Morse Memorial High School - Morsonian Yearbook (Brooks, ME)

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T YTKXS 1 wi Cy , N 'I I .va 'J THE BENEIITS OF D LCRACY Freedom, the gre test benefit of democracy, lS an lntangi ble something which we seldom reallze we it or think of being without lt For us freedom, lt is a comlon instltutlon just a common utillty for most Americans A ered a luxurJ LH Germany where there are fr edom is consloered a luxury fhere lt have untll xe lose who are used to as an automoblle is cutomoblle is consid few utOWObll6S so 13 scarce lost Gernans can exl t qulte happllj without the automoblles, be c use lt das never been common enouch 1D German to be consid ered a necessitJ The ame thlng is true of freedom ln Gersan If we were ccprlved of aJtOmObllCS, lt would not take long to violently arouse publlc opinlon The are thlng vould happen if lt were freedom lnstead of 3UtOUObl76S And so to any Amerlcan ri lrecdom s bJ far hls So e sential i lt to us that trere give our lives if nec ssarj to sav we have given mone ln an effort to land The dlctators say that democracy ost valuable possesslon are anJ of us who would it ior our chlld en, and save lt for f r a af Fln is a wean klnd of govern nent full of dlscord and internal hatreds and that, in con tra t, Faso s and Nazism are stror ard efficient governments But Nhat good is a strong governmert if it is agalnst the int rests of 1+S c t zenso If tae stron est man uses hls strength fo arte and crime, be lS ost C6Pt8lDl5 not the best an T ,, . 1 H E TI O R 0 0 N I ,A V Q I s. , . fx N Q A . . Q ex p Q ' 1 ' 9 X 9 f l . H 5 X I x N ' X ' x X A X . s , I 1 ' 4 4' ' . a-rip! - Q .l49 , . 0 'P I' ' 1 - I W 77 A- Y A-411. . 4- ' r ' - rl A . . W 4 V o V . vw . . . . Q4 A . X f , . . A n L . M v . ' a .. 3 . -, A ,. Q A A X if . IA K . G . . . .A Q X .V ' . , nr . fl . . J . 'T O lc Y v. s ' . ' L v . ' ' V' 5 . '-. I A 7 I '1' . L 1 1 - ' 0 s V . U D AL 44 L , f . r . . F x' v . A .. o ' as 4 v ' ' w v ' . .1 A .J A A A. 1 .H Q s s ' . - m v ' e X e ' ' re V W . , F W X . .- V, . .. U 0 . 1 ' , . - . L r . . s 1 . - . . ' . . 1. . A- g . N . 5 ., ... - . L ,e . V, , . . . I' ...' L T' c .. . X21 V 'Vi AAL I J