Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-21

the first place. the man must have the
power to hold his own.
You probably know that 7 do not care
very much for the coward or the moral
weablng. I want each of you boys and
the girls just as much, and each of you
young men and young women to have the
qualities without which people may be
amiable and pleasant while things go well,
but without which they cannot succeed in
times of stern trial. / wish to see in the
man manliness, in the woman womanli-
ness. l wish to see courage, perseverance,
the willingness to face work. to face you
men, if it is necessary, danger; the deter
mination not to shrink back when tempo
rar1ly beaten in life, as each one will be
now and then but to cone up again and
wrest triumph from defeat. 1 want to see
you men strong men ana brave men, and in
addition l wish to see each man of you
feel that to his strength and courage are
Joined the qualities of tenderness toward
those he loves, who are dependent upon
him, and of right dealing with all his
ne1ghborS.
Successes Recorded.
Finally, I want to congratulate all of us
here on certain successes that We have
achieved in the century and a quarter that
has gone by of our American life. We
have difficulties enough, and we are long
ways short of perfection. 1 do not see any
immediate danger Of our growing too good;
there is ample room for effort yet left.
But we have achieved certain results, we
have succeeded in measurably realizing
certain ideals We have grown to accept
it as an automatic truth of our American
life that the man is to be treated On his
worth as man. without regard to the ac-
cidents of his position; that this is not a
government designed to favor the rich
man as such or the poor man as such, put
that it is designed to favor every man,
rich or poor, If he is decent man VINO
acts fairly by his fellows We have grown
to realize that part of the foundations upon
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man to worship his Creator according to
the dictates Of his conscience and the duty
of each man to respect his fellow who SO
worships Him. And, oh, my countrymen.
this country, for the future of this mighty
and majestic nation Of ours, lies In the fact
that we have grown to regard one another,
that we brothers have grown to regard one
another with broad and kindly charity,
and to realize that the field for human en-
deavor is wide, that the field for charita-
bic. philanthropic, religious work is wide,
and that while a corner of 1t remains un-
titled we do a dreadful wrong If we fail to
welcome the work done in that field by
every man, no matter what his creed, pro.
yided only he works with lofty sense OF
his duty to God and his duty tc his neigh
Followed to His Carriage.
after a speech by Commissioner Macfar-
land the choir sang America" and num-
her of HYMNS. The President Joined in the
singing. and the audience was not slow to
follow. A number of the younger church
officials followed the President to his carr
rage. He shook hands with them. and
called heartily as he drove away, Good
bye. boys. / am glad to have been with
The Presidents address was punctuated
throughout with applause. When he spoke
OF his fondness for large families. and also
when he declared that he and his country