The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-01
BRYAHS HIGHEST IDEAL
Noted Nebraskan Says Thought
Win Rule the World.
'ERVID SPEECH SWAPS LONDON.


American Society = London Times
Pays Unusual Compliment by Re-
porting Him Verbatim.
AT the American soeietys Thanksgly-
Ing day dinner at the Hotel Cecil, Lon
Ion, William Jennings Bryan captured
large audience which was at first in
elined to be cold If not hostile, says
special cable to the New York Amer
lean. Before he had spoken a hundred
words even the critical Choate. a mas
ter Of after dinner oratory, was SO
moved by Mr.. Bryan's impassioned elo-
aUence that he applauded enthusiastic
ally, while the Duke Of Marlborough
sat spellbound under Mr.. Bryan's elo-
Z ggence, applauding heartily the speak
ers noble peroration
The London Times pays Mr.. Bryan
the unusual compliment of reporting
dim verbatim.
Mr.. Bryan, after thanking Mr.. Choate
for his many courtesies and paying. a
gallant tribute TO the beauty Of Eng
t lishwomen, whom he said he could not
distinguish srom American girls, said
This society celebrates two occasions
1.-THE Fourth Of July and Thanksgiving
day On the Fourth we celebrate our
Independence; on Thanksgiving day we
acknowledge our dependence. on the
Fourth Of July the eagle seems a little
larger than on any other day, and its
scream m ~ CRATE more harshly on the
foreigner than at any other time, but
today we turn with reverence and ae-
knowledge our gratitude for those
blessings that have come to cur coun-
try without thought of any aid from
human beings.
"On this occasion we may well re-
member that we but build upon foun-
dations that have already been laid for
uss All our natural resources were the
gift Of him to whom we bow in graft
tude tonight. If we show any great de-
yelopment Of industry we must not for
get shat every nation in Europe has
sent us its trained artisans. If we have
Intellectually advanced we must not
forget that those who have crossed the
Atlantic and cast their lot with us
brought their intelligence and asplra-
tons for learning from Europe The
free speech which we prize so highly
is not Of American origin.
Since | have been here have been
profoundly impressed with the part
Englishmen have taken in advancing
the right Of free speech. And before 1
came here an Englishman challenged
my admiration because Of his deter
mination to make his opinion known
when he had an opinion he thought be
ought to give to the world When
visited the Bank OF England, was
grateful that, knowing my sentiments
on the money question and the tariff,
was not driven away. | have admired
the moral courage and manliness Of
those Englishmen who have dared,
against overwhelming odds, to assert
their opinions before the world.
1--WE sometimes feel that we possess
a sort Of proprietary interest in the
principle Of government set forth in
our Declaration of Independence, yet
the principle therein set forth was not
the invention of an American mind.
Thomas Jefferson expressed It In felic-
itous language and put it into perma-
nent form, but the principle had been
felt and thought by men before. The
doctrine that men were created equal
and endowed with unalienable rights
and that governments derived their just
powers from the consent Of the gov
erned was not invented III the United
States Of America 1t did not come
from an American mind; it did not
come SO much from any mind as it was
an enanation Of the human heart 1t
had been in the hearts Of men for ages
before Columbus turned the PROV OF
his vessel westward, before the barons
wrested the Magma Charta from King
John. Before Homer sang that sentl-
ment had nestled in the heart OF man
and nerved him to resist the oppressor.
That sentiment was not even Of human
origin.
"Our own great Lincoln declared 1t in
the toast, God himself, who implanted
in every human heart the love Of lib
erty.' When God created man, when
he gave him life, he linked with life
the love OF liberty. We have received
great blessings from God and from all
the world, and we cannot make ade-
quate return to those from whom we
have received those gifts. 1t is not in
our power to repay the Father above
the debt we owe him nor can we make
return to those who have sacrificed so
much in the past.
eve cannot make return to the gem
erations past; we must endeavor to pay
our debt to the generation living and
that to come. We must discharge our
debt not to the dead, but to the living.
How can we discharge this debt we
owe? In but one way, and that is by
giving the world something equal in
behalf of that we have received from
the world What is the greatest gift
man can bestow upon man? Food
clothing wealth? No; they are eyanes-
cent. we must give him an ideal that
shall be with him always, lifting him
to q higher plane Of life, giving him a
better conception Of his relations 70
his fellow men.
Il know Of no greater service that