The Globe-republican., 1901-01-03
SPOKE TO MANY.


-nor Roosevelt addressed the Y
a., at New York City, Sunday
bn, and the same address was de-
1sby proxy before one hundred an-
in different parts of the country,
ress being read hy secretaries.
Ike the following extracts from the
or's address:
{etns TO me that there are several
why yuu are entitled especial
ision from all who are interested
tetterment of our American social
First and foremost your organ
Tn recognizes the vital need of bro
Yea sood, the most vital of all needs
in fhis great continent. The exis-
- z of Young mems young womeA's :
stiau association Is certain proof that
Shf people at least recognize in practi-
1nape the identity of aspiration and
est both in fIlings material and in
~egs higher. which With us be
i Widespread through the masses of the
SEeople. if the national life is to attain
full development. The spirit-of brother
Ess~ 1 recognizes of necessity both the
need of SELF help and also the need of
helping others in the only way Which ul
- etely does great good; tlrat is, helping
Laela to help themselves. Every man of
us reeds such help at some time, and
eacl of us should be glad to stretch out
his hand to/a brother who stumbles. But
while every man needs at times to be
lifD1d mp when he stumbIes, man can
asford to let himself be carried, and it is
eyarfh no mans wbilo TO try thus TO carry
ne one else The man who lies down,
b Will not try to walk, has become a
cumberer of the earth IS surface.
1T ought not to be necessary for me tC
you against mere sentimentality
4 esinst the philanthropy and charity
S.hich are not merely insufficient but
harmful. It is eminently desirable thai
- should none of be hard hearted
AT it is no less desirable that we should
be soft headed. really do not know
ch quality is most productive of evi
mankind in the long run, hardness Of
,"rt or softness of head Naked chaIi
not what permanently want
sre are, of course, certain classes sucf
ssse 3s oung children, widows with large
lilies crippled or very aged people
s5-ven strong men temporarily crushed
stunning mist fortune, on whose behal
may have to make a frank and direc
peal TO charity, and who can be the re
tents of it withot any loss of self-re
set. But taking whole, taking
mass of Americans, do not wan
rity, do not want sentimentality
e merely want to learn how to act bot
iyidraHy and together in such fashio
o enable us to hold in tn
rid, TO do good to others according t
measure of our opportnnitiei
i to receive good from others in way
nich will not entail on our part any los
Il self-respeet.
n protesting against sentimentality 9
hand, however, Governor Roosevelt
.1ke as strongly on the other han
aiust the men who try to solve th
sat problems that confront by q
peal to anger and passion, to ignoranc
j d folly. While the American peopl
mot blink at the evils and cannot hes
e TO a knife. swhere it should b
4$l<sd, still "a pound of construction
,rtll ton of destruction
a. Governor Roosevelt was speaking i
= saug men Engaged in Christian wor
ia yet there through all his az
Sc Eess the thrill and cheer of the bug
{ to- He insisted that the basis of gcC
sizenship in the home; that the
esnst be shirking of duty in the big
I ~ s4tle things; that the man who will n
: & prk hard for his wife and his little one
the woman who shrinks from tl
tiles of mot herhood, has no place in Il
Bnt rank of progressive citizenship. I
asiats that Americans must not not on
5e good but strong, not only high minds
rut brave hearted, aud shat gentlene
rfh@ut strength was impotent for goo