Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-09
STRENUOUS PEACE
The Only Kind That Would Please
President Roosevelt,
He Says.
EASE AND IOLENESS KILLS
Rich Man Who Has Only Accumulated
Riches Object Of Contempt.
The Good Mother Better
Than q Soldier.

Washington, May Q. = Presiden
Roosevelt In an address at the unveil
ing Of the statue TO General Geors
b Mcclellan Thursday charac
terized as weakness the desir,
for peace unless 1t could be obtainet
on the right terms. He would have
none Of the socalled peace II 1t wert
merely another name for self.indul
gence for sloth. for tmidity, for the
avoidance Of duty"
The man who would do the best for
the country In peace, the president de.
clared, is the man who at need will
do well in war.
Seek the peace that comes to the
Just man armed" said Mr.. Roosevelt,
VINO win dare to defend his rights
II the need should arise. Seek the
peace granted TO him who will wrong
no man and will not submit TO wrong
In return Seek the peace thae comes
10 us as the peace Of righteousness,
tk peace Of Justice. Ask peace by
your deeds and your powers warrant
you in asking It. and do mot put your
self in the position to crave 1t as
something to be granted or withheld,
at the whim Of another.
III there Is one thing which we
wish as nation to avoid, 1t is the
teaching Of those who would reinforce
the lower promptings Of our hearts
and 50 teach Us to seek only life Of
effortless case, OF mere material CON-
fort The material developments Of
this country, Of which we have a right
TO be proud. provided we keep our
pride rational and within measure,
brings with II certain great dangers;
and one Of those dangers is the con-
Of means and ends. Mater
al development means nothing to a
nation as an end in ITSELF II America
8 to stand simply for the accumulation
# what tells for comfort and luxury,
hen 1t viii stand for little indeed when
ooked at through the vistas Of the
.ges. America win stand for much
Irovided only that II treats material
omfort, material luxury and the
means for acquiring such as the foun-
alton on which to build the real
lie, the life Of spiritual and moral
fort and achievement
1.-THE rich man who has done nothing
ut accumulate riches is entitled to
ut the scantiest consideration; to the
len Of real power Of discernment he
] an object rather Of contempt than
I envy. The test Of q fortune should
0 two-fold--how It was earned and
ow It is spent. It is with the nation
, It is with the individual Looking
ack through history, the nation that
Q respect is invariably the nation
lat struggled, the nation that strove
ward a high ideal, the nation that
,cognized in an obstacle something to
, overcome and not something to be
lirked. The nation is but the aggre-
Ito of the individuals, and what is
ue of national life is and must be 4
ue of each of US in his individual
e. The man renders but poor
rvice to nation or to individual who
caches rest ease, absence Of en-
avor, az what that nation or that IN
vidual should strive after. IL
The president said that we are yet 7
good many thousand years short Of ~
. millennium and our business is to 1
our own duty and teach our chill NJ
On 10 DO their duty In rough work "
az world, and" he said, eve can o
do that duty By fine phrases" .
There was one person in this coun- ~
!, he declared, he put ahead Of the =
dier-"the really good woman, the =.
Cd wife and mother who has done =.
r fun duty
she often has a pretty hard time,
the woman who thus with labor HI
anxiety brings up her children, is St
'ssed among women, blessed among
N. l do not pity her in the least. l.
respect and admire her and hold :,
: worthy Of admiration and honor. vi
g selfish creature. man or woman, siI
o reaches old age having achieved
Je by Sinking duty is to be heartily
Ipised and not envied. Our admira-
q Is reserved for him or for her IN
o has done the real work which =
kes the next generation able In its
n to do its work In the country"