The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-07-07

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Spirit Of Envy.
B Associated Press.
Asbury Park, n. j., July z.
president Roosevelt today acsdressed
the National Educational AssocIa-
ton. he said
81 am glad to have the chance OF
erecting the National Educational
Association; for in all this demo-
stiiC, land there is no more genuine
S democratic association than TINS.
Is truly democratic, because mere
AeIabeF IS every other mem
r without regard to
tlatlief Re IS the president OF one
the great universities he new
reserliIiitt 10 that 1igl md honor
ebie ion which has IN lts
.a lliei!lssiag G:7i,! s ss7zalnIag
.l Bows aid girls who in a few
oFt Years will themselves be sett5
fia. The lestinies Of this nation. Y
otsffoo much to say that the most
lcteristic work of the republic
III done BY the educators, fer
6*cr our shortcomings Us ma
ton may be, we have at least hrnI.S
sped the fact that we can not DO
our part in the difficult and al-lm-
ft work of seTf-governn'ent
Ne can not rule and govern
Hes. unless we approach the
with developed minds and
Trained characters. You teachers
make the whole world your debtor
If Won did not do your work well
this fepIblic would not endure be-
yond the span of the generation
Moreover. as an incident to your
ayoyFed work, you render some we'll
nigh unbelievable services to. the
country. For instance you render
to the republic the prime, the vltai
service of matchmaking into ono
heterogeneous body the children alike
Of those who are born here and OF
those who come here from so many
different lands abroad. You fur
n5sil q common training and com.
mon ideals for the children of all
lie mixed peoples who are here be
9ria fused into one nationality. u
80 small degree due to you and
your efforts that we are -one people
instead Of a group Of Earring peoples.
Moreover, whore altogether toe
much prominence is given to the
mere possession of wealth, the
country is under heavy obligations
Is such.a body as this. which sub
I stitutes for the ideal of accumulat-
ing money the infinitely loftier, nom
materialistic ideal Of devotion TO
work woth doing simply for that
works. sake. ] do not in the least
underestimate the need of having
material prosperity as the basis Oh
our civilization. but most earnest
" insist that il our civilization
Z does not build lofty supcr-struc-
t,ire on this basis, we can never rank
among the really great peoples. a
certain amount of money IS OF course
necessary thing, as much for the
nation as for the individual ana
there are few movements in which
more thoroughly believe than. in the
movement to secure better remun-
Grafton for our teachers. But, at
fer all. the service you render is IN
calcuIabIe. because of the very fact
that BY your lives YOU show that
Won believe ideals to be worth sac
rifice. and that YOU are splendidlAy
eager to do nonremunerative work
+ if this work is of good to your fel
Iow-neH
..ro Furnish in your lives such a
realized high ideal isSto do greaa.
service to the country. The chez
harm done by the men of swollen
fortuna. to the community IS not ting
,.asssr,n that the tlemagogue is apt to
aict as springing from their ac-
a., but the fact that their sue
sets up false standard, and
serves as n bad example for the
rest Of us. If we did not ourselves
attach an exaggerated importance, fG
the rich man who is distinguished
: Gnlv by his riches, this. rich mar
would have most insignificant in
Hnence over us. 1t is generally oul
own fault if he does damage to us
for he damages us chiefly by arous'