The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-24

The Making or Man.
No study can be happier or more
fruitful for the young man of today
than the life OF Theodore Roosevelt.
Here we deal not with one of those
mighty men OF old whom the receding
years with their changes of perspective
and the flmy glory of tender memories
have raised to the rank of something
between the heroic mortal and the
demlgod. This rs but an ordinary man.
whom all might copy. He has lived
the sturdy. manly life that Is
open to every American boy. He
has had no adventurous aids. no
christening of happy accident. With
his own hands and heart and
and II Ia only what any ambitious
youth may hope to be. Yet 1t has given
him a phenomenal popularity. a hold
upon the confidence and affection of
the people that only personal unworthl-
ness could loose a greatness to be COW
eted. a need Of success both on
the higher and the lower planes COW
cred by that word which may we'll stir
u generous envy and a noble emula-
ton. His career is a proper textbook
for our Young America
Three words are written large upon
the monument raised today TO the
name and honor Of Theodore Roosevelt
Intelligence, Honesty. Courage. These
are the solvents before which difficul-
ties vanished. the open sesame at
whose sounds the gates of flames treas
ure house opened welcomiugly No
mystery. no miracle. no short cut or
royal road. but just the predominance
of the qualities that have made men
successful and great throughout all
time. Only the dominant forces of
| moral order that pervades the universe
Of human life: the lines in fates copy
book that every immature hand may
trace until they blend with Individual
| character and bend il to their high be-
hest No boy so poor, So unknown. SO
| hapless In his circumstance that he
| may not set these lamps before him
and follow unfalteringly their steady
| and quonehless beams
From the close OF his college days
| Theodore Roosevelt fashioned his life
upon a coherent aud purposcful plan
| He had not merely the strength Of tn
teliect that urged him TO acquire. TO
nn the mind with the stored wisdom OF
| the past and the compre heRsion OF the
present that give firm hold upon Hfe
but that less common grasp which en-
ahled him to plan wisely his own future
and hold fast 10 Il. He meant Go de-
vote his years 10 pnhiic service. How
best 10 at himself for that. shat pre-
paratory schools must be PASSED
through. what aistassecul lAhors ua}or.
gone he cumprehencied As other men
set professional rcpute or the amassiug
q wealth before them SO ne mad, this
hts ideal This Is ksna and degree x
intelligence that marks the kreat spaa
from the little, the leader from the a3l-
lower the master e life frogn its me
ulaL
Above this must be placed his hon
csty. II Is the ans hor % hts life. the
graphing hook that brings It cluse o.
the hearts u the people, u Is the ex-
Plsna tioa % their trust. the secret q
,hets willingness % forgive Il that be
ucedhlL The people demand Intrinsic
| honesty befoTe an else Rsose-
veit IS the Incarnation Of honesty. lie
VIII not lie. he win not SO much as
| cQuivocate His dangerous tranAuass
has of;ea smttsen the politicians with
terror Thex have toretold the wreck
81 a great reputation upon this rock
II Is his Gibraltar. Men know that he
will not palter. viii not yteld a convic-
zion. VIII not betray, viii not tolerate
a soriid motive. Busted about their
own concerns they say. We can trust
this man" In the heart Of the nation
stands a strong tower garrisoued b.
| the guard OF honor. ana ne who Win.