The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-15

of this nation, depends, l snouio pc au
dressing men who show by their acl1ons
vi NV know no difference between Jew
and Gentle, Catholic ana FIotesltsaltIS' ~,
tive-born and foreign-born;. provided oh ny
the man whatever his creed, whatever ms
birthplace, strives to live SO as 70 10 MS
full duty by his neighbor and by the couil-
try as whole.
HoIneIy Virtues Needed
"And now. gentlemen, wish to say that
we cannot keep too clearly before our
minds the facts that, for the ne success 81 %
much brilliant ability, not SO muSn W. W.
usual genius, as the possession by ,o III
adar virtues that make that man a good
father. a good husband and good frleno
to deal in all relations of life ,s-+
1--WE need good laws, we need honest
administration OF the laws, apu less but.
more than aught else, we neeu tndL ~
average man shall have in him the rooe
shall have in him the feeling that VIII
make him ashamed to do wrong or %
submit to wrong and that VIII make mn. nun
feel his bounden duty to help those that
are weaker to help those especlaily ma s
are in any way depenq7e GEM, uP b;s bower of
individual initiative to cultivate W VII ~
ceasing the further power OF for a Conn
mon end of social uplifting anu VI 5oOU
government.
True Success in Life.
II shall not keep you very long TINS TINS
You eei'i a set speech, but if you win allow ALLOW
me to say so, to speak as an old trlen9
deal of Your lives I know the effort, the
toll, the happiness and the success.
have endeavored when rr rnate s5de in
the course of any work IN Wnlch l I iSt
been engaged, so as to handle nyselL tl l
the East side might be little pettsr lo ei
it I do not know whether 1 succeeded or
not but I do know that 1 have always
been the better myself for contact Win
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land now. one word in closing upon
s,,ceess IN life IInon the success that each
of ne shni1id strive for It is a, great mis-
4 take-oh, such a great mista1e-to neds-
| ure success merely by that Wncn s1 1 ?
| from without or to speak of it in terms
| which will mislead those about US. and
especially the younger people about US as as
course be for success certain material
| basis I should think i'll of any man mere
who did not wish to leave his cnlidren q
| little better and not a little worse on ma
! teriaIly than he was, and ShoulQ not
feel that he was gong hi d,,fv ~ his own
! children he is not going 10 90 MS outS
by any one else. ...-. - NO
teriai prosperity has been gained, then
the things that really count most Al
the things of the soul rather than the
! thfnes of money, and I am sure that
| each of you here, if he Will realiy tnLnA
of what it is that made him most d n4pp ~,
| spect his neighbors, will agree with me;
| Look back in your own lives; see WhaS ~
/ the things are IhdLl yOo q
| as Won look back, and you will in almosS
| every case and on every occasion mo
that those memories of pride are assocl-
afed NOT with days of ease, but Win
DAYS of effort, the day when you nad 9
40 All that in you for some worthy emu
and the vyorthiest of all worthy endS i
to make those that are closest and near
est you, your wife and cniIoren anu eloSs
near you, happy and not sorry that SOe
SAnd after that has been done, to be
able so as to handle yourself that you car
. feel when the end comes that your 1eiioN
men are a little better off ard not nItit
. kind of success is open TO every one o.
us The great prizes come more OF 1es:
nv accident and no human being knoWs
| that better than any man VINO mas WoI
| anv of them. The great prizes come NOR
| or less by accident, but to each man tneI'
comes normally the chances so 70 leaa al
| life that at the end of his days ms cnll
| dren his wife, those that are dear to MIN
| shall rise up and call him blessed; ana s.
| that his neighbOrs and those VINO nav
! heen brought. into intimate association
| NAV feel that he has done his part as
| man in a world which sadly neeqs tha
| each man should play his part Well
| ssrlovv gentlemen, I have to say good
| night. because this has been sucn de
IiFhtfuI dinner that I already md an
| STAYING pretty nearly as late as CA
stav and catch the train that is TO tax
me back to my regular work at WASH
ington: and I have come, as sald, no
to make a set speech, but to thank yo
for your greeting and to assure you ina
, not one meeting which. nave attenoe
since I have been president has given m
greater pleasure to attend than TINS ON
ner here tonight