Arizona republican., 1905-02-23
GOOD CITIZENS
The President Addresses
 the Students of U.Of P.
TWO GREAT MODELS
Washington and Lincoln Who Will Loom Up in History as Pre-eminent Americans. The Qualities Which Made Them Great.

Philadelphia. Feb. 22.-President Roosevelt arrived this morning to at tend Washington's birthday exercises, under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania. There was an i'm mense crowd at the station. The pres ident's appearance on the streets was the signal for a great ovation. Along two blocks separating the station and the Academy of Music, thousands cheered wildly. The jam of humanity was so dense about the academy that l ii was several minutes before the pres ident could enter. The conferring of the degree of doctor of laws upon President Roosevelt and Emperor Will fam by the university of Pennsylvania | was a feature of the exercises.
 After the degrees had been conferred the student body at the suggestion of l Provost Harrison gave three cheers for America, England and Germany. The following cablegram from Emperor i William was received by Provost liar rison: q am truly glad that the uni- Versity has rendered me at the same time with President Roosevelt an aca- demic honor that once clothed George | Washington. I beg you to accept my thanks and my best wishes for the con- tinued growth and prosperity of the university.
 1 "(Signed) WILHELM l. R. MT. Harrison cabled the following reply: "The University of PennsyI vania thanks your majesty for your gracious message and welcomes to her university body the names of your majesty, President Roosevelt and . George Washington
 Baron Speck von Sternberg, the Ger man ambassador accepted the honor for his sovereign.
 After the conclusion of the ceremony | Provost Harrison of the university de- livered a brief introductory address and then introduced President Roose- l welt who said:
 As a nation we have had our full share of great men. but the two men of preeminent greatness who, as the cen turies go on, will surely loom above all others are Washington and Lincoln. and it is peculiarly fitting that their birthdays should be celebrated every year and the meaning of their lives brought home close to us.
 T No other city in the country is so closely indentified with Washington S career as Philadelphia. He served here in 1775 in the continental congress. He was here as commander of the army at the time of the battle of Brandy wine and Germantown; and it was near here that with that army he faced the desolate winter at Valley Forge, the winter which marked the turning 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 lieutenant general | of aft ha had
 the presidency.
 WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL , WORDS.
 One hundred and eight years ago , just before he left the presidency, he issued his farewell address. and in il he laid down certain principles which he believed should guide the citizens oi this republic for all time to come. his own words being, (which appear tC
 me alI-important to the permanency of your felicity as a people,.
 Washington, though in some ways an even greater man than Lincoln, diC
 not have Lincoln's wonderful gift oi expression-that gift which makes cer-
 tain speeches of the rail-splitter iron Illinois read like the inspired utter
 ances of the great Hebrew seers anC
 prophets. But he had all of Lincoln';
 sound common sense, far sightedness
 and devotion to a lofty ideal. Like
 Lincoln he sought after the noblest ob-
 jects, and like Lincoln he sought after
 them by thoroughly practical methods
 These two greatest Americans can fair
 ly be called the best among the grea
 men of the world, and greatest among
 the good men of the world. EacI
 showed in actual practice his capacity
 to secure under our system the price Al governmental strength. Each was a: } free from the vices of the tyrant a: : from the vices of the demagogue. TC
 each the empty futility of the mere
 doctrine was as alien as the basenes:
 of the merely self-seeking politician / Each was incapable alike of the wick.
 edness which seeks by force of arms tt
 wrong others and of the no less crim-
 inal weakness which fails to provide
 effectively against being wronged b!
 others.
 PROMOTION OF PEACE.
 Among Washington's maxims whicl
 he bequeathed to his countrymen wer, 7 the two following: "Observe good faitl
 and justice toward all nations" anC . gro be prepared for war is the mos
 effective means to promote peace.'
 These two principles taken together should form the basis of our whole for
 eign policy. Neither is sufficient talk
 en by itself It is not merely an idle
 dream, but a most mischievous dream
 to believe that mere refraining iron wrongdoing will insure us against be
 ing wronged. Yet on the other hand a nation prepared for war is q menace to mankind unless the national pur- pose is to treat other nations witt
 good faith and justice. In any com
 munity it is neither the conscientious
 man who is a craven at heart, nor vel
 the bold and strong man without the
 moral sense, who is of real use to the 1 com rln11nitv. it is the man who tl