p. 9 | Patriotism Perverted by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 27, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 17.

Patriotism Perverted.

By Editor

Principal J. A. Kingsbury, of the Georgetown, Wash., public school, at a recent county convention, is reported to have assailed the manner of teaching patriotism now in vogue in the public schools of the country. We take the following excerpt from his speech:—

You notice that throughout these teachings runs the military idea, and when a war is on, whether it be an inhuman war of conquest or a war to quell a rebellion, . . . then the watchword of patriotism is: "My country, my country, right or wrong"—that flabby plea that the patriot in time of war must postpone virtue, and, if evil be officially decreed, follow the multitude to do it.