The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-23

compliment within his power TO y
Mr.. Wagner in introducing him to \
y a Washington audience. What he =
= said of Mr.. Wagner and the book y
= is contained in the Associated y
= Press dispatch that follows He y
= urges that every citizen of the =
= United States read the book, whose y
= publication, il should be remem- y
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VhASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-President
wv Roosevelt introduced Rev.
Charles Wagner, the author, to
large audience at the Lafayette opera
house this afternoon, where he deliv-
cred a lecture on 1.-The Simple Life"
The president presented Mr.. Wagner
TO the audience in the following words:
This is the first and viii be the only
time during my presidency that 1 shall
ever introduce a speaker to an audi
ence, and I am more than glad to do it.
1n this instance, because if there is one
book which 1 should like to have read
as tract and also, which is not in
Variably true Of tracts, as an interest
ing tract. by all our people, 1t is The
Simple Life written by Mr.. Wagner.
There are other books which he has
written of which we can gain great
good. but / know of no other book
written Of recent years, whether here
or abroad. which contains so much that
we Of America ought to take to our
hearts as is contained in The Simple
Life I like the book because 1t does
not merely preach to the rich and does
not merely preach TO the poor. It is a
very easy thing to address a section of
the community In reprobatiOn Of the
forms Of vice TO which it is not prone.
Great Truth Brought Out.
What we need to have impressed
upon us is that il is not usually the root
Principle of the vice that varies with
Variation in social conditions but that
st is the manifestation Of the vice that
varies; and Mr.. Wagner has well
brought out the great fundamental
truth that the brutal arrogance of a
rich man who looks down upon a poor
man because he is poor. and the brutal
envy and hatred felt by a poor man
toward a rich man merely because ne
IS rich are at the bottom of the mani
1estatiOn Of the same vice. The AFRO
gance that looks down in one case
the envy that hates in another. are
really exhibitions of the same base and
unlovely spirit that happens to be in
one case in different surroundings from
WHAT ~ Is III aIclncE case Inc same
kind of man who would be arrogant in
one case. is precisely the kind of man
who would be envious and filled with
hatred in the other. The ideal should
be just and gen erous, the brOad-minded
man who is incapable Of arrogance If
rich as he is OF malignant envy and
hatred if poor.
Why Republics Failed.
No republic can permanently exist
when ii becomes a republic Of classes.
where the man feels not the interest
of the whole people. but the interest OF
the particular class 10 which he be-
longs, or fancies that he belongs, as
being of prime Importance. In an
tiquity republics failed as they did be-
cause they tended to become either a
republic of the few or exploited the
many. or a republic Of the many who
plundered the few, and in either case
The end of the republic was never In
doubt, just so i'm one case as in the
other and 40 more so in one than i'm
the other. We can keep this republic
true to the principles Of those who
founded and of those who afterward
preserved it; we can keep il a repub-
JIG only by remembering that we must
live up TO the theory of its founders
10 the history Of treating each man
on his worth as man. neither holding
1t for or against him that he occupies
any particular station i'm life so long
as he does his duty fairly and well by
his fellows and by the nation as a
whole.
Philosophy Appeals to Him.
so much for the general philoso-
ply taught so admirably in Mr. Wag-
ner's book might say, books: but I
am thinking especially OF The Simple
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that has appealed 10 me. Now. "a word
with special reference 10 his address TO
this audience. to the Young Mems
Christian association. The profound re-
gard which have always felt for those
responsible for the work OF the Young
Mems Christian Associations and the
Young WOmen's Christian Associations
is largely because they have practic-
ally realized or at least have striveu
practically to realize, the ideal of adj
herence to the text which runs BE We
doors Of the word and not hearers
only If you come here with only the
idea OF passing a pleasant afternoon
and then go home, and do not actually
practice some Of Mr.. Wagper's preach
fngs. then small is the use of your
coming. It is not the slightest use to
hear the word if you don't try TO put
u into effect afterward. The Young
Mems Christian associations have ac-
complishcd so much because those who
have managed them have tried prac-
tically TO do their part i'm bringing
about what is expressed in the phrase.
The Fatherhood Of God and Brother
hood Of Men
Two Examples.
We can act individually OF by associ-
stions j intend TO illustrate by a couple
or examples what I mean by "A man act
ing individually, ana what ] mean by
man acting in associations with his
iehows. ] hesitated whether I would use.
IS shall use. the names OF the people
whom meant. but l came to the con-
clusion That ! would because the worth
OF an example consists very largely in
an understanding that the example is
a real one. / have been interested for
number OF years in the workings OF
2 civic club in New York which has
been started and suoerintended BY Nor
ton Goddard. Il is a club on the east
side of New York City. the rance OF
whose, membership includes a bic dis
trict extending from Lexington avenue
10 the East river Mr.. Goddard real
lied that such work can be done 20 the
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