Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-03
LIFE OF rFFORTlsss EASE DENOUNCED
Desire for eaoa Often Another Name fol
sloth and Tin idity.
GLORY COMES WITH DUTY WELL DON
veterans Are Reminded that Their
Most Treasured Memories Are
Those OF Victories Won
Through Hardships.

" fhoAl4-Nn IN May -.-EreEldent ROOse-
welt, in an address at the unveiling Of tho
statue 70 General George +. Mcclellan, to-
day. characterized as weakness the desire
for peace unless it could be obtained on
the right terms He would have had none
Of the so-called peace II It were merely
another name for self-indulgence for
sloth. for timidity, for the avoidance OF
duty The man who would do the best
for the country in peace, the president de-
elared. is the man who at need win do in
war
Seek the peace that comes TO the just
man armed he said, who will 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 that comes
TO US as the peace Of righteousness the
peace Of justice. Ask peace because your
deeds and your powers warrant you in
asking and do not put yourself in the posi-
ton to crave it as something to be granted
or withheld at the whim Of another
If there Is one thing which we should
wish as nation to avoid II is the teaching
Of those who would reinforce the lower
prcmptings OF our hearts and so teach US
10 seek only a life Of eftortless case, or
mere material comfort. The material de-
veiopment Of this country. Of which we
have right to be proud. provided we keep
our pride rational and within measure,
brings with It certain great dangers. and
one Of those dangers is the confounding
Of means and ends.
Real Life is Not Material
Material development means nothing to
a nation as an end in itself II America
is to stand simply for the accumulation OF
what tells for comfort and purity. then it
will stand for little indeed when looked at
through the vistas Of the ages. America
will stand for much provided only that IL
treats material comfort. material luxury
and the means on which to build the real
life, the life Of spiritual and moral effort
and achievement
''The rich man who has done nothing but
! accumulate riches is entitled to but the
! scGntiest consideration. TO the men Of real
power OF discernment he is an object rather
of contempt than Of envy. The test OF
fortune should be twofold-how Il was
earned and how II lie spent. 1t is with the
nation as with the individual Looking
back through history. the nation that we
respect is invariably the nation that strug-
gled. the nation that strove toward a high
ideal, the nation that recognized in an
obstacle something to be overcome and
not something to be shirked. The nation
| II uuN ALt ~ 6eIGbdkt OF Atle lnAlNlQuAAH ana
what is true Of national life is and must
be true Of each OF US in his individual life.
The man renders but poor service to
nation or to individual who breaches rest,
ease, absence of endeavor, as what that
nation or individual should strive after.
Glory in Duty Well Done.
Both you men who fought in blue and
your brothers who fought in gray. as you
7 har in live .
that have passed. what is II in those years
that you most glory in? The times OF
ease, the times Of idleness, the times when
everything went smoothly with you? OF
course not: because you are men, because
you are moved by the spirit OF men. What
! you glory in. what you hope 20 hand down
as undying memories TO your children, are
the things that were done In the days that
brought little pleasure with them save the
( grim consciousness Of having done, each
man, his duty his duty needed to be
done.
Because in those years you had It in
you dauntlessly to do your share in the
work allotted 10 you. your children and
your childrens children rise up to call you
blessed. Who among you now would
barter the memories OF the dark years
from 81 10 IS for any gift that can ~
given. Not man among you. You have
won the right 10 feel a pride that mona
other OF your countrymen can feel, and you
won that right because you sought not the
{ path Of ease, but the path Of rough diBa-
/ greeable irllsome and dangerous duty"
The president said we are yet a good
many thousand years short Of the millen-
4 ium and our business Is to DO our own
duty and teach our children 70 DO their
duty in rough work-a-day world, and. he
/ said I'VE cannot do that duty by nns
4 phrases"
Praise for Women of Country.
There was one person in this country, he
| declared. he put ahead Of the soldier-tho
really good woman, the good wife ana
mother who has done her fun duty.
she often has a pretty hard time. yet
the woman who thus, with labor and anx-
iety. brings up her children is blessed
I among women, blessed among men ! DO
not pity her In the least l respect and
admire her and hold her worthy OF admi-
4 ration and honor. The selfish creature. man
or woman. who reaches old age having
/ achieved ease by shirking duty, is TO be
heartily despised and not envied.. Our ad-
miratOn is reserved for him or for her
I who has done the real work which makes
] the next generation able in its turn 20 DO
It's work In the country"
nature. incapable OF righteous wrath" say
ing il was almost as unfortunate an at
. tribute for a citizen as Willingness 70 DO
I wrong.
IT" he declared, you haven't got It IN
you 10 strike manfully against wrong, you
I will accomplish but little for right.
| America must rise level 20 the ideals Of
the founders OF the nation when they started
this mighty republic on the road Of self
government These ideals we're 20 found
here. a government Of the people, by the
people. where no one man should wrong
his brother, where the nation should wrong
no outsider and should be able 20 resist
I aggression from without / hope 70 see
this nation play an evergrowing part IN the
worlds affairs. II cannot play that part
unless II is willing 20 accept the RESPONSE
| bilities that 90 with A.
I'VE cannot do our hrst and primary