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streasth. hat with gratitude 20 the Oliver
of good who has blessed Us with the CON
astieas whisa have enabled uS To achieve
10 large measure of wsilhelng aud ~
happiness, To us as people ii has
been granted 10 lay the foundations VI
i sar national life in new continent We
are the heirs Of tho ages, and yet We
have had to pay few of the penalties
which In old countries are exactcd by
the dead hand of hygone civilization.
1--WE have not been obliged 10 tight for
our existence against any allen race; and
yet our life has called for tho vigor ara
effort without which the manlier and
harder virtues wither away. Under
sneh conditions II would be our own
fault IL We failed: and the success which
we have had In the past, the success
which we confidently believe the future
win bring. should cause in us no feeling
Of vaiaglory, but rather deep and abid-
ing realization Of all which life has Of
fered us; full acknowledgment of re-
sponsibility which IL ours, and a fixed
determination to show that under free
government mighty people can thrive
best, alike as regards the things OF
the body and the things of the soul.
Duties to Others and Ourselves.
Much has been given to us and much
will rightfully be expected from us. We
have duties to others and duties to our.
selves: and we can shirk neither. We
have become great nation, forced by
the fact of its greatness into relations
with the other nations of the earth,
and we must behave as becomes a people
with such responsibilities. Toward all
other nations, large and small, our at
titude must be one of cordial and sin
cere friendship. We must show not only
in our words but in our deeds that We
are earnestly DESTROYS of securing then
good win by acting toward them in spirit
Of just and generous recognition OF all theii
rights.
But justice and generosity in nation,
as In an individual. count most when
shown not by the weak but by the strong.
While ever careful to refrain from wrong.
ing others, we must be no less insstent
that we are not wronged ourselves. We
wish peace; but we wish the peace of jus.
tiee, the peace of righteousness. We wish
It because we think 1t is right and not be.
cause we are afraid. No weak nation thet
acts manfully and justly should ever have
cause TO fear us. and no strong power
should ever be able to single US out as
iabtect for insolent aggression.
Internal Relations Important.
.'0ur relations with the other powers of
the world are Important, but still more i'm
portant are our relations among ourselves.
Such growth In wealth, In population and
In power as this nation has seen during
The century and Quarter of It's national
life Is inevitably accompanied by a like
growth in the problems which are ever be-
fore every nation that rises to greatness
Power invariably means both responsibility
and danger. We now face other perils the
very existence Of which It was impossible
that they should foresee. Modern life Is
both complex and intense and the tremen-
dous changes wrought by the extraordinary
Industrial development Of the last half cen
fury are felt In every fiber of our social
and political being. Never before have men
ment as that Of administering the affairs
of a continent under the forms Of a demo
cratic republic.
Care and Anxiety Wealth Brings.
THE conditions which have told fer our
marvellous material wellbeing. which have
and individual Initiative, have
also brought the care and anxiety insep-
arabic from the accumulation of great
wealth In Industrial centers. Upon the sue
only as regards our own welfare, but as re-
CARDS the welfare Of mankind.
IF we fail the cause OF free self gov
throughout the world will rock to
its foundations. and therefore our RESPONSE
hiIty Is heavy, to ourselves, to the world
as Ii Is to-day and to the generations yet
unborn. There Is no good reason why we
should fear the future, but there Is every
reason why we should face Ii seriously,
neither hiding from ourselves the gravity
OF the problems before us nor fearing to
approach these problems with the unbend-
Ing. unhinching purpose TO solve them
Alright.
Must Face New Tasks in Old Spirit.
Yet. after all. though the problems are
new, though the tasks set before us differ
from the tasks set before our fathers who
and preserved this republic, the
spirit In which these tasks must be under
taken and these problems faced, II our duty
is to be well done, remains essentially I'M
changed. We know that self government
Is difficult, We know that no pseople needs
such high traits of character as that people
which seeks to govern its affairs Alright
through the freely expressed viii OF the
free men to the memories OF the men OF the
mighty past. They did their work, they
left us the splendid heritage we now en-
confidence that we shall be able to leave
this heritage unwasted and enlarged to our
children and our children's children.
ITO do 30 we must show, not merely In
great crises, but in the everyday affairs OF
life, the qualities Of practical intelligence,
and above all, the power OF devotion to
lofty ideal, which made great the men who
founded this republic In the days OF WASH
ngton, which made great the men who pre-
seryed this republic In the days OF Abraham