The Van Buren press., 1903-12-05
Bryan's Eioauence Captures English

From the Chicago American.
London, Nov. 27--Wm. J. Bryan
achieved an oratorical triumph ut the
American Society's Thanksgiving day
dinner at the Cecil last night. He
captur2d large audience which was at
first iuclined to be cold, if not hostile
The Duke of Marlborough applauded
the speaker 5 peroration.
Ambassador Choate s speech was, rs
usual, witty, but he interrupted 1t TO
observe, II must stop in order to give
you the opportunity to listen to the man
l know you are all crazy to hear " In
introducing Mr. Bryan, Mr.. Choate paid
him an unusual personal compliment,
saying:
II need scarcely introduce by name
this famous orator, who has twice been
| n candidate of great party to which
| perhaps We do not all belong, but he IL
an honest man. whose purity of charac-
ter and uubOunded cheerfulness Of te m
adversarits of pcrsot al hostility. -
Mr. Bryan, after thanking Mr.. Choate
and paying a gallant tribute to the
beau of English women, whom he
said he could not distinguish from
American girls, said:
This society celebrates two occa.
sions-the Fourth of July we celebrate
our independence on Thanksgiving
day we acknowledge our Independence,
On the Fourth of July, the eagle seems
a little larger than on any other day,
and its scream may CRATE more loudly
on the foreigner than ut any other time +;
but today we turn with reverence and
and acknowledge our gratitude for those
| blessings that have come to our conn
try, without thought of any aid from
human beings
How can we discharge the debt we
| owe2 In bnt one way and that is by
giving the world something eqnal IN
| behalf of that we have received from
the world. What is the greatest gift
man can bestow upon manH Food2
e9cent We must give him an ideal that
shall live always lifting him to higher
plane of life, giving him better con :
ceptiOn OF his relations to his fellow
men.
Il know Of no greater service that
my country can furnish the world than
10 give 1t the highest ideal the world has
known, and that ideal must be 30 far
above us that it will keep us looking up
all our lives; and so far in advance Of
ns that we shall never overtake it even
TO the hour Of our death
lis he lgreat who will die in defense
OF his rightsy There ia yet to come the
greater man who will die rather than
treSpass upon the rights OF another
man Hail 10 the nation, whatever its
name may be, that leads the world
toward realization of this higher
ideal.
Il am glad the world has come 10
| recognize there Is something stronger
than physical force, None stated IL
better than your great coultrvman
CARLYLE, when he said Thought was
stronger than parks OF artillery and
ultimately moulded the world like soft
clay, and behind thought WAS love,
Thought will rule the world
II am glad this is Thanksgiving day
| can return thanks for what my coun'
try has received thanks for the progress
the world has made and cont.mplRt,
with jov the coming OF that day wher
the rivalry Of nations will be, not TO gee
which can injnre the other most, hu'
which can bold the higher hand that
carries the lamp lighting the pathway
Of the human race TO the higher
ground, -
The London Times paid Mr., Bryan
the unusual compliment Of reportin,
him verbatim