Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-08-21
ARE PRAISED.
President Roosevelt Eulogixes
the Pilgrim Fathers.
COMEIENDS THEM HIGHLY.
Says We Csnno, Be Too Grateful For
the Fac, That Those People Have
Stamped Their Influence So Deeply
on Onr National Life.

Provincetown. Mass. Aug. CO.
There was a vast multitude AT this his.
toric town Tuesday TO participate In
the laying Of the cornerstone Of the
Pilgrim memorial monument. TO com.
memorate the fortitude OF the first
white settlers OF New England. The
principal address was delivered by
President Roosevelt and It's delivery
was given close attention
In his opening remarks tho chief
executive said 1T Is not too much 10
say that the event "ommemorated by
the monument which We have come
here 20 dedicate was one of those rare
events which can In good faith be-
called Of world importance The com.
Ing hither OF the Puritan three cen.
turtles ago shaped IN. destines OF this
continent, and therefore profoundly
affected the destiny Of the whole
world. Men Of other races. the French.
man and the Spaniard. the Dutchman.
the German. the Scotchman, and the
Swede. made settlements within what
Is now the United States. during the
colonial period Of our history and be.
fore the declaration OF independence:
and since then there has been an ever.
swelling immigration from ireland and
from the mainland Of Europe: but n
was the EnRlishman who settled I'm Vir.
gfnia and the Engllshman who settled
In Massachusetts who did most in
shaping the lines of our national de-.
yelopmeni
We can not as nation be too
profoundly grateful for the fact that
the Puritan has stamped his influence
so deeply on our national life We
need have but s-ant patience with tho
men who now rail az the Phritan's
faults. They We're evident Of course.
Tor II Is a quality OF strong natures
that their faillngs. like their virtues.
Should stand out In bold relief. but
s.ere Is nothing easier than To- bellttle
the great men Of the past by dwelling
only on the points where they come
short " the universally recognized
standards ~ 'he present Men must
be judged with reference 10 the age
In which they dwell. and the work
they hive % do. The Puritan's task
was 10 conquer a continent: not mere
ly TO oyerrun Il. hut to settle Il. %
TIL H. TO build upon Il n high Industrial
and social llfe and. while engaged
In the rough work Of tanning the shag.
gy wilderness. at that very time also
TO lay deep the immovable foundations
Of our whole American system OF civil
political. and religious liberty achieved
through the orderly process of law.
This as the work allotted him 10 do.
This was the work allotted him TO do;
master spiri, among men could have
done a."
President Roosevelt said We have
gained some things the Puritan had
not. but We are also in danger of los.
Ing certain things which the Puritan
had and which we can by mn manner
OF means afford 20 lose We have
gained JOY of living which he had
not. and which II Is good thing for
every people 10 have and 20 develop.
The man Is but n poor father who
teaches his sons that ease and pleas.
ure should be their chief objects In
life; the woman who Is but a mere
petted toy. incapable of serious pur.
poses. shrinking from the effort and
duty. is more pitiable than the veriest
drudge"
The speaker asserted the Puritan
owed his success In subduing this
continent and making Il the foundation
for a social life of ordered liberty
primarily 10 the fact that he combined
In a very remarkable degree both the
power Of individual initiative. OF indL
vidual seif-help and the power OF act.
ing In combination with his fellows:
and that furthermore he ioined 10
high heart that shrewd CO. '~on sense
which saves a man fro 90 icsct'ing
sins OF the visionary AMI ne doctrin.
aire He was stout hearted and hard
headed. He had lofty purposes. but he
had practical good sense. too. The
president added that these were the
qualities which enabled him 10 do his
work. and these are the very qualities
which we must show In doing OUT
work today.
Certain soclallstic leaders propose
20 redistrlbute the worlds goods by re-.
fusing TO thrift and energy and indus.
try their proper superiority over folly
and idleness and sullen envy. Such
legislation would merely. in the words
OF the president Columbia university.
wreck the worlds efficiency for the
purpose OF redistributing the worlds
We should all Of us work
heart and soul for the real and per.
manent bettcrment which will lift our
democratic civilization TO higher I
level 81 safety and usefulness. Such !
betterment can come only BY the slow.
steady growth of the spirit which |
metes a generous. but not a sensation. |
al. justice 10 each man on his merits |
~ men. and which recognizes the
faet that the highest and deepest hap |
piness for the individual lies not In
~ In service"