Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-06
APPENDIX.

~NtNS " naA~A ~ - haottNA
airy President Of the Third Confer.
saCe Of American Republics At RIO
do JaneirO, July 81, lget.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen OF the
Third Conference OF American Repub.
llcs-I beg you 70 believe that I highly
appreciate and thank you for the honor
you do me.
| bring from my country a special
greeting TO her elder sisters IN the civ.
lllEation OF America.
Unlike as we are In many respects,
we arc alike In this-that we are az
engaged under new conditions and free
from the traditional forms and llmita.
tons OF the old world In working out
the same problem OF popular self gov.
ernment
II Is dlficult and laborlous task for
each OF us. Not IA one generation or
In one century can the effective con.
troll Of a superior sovereign. 80 long
deemed necessary 10 government, be |
rejected aud effective self control by |
the governed be- perfected IN lts place.
The FIRST fruits OF democracy are, many
OF them. crude aud unlovely. It's nils.
takes are many, It's partial failures
many. It's sins not few. Capacity for
self government does not come 10 man
by nature IL Is an art 10 be learned,
and II Is also an expression OF char.
acter 90 be developed among all the
thousands OF men who exercise popular
sovereignty.
To reach tho goal toward which we
are pressing forward the governing
multitude must flrst acquire knowledge
that comes from universal education.
wisdom that follows practical expert.
ence. personal Independence aud self
respect bentting men who acknowledge
no superior, self control 20 replace that !
external control which q democracy 70 !
jecta, respect Tor law, obedience 10 the :
lawful expressions Of the public will.
consideration for the opinions and IN. .
terests Of others equally entitled 20 a :
voice In the state. loyalty 10 that alb
Itract c0nceptl0n-ono's country IN
iprlng as that loyalty 10 personal soy.
sreigns which has 20 lllumlned che :
Iages Of history. suboriInatlon Of per.
lonal interests 10 the public good. love a
" Justice aud mercy, o. liberty aud 4
rider. Al these We must seek by y
low aud patient effort. and Of how Z
many shortcomings IN hia own land :
nd among hla own people each one o. :,
Il n conscious
Yet no student ~ our times can fall =,
. see that not America alons. bot the :,
rhole civilized world. IL swinging a
way from o. old governmental moor. y
lKs aud latrusting the fate Of lts civ. q
ihatlon 10 the capacity o. the popular q
lass 10 govern ny this pathway %
iankind Il b. travel whitkers0svsF q y
ada Upon the success u this 0us
rest undertaking the hops o. human. a.
, depends m
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skies substantial prosrssa toward
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