Gloucester County Democrat., 1905-12-07
Roosevelt Professorship.

The latest Illustration of the great
truth uttered by John Milton, Peace
hath her victories no less renowned
than war;" is the proposal to establish
a Roosevelt professorship of Ameri
can history and Institutions in the Uni
versity of Berlin James Speyer OF
New York is to furnish $4,000 to en-
dow it, and, having paid for it, he, of
course. ought to have the right to be
stow upon it name, which he has
done by calling it after his friend and
kinsman, Theodore Roosevelt, president
of the United States Nobody can rea-
sonably find fault with him for so do
ing. When Colonel Roosevelt was
charging the Spaniards at the head OF
his rough riders he little thought that
he would figure more largely in his
tory as man of peace than as man
Of war, but such is the truth neverthe
less. and it may turn out-who knows /
that this Theodore Roosevelt chair of
history in the University of Berlin may
prove in his case a surer and longer
distance transmitter of renown than
his achievements as a soldier or as a
statesman, for Berlin university is
quite likely to be a living, potent insti
tuition when the Spanish war and the
treaty of Portsmouth are forgotten ut
terly Nor will Colonel Roosevelt de.
spise this testimonial of his friend and
Sinsman He has good examples on
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be called incidental honors Napoleon
had the prescience to know that his
fame would rest largely on his civic
performances, for he said, Il shall de-
scend to posterity with my code in
my hand" and he was correct. Nc
doubt that on the 4th day of March,
1909, Thomas Jeffersons friends and
enemies would have agreed on the
proposition that his career was ended
Perhaps he thought so himself, but
nevertheless and notwithstanding there
was then ahead of him one of his most
glorious achievements-the founding of
the University of Virginia SO it may
be with Theodore Roosevelt.
Things are not always what they
seem. Appearances are often decep-
tive Physiognomy cannot be relied on
implicitly at all times. These proposi-
tions are illustrated and substantiated
by the fact that youth In Illinois on
matrimony bent recently mistook Mr..
Speaker Cannon for Methodist min
lister and wanted Uncle Joe to perform
the marriage ceremony for him. No
doubt the speaker would have per-
formed it with grace and gladness had
he been authorized, but he was COM
PEELED to decline with regrets.
gets out a new edition of his book OF
advice to young men, exploiting the
golden opportunities now lying before
them of securing wealth rapidly, easily
and in large quantities, he should not
fail to point with pride to DR. Wilbur
M. Daley of New York. the dentist
who charged the Prince of Battenberg
81 1000 for plugging couple of teeth.
He is entitled to a full page Illustration
in the Reveridge catalogue of shining
successes.
Senator and ex Easy Boss Thomas
Collier Platt, having made Ex-Governor
B. B. Odell, seems to have become dis
gusted with his own handiwork The
trouble was that Benjamin concluded
that he was greater than his creator, a
thing unthinkable to Senator PIatt.
Now he proposes to even up things
with Odell by driving him out of the
Craftsmanship of the Republican state
committee. Odell kicks. It's lovely
fight as it stands. May they both lose!
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