American Spirit, 91-93, 128-129,
210-211
Providence, belief in, 12-13
Prussia. See Germany
Prussianism, 247-249, 258, 259, 270
Public affairs, interest in, 92
Public opinion, 90
Public servants. See Officials,
public
Puritanism, 9-10, 11-14
Radical political thought and de-
mocracy, 117-119
Red Cross, 79-80
Religious faith, a characteristic of
the American Spirit, 1-2, 3-5, 6,
11-14, 22, 23, 24, 120, 130, 132-
133, 166, 274-275
Religious freedom, 15, 155
Revolution, American, 9; and de-
mocracy, 117-120, 211, 269
Russia, Democratic revolution in,
269-270, 282-283, 299, 306
Sectionalism, dangers of, 38-41
Self-government, 9; the safeguard
of liberty, 206-209
Sincerity, a phase of the American
Spirit, 44, 45
Socialism, 120-122.
South, contribution of the, 6-7;
and North, see North and South
Spanish America, Pan-American
policy, 80-81; Monroe Doctrine,
85-86
Spanish-American War, 79-80, 81,
82, 133-137, 212
Standards of living, high, essential
to America, 109-110
Submarine warfare, 262-263
Vienna, Congress of, 298
Virginians, 3-5, 8-10, 21-22, 112
Voluntary citizenship, 202-205
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