A distinguished judge. who was on the circuit bench or the United States. resigned his seat to accept the presidency or the chairmanship of this new commission. The average man is selfish and is always looking out for the main chance. What induced a man with a life tenure at $6.000 a year. with the great power and honor attaching to the circuit judgeship. to surrender that office and embark on this doubtful venture of setting up an acceptable government in the Philippines. of organizing a new government in our Asiatic dependencies? It may have been the highest patriotism. There are a few men left who are patriotic. even among Democrats. and a few among Republicans. men who for high public purposes will surrender their own selfaggrandizement and their personal ambition to subserve a great public purpose.
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Generalization about the selfishness of the average man.