The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-22
IaFREslHA T-ESr
klV7XEF2IG CANS
THESE TWO NAMES WILL LOOM
ABOVE ALL OTHERS
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AYsfPREslDENT8 ROOSEVELT IN
SPEECH AT HlLApELPHiA
{sis o.DAY.

(Bys Publishers, Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 22-7
The President Is appearance on the
stage was the signal for tremendous
applause, the Varsity boys giving
their college yell in unison, led by
Frank Piekarski, the foot ball guard.
sConferring the degrees followed:
sDr.a s. Weir Mitchell presented the
following candidates, in addition to
Sthe President, the Kaiser and Admi.
raj Clark: Is ~.
Sir: Henry Mortimer.Du am
bassador from Great Brltaini Sena.
tor Philander Charles Knox, Of
Pennsylvania, and David Thompson
Watson, of Pittsburg, all Of whom re:
ceiyed the degree Of Doctor Of Laws;
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, who receivi
ed the degree Of Doctor Of Letters,
and Robert Simpson Woodward. pres
idents Of the Carnegie Institution, who
received the degree Of Doctor Of
Science.
Owing g1osEths llnesE Or his wife.
Thomas Bale tdrfch was unable
..lto attend. & ,55s4
President Roosevelt had chosen as
the bject Of his address
Some SMaxims Of Washington"
He said y:
As a nation we have had our full.
share Of great men, but I the two men
sof pre;emlnent greatness who, as
centpries go on, will surely loom,
aboYeAalls others are Washington and
Lincoln; and it is. peculiarly fitting
that their Birthdays should be cele.
brated every year and the meaning
sof their lives brought home close to
us: .5;;
No other city in the, country is so
closely identified with Washington s
career as Philadelphia: He served
here lin the Continental Congress. He
was here as commander Of the army
at the time Of the. battles Of Brandy.
vine and Germantown; and it was
near here that with that army he
faced sithe desolate winter at Valley
Forge, the winter which marked the
turning point of the: Revolutionary
& war. Here he came again as Presl
idents of the convention which framed
the Constitution, and then as Presi
dent of the United States, and finall!
as lieutenant General Of the army af
ter shes had retired from the Presi
dency ;.
One hundred and eighty years age
Just before he left theS Presidency
he issued his farewell address, and Ii
Y he laid down certain principle
which he believed should guide tn
citizens Of this Republic for all tim
10 come; his own words being, "whicl
appear to me all-important to the pei
manency of your felicity as a people.
Washington, though in some way
an I even greater man than Lincor
Id mot. have sLincoln's wonderful gil
Of xpression-7-z-thati gift which make
certain speeches Of the rail-splitte
from Illinois read like. the inspired Ii
terances of the great Hebrew seer
and prophets. But he had all of Lii
coins sound common sense, farsigh
edness and devotion to a lofty idea
Like Lincoln he sought after the n
b1est objects, and like Lincoln i
sought after them by thorough
practical methods. These two grea
est Americans can, fairly be called II
best among the great men of IL
world, and greatest among the got
men of the world. Each showed d
actual practice his capacity to S
cure under our system the prlcele
union Of individual liberty with Sc
ernmental strength. Each was
free from the vices OF the demagogu
To- each; the empty futility of Il
mere sdoctrinaire was as alien as L
baseness Of the merely self.seeli
politician. Each was incapable ali
OF the wlckedness which seeks 1
force soff arms toS,wrong others and
the no less criminal weakness viii
fails To- provide effectively agar
being wronged{ by others.
Washinston's Maxims.
Among Washing ngton's maxlms whi
he bequeathed to his countrym
were n the 3 two a following: @obser
good faith and Justice toward all
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