Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-28
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IN speaking 10 you, men OIL the Srt"'-
est city Of the west (Chicago), men
OF the state which gave to the
country Lincoln and Giant, men
who pre-. eminently and distinctly EN-
body all that is most American In the
American character, | wish to preach
lot tile doctrine OF ignoble ease, but
the doctrine of the strenuous life, the
life of toll and effort, of labor ana
strife; to preach that highest form OF
success which comes, not TO the man
who desires mere easy peace, but II
the man who does not shrink from
danger. from hardship, or from bitter
Toll. and who out Of these wins the
splendid ultimate triumph.
A life Of slothfu ease life of that
peace which springs merely from lack
either Of desire or of power to strive
after great things is MS little worthy
of nation as Of an individual | ask
only that what every self-respecting
American demands from himself ana
from his sons shall be demanded OF
the American nation as a whole. Who
among you would teach your boys that
ease, that peace Is 10 be- tho &C. ~""-
sideration in their eyes-to be the ul-
innate goal after which they s--re'
You men of Chicago have made this
~ great, you men OF Illinois have
dc your share, and more than your
share. In making America great, be-
cause you neither preach nor practise
such a doctrine. You work yourselves,
and you bring up your sons to work,
If you are rich and are worth your
salt, you will teach your sons that
though they may have leisure, II Ia
not to be spent in ldleness; for wisely
used leisure merely means that those
VINO possess it, being free from to
necessity Of working for their llveli-
hood, are all the more bound to carry
on some kind of n-remunerative
work In science, In letters, in art In
exploration. IN historical research
work Of the type we most need in this
country, the successful carrying out
OF which reflects most honor upon the
nation. We do not admire the man OF
timid peace. We admire the man who
embodies victorious effort; the man
who never wrongs his neighbor who
Is prompt to help a friend, but who
has those virie qualities necessary to
win in the stern strife Of actual life.
1t Is hard to fail, but it is worse never
to have tried TO succeed In this life
we get nothing save by effort. Free
dom from effort In the present mere
~ means that there has been stored
up effort IN the past. A man can be
freed from the necessity Of work only
BY the fact that he or his fathers be-
fore him have worked TO good purpose,
u the freedom thus purchased is used
nright, and the man still does actual
work though of a different kind.
whether as writer or a general,
whether IN the field Of politics or In
The field Of exploration and adventure,
he shows he deserves his good for
tune. But Il he treats this period Of
freedom from the need of actual labor
as a period, not Of preparation, but OF
mere enjoyment, even though perhps
not OF vicious enjoyment, he shows
that he Is simply a cumberer OF the
earth's surface. and he surely units
himself to hold his own with his fell
lows II the need to do so should again
arise. A mere life Of ease is not In
the end a very satisfactory life, and
above an. /; IS life which ultimately
units those who follow it for serious
work In the wcrld.
TO DO AND DARE.
In the last analysis healthy state
con exist only when the men and wo-
men who make It up lead clean, vlgor-
uos healthy lives when the children
are so trained that they shall endeayor.
not TO shirk difficulties but to over
come them; not to seek ease, but to
know how to wrest triumph from toll
and risk. The man must be glad to do
q ,aris work 10 dare and endure ana
10 labor: 10 keep himself, and Keen
those dependent upon him. The woman
must be the housewife, the helplneet
~ the honemuker. the wise and FEAR
les mother OF many healthy children
In one OF Daudets powerful and mel
oncholv books he speaks OF the rear
- maternity the haunting terror OF
,he youne wife OF the present DAY.
when such words can be truthfully
written of nation. that nation is rot
~, On ths hearts core. When men fear
work or fear righteous war when "o-
men fear motherhood they trembie on
the brink of DOOM and Wen II Is 'hal
,hsv should vanish from the eafth'
,,.hsre thev are 90 subjects for the scofn
IN mon and women who are them-
u ,e a strong ana brave and hlgh-mlnd-
cd IRON IN THE BLOOD.
Asuis with the individual so II Is
IL ,bc nation. Il IS q base untruth
~ tbat happy Is The nation that nas
70 1870 Thrice happy Is the nation
~, bas a glorious history Far better
y ~ 10 dare mighty things 10 WIN