Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-06
Roosevelt delivered his inaugural ad-
dress as follows:

| than ours, and this is said reVefentiy,
| in no spirit of boastfuueSs in our own
strength, but with gratitude 10 the
| Giver of Good, who has blessed US with
| the conditions which have enabled US
| to achieve so large d measure of we'll
| being and of happiness. To us as a
| people 1t has been granted to lay the
| foundations Of our national life i'll
| Now continent. We are the heirs of the
| ages. and yet we have had to pay few
of the penalties which in old cOuntrIe;
.tre eNacted by the dead hand Of a by
| gone civilization. We have not been
| obliged 10 light for our existence
| against any alien race; and Yet our
| life has called for thu Vieor and effort
without which the manier and harder
virtues wither away. Under such con-
ditions it would be our oW n fault if We
| failed: and the success which we have
had in the past, the success which W.
| confido ntly believe the future will
| bring. should cause in US no feeling of
vain glory, but rather deep and
abiding reali .ation of all which life has
| offered us; full acknowledgement of
the responsibility which is ours and
| hXcu determination to show that
uEder a free government a mighty
people can thrive best alike as regards
the things of the body and the things
of the soul.
Much has been given to US, and much
Will riShtfully be expected from us.
We have duties to others and duties to
| ourselves: and we can shirk neither.
We have become q great nation. forced
|
by the fact of its greatne IS into rela-
| tons with the ether nations OF the
| earth: and we nnst behave as beseems
| a people with sucn responsibilities.
Toward all other nltions, large ana
small. our atti; ,lde must be one OF
| cordial and sincere friendship we
| must show not only N our words but
| in our deeds that we are earnestly de-
| sirous of securing their good VIII by
| acting toward them in Il spirit of just
| and Generous rec onnition of all their
| rights But Justice and generosity in
| a nation. as ia an individual. count
| most when shown not by the weak but
| by the strong. While ever careful to
| refrain from WToneing others. We must
| I've no less insistcnt that We are not
| wrongcd ourselves. We wish peace;
but we wish til" peace OF justice. the
peace of right Housness. We wish it
because we think it is right and not
| because We are afraid.
No weak nation that acts rightly and
justly should ever have cause to fear
us. and no strong power should ever be
| /; bic to single us out as Il subject for in
solent aggression.
Our relations with the other powers
| Of I,. 4 MT
more important are our relations
| among ourselves. Such growth i'll
wealth. in population. and in power as
this nation has seen during the CEN
fury and Il quarter of its national life
| is inevitably accompanied by like
| growth in the problems which are ever
before every hation that rises to
greatness. Power invariably means
both responsibility and danger. our
toretathers faced certain perilS which
we have outGhoWil. We now face other
| perilS the Very existence of which ii
| was impossible that they should fore
see Modern life is both complex and
intense. and the tremendous changes
| wrought by the. extraordinary indus
trial development of the half century
are felt in every fibre of our social and
| political being. Never before have men
tried 50 vast and formidable an expert
| ment rs that of administering the af
| fairs of Il sentiment under the forms of
Il democratic republic. The conditions
| which. have told for our marvellous
ratcrial we'll being. which have de
| lelol'cd to 4 Very high degree our ell
| ergy Self-reliance and individual
| initiative. also have brought the care
and anxiety inseparable from the &C
cunulHtion of great wealth in indus
| trial centres. Upon the success of our
experiments much depends; not only
| us regards our own welfare. but as re-
| CARDS the welfare Of mankind. If we
| fail. the cause Of free self-S"Ternment
| throughout the world will rock to its
foundations: and therefore our re-
| sponsibIitv is heavy. 10 ourselves, 10
the world as it is today. and to the
| generations yet unborn. There is no
| good reason Why we should fear the
| future but there is every reason why
| We should face il seriously. neither hid
ing from ourselves tie gravity of the
problems before us nor fearing to APP
rroach these problems with the I'M
bending. unilinChing purpose to solve
| tnen aflSnt.
| Yet after all. though the problems
are new though the tasks set before us
differ from the tasks set before our
fathers, who founded and preserved
this republic. the spirit i'll which these
tasks must be undertaken and these
problems faced if our duty is to be
| well done, remains essentially I'M
changed We know that Sclf-9oVern-
ment Is difficult. We know. that no
ueople needs such high traits Of char
acter as that people which seeks to
govern its affairs Alright through the
freely expressed will of the free men
who compose it. But we have faith
that we shall not prove false to the
memories of the men of the mighty
past. They did their work, they left
us the splendid heritage we now enjoy.
We in our turn have an assured conf
dence that we shall be able to leave
this heritage mwaSted and enlarged
to our children and our children's chill
drcn.
| To do So we must show. not merely
in great crises. but in the everyday af-
fairs of life. the qualities of practical