Evening journal., 1905-02-22
THE PRESIDENTS
STIRRING SPEECH
Eulogized and Compared
Washington and Lincoln
in His Address
REFERRED TO LOFTY IDEALISM
sneeIal % rho EvenIng JournaI.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
Philadelphia. Feb. 22-In his address at
the University of Pennsylvania today
President Roosevelt said:
f'As a nation we have had our full share
Of great men. bu tthe two men OF pre-
eminent greatness who. as the centuries
go on, will surely loom above an others
are Washington and Lincoln; ana IL is
peculiarly fitting that their birthdays
should be celebrated every year and the
meaning OF their lives brought home close
TO us.
No other city In the country is 10 close
" Identified with washlngton's career as
Philadelphia. lie served here IN 1775 I'm the
Continental Congress. lie was here as
commander OF the army at the time of the
battles OF Brandywine and Germantown.
and Z was near here that with that army
he faced the desoiute winter al Valley
Forge, the winter which marked the turn-
ing point Of the Revolutionary War. Here
he came again as president Of the Con-
Vention which framed the Constitution.
and then as President Of the United
states, and finally as lieutonant-general
OF the army after he had retired from the
Presidency.
one hundred and eight years ago. lust
before he left tho Presidency. ne issued
MS farewell address, ana In IL he laid
down certain principles which he believed
should guide the citizens of this repubiie
TOT an time 70 come his own words being
"hlch appear TO me all-imporiant TO the
permanency OF your felicity as "a poople %
me president compared Washington
ana Lincoln and said the best way I'm
Whlch we can show that our LOYALTY
20 the teachings Of Washington is "A
ioyaity or the heart and not of the
ups only Is to see TO it that the work
OF building up our navy goes steadily
on and that at the same time our
stand for international righteousness "a
clear and emphatic"
He declared that never since the he
ginning Of our country's history has
the navy been used in an uiust war
ad then dwell upon our policies, He
concluded:
"The men who founded this nation
had 10 deal with theories of govern-
ment and the fundamental principles
OF free Institutions. We are now con.
cerned with a different set OF questions
tor the republic has been firmly estab-
lished' its principles thoroughly tested
and fully approved. To merely politi-
cal issues have succeeded those OF
grave social and economic Importance
the solution OF which demands the best
enorts Of the best men. We have 4
right to expect that wise and lead
ing part in the effort to attain this so.
luton will be taken by those who hav,
been exceptionally blessed IN the mat.
ter OF obtaining an education. Thai
college graduate is but a poor creatur,
who does not feel when he has lef
college that he has received somethin,
for which he owes a return.
What he thus owes he can as a rul,
only pay by the way he bears himseh
throughout life. II is but OCCASIONAL,
that a college graduate can do mucl
loutright for his alma mater; he car
best repay her by living a life that vii
reflect credit upon her. by so carrying
himself as a citizen that men shall Sc,
that the years spent in training hin
have not been wasted. The educated
man IS entitled TO no special pnlvi.
leges, save the inestimaIble privilege o.
trying to show that his education en-.
ables him TO take the dead dn strivins
to guide his fellows Alright in the diff.
cult task which is set to us Of tn,
twentieth century. The problems be.
fore us today are very complex, and
are widely different from those which
the men OF Washington's generation
had to face; but we can overcom,
them surely, and we can overcome then
only, II we approach them in the spiri
which Washington and Washington.
great supporters brought to bear upoI
the problems OF their day-the spirit o
sanity and Of courage. the spirit which
combines hard common sense with tn
loftlest idealism."
The President quoted number o
Washington's maxims during his I'D
dress.