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...elect at the San Francisco session in 1923. In his President's address Dr. Pusey attacked socialization of the medical profession. The ancient responsibility of the profession?treat-ing the sick and injured?rather than reforms by organization, wholesale medical programs and government spoonfeeding, was held up as an ideal. President Coolidge was commended by Dr. Pusey for his "wise statesmanship" in "taking a definite stand against federal support" of a wide range of socialized activities...
...widely popular. Nothing, of course, could be further from the truth. It is the Latin who looks at the realities of life, and who, arguing like Machiavelli and Mussolini, from what man is, decide what government must be. It is the Anglo-Saxon who commences with an abstraction, an ideal conception of what ought to be, and finally shapes his state upon opportunity, according to theory. And as to sentiment, almost everyone knows that the English and Germans are the most sentimental people in the world, while the Italians, in spite of their demonstrate veneess, remain cool-headed and realistic...
...ingredients of every sound human enterprise are the same: a healthy ideal or object; leadership; a competent staff; and money. All the great realities of life--such as the laws of health--are simple. That is not to say that they are easy to carry out. No great thing is easy of accomplishment. There is no such thing as something for nothing--in the long run. Those who are inspired to serve mankind must pay toll in duty and self-sacrifice. Their path is like the course of true love of which Shakespeare said...
Those who undertake to promote throughout the world the spirit of sportsmanship--fair play for all and a sporting chance for the underdog--must be prepared to face the difficulties. But they start with the first ingredient of successful organization--a sound ideal. There can be no dispute about that. We next come to leadership, a very important factor in any case, but of vital consequence in a movement designed to become world-wide. And in this connection I would appeal with all the earnestness at my command to youth to see that it is worthily repre- sented...
Given a sound ideal and leadership the other two ingredients of successful organization--a competent staff and money--will follow as a matter of course. Some people have an idea that money is the all-important thing. It is necessary and must be forthcoming but all kinds of money in barrels is useless without the other three ingredients. And, as I have said, it will materialize automatically in the train of the other ingredients. No sound cause, well led, ever lacked for money...