The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-06-10
ROOSEVELT GIVES
ROMANES LECTURE
Former President OF United
States at Oxford
LORD CURzoN IN THE CHAIR
sheldonian Theater Crowded win
Distinguishes People When Amer
lean Talks on Geological An.
alogles In History"

oxford. England The Romanes
lecture by Theodore Roosevelt. which
was to have been delivered on May is,
but which was postponed on account
Of the death Of King Edward. was
given on June by the distinguished
American The Sheldonihn theater
was filled to It's capacity by notable
persons and oxford students and the
lecture. which was on biological
Analogies In History" was well re
Neiyed Lord Curzon. chancellor Of the
University. presided.
In seeking TO penetrate tho causes
Of the mysteries that surround not
only mankind but all life. both in the
present and the past. said Mr.. Roose-
welt. we see strange analogies In the
| phenomena Of life and death. OF birth
growth and change. between those
physical groups Of animal life which
We designate as species. forms races
and the highly complex and composite
entities which rise before our minds
when we speak Of nations and civil
lizations. II IL this study, he assert
ed. that has given science It's present.
DAY prominence. and the historian OF
mankind must work In the scientific
spirit and use the treasure-houses OF
science.
To illustrate, the lecturer took sew.
ernl instances OF the development OF
new species and the extinction OF spe-
eies In tho history Of mammalian life.
showing that In some cases the causes
can be traced with considerable accu'
racy. and in other cases we cannot 80
much as hazard guess as TO why n
given change occurred.
Analogies In Human History.
Continuing. Mr. Roosevelt said in
part:
Now. as to all Of these phenomena In the
evolution Of spccies, there nre, n not
homolorics. at least certain analogies. IN
the history Of human societies. In thu
history of the rise 10 prominence. OF tbs
development and change, ~ the tenn
pornry dominance, ana death or trans
formation. OF the groups NJ varying Kind
which form races or nations.
As In biology. 30 In human history, q
new form may result from tho specialize
tlon OF a long-eNlsting and hitherto vera
slowiy-chnnglng generalized or non
, specialized form; as. for Instance. whei
n bnrbnric race from a variety Of cnuHel
suddenly develops more complex culti
walton and civilization. That is what &C
Cured for Instance, In western Europ
, during the centuries Of the Teutonlc AM
later tho Scandinavian ethnlc overflow
: from the north. All the modern countric
/ | OF western Europe are descended from tn
| states created by these northern invaders
, when FIRST created they could he calle'
, new" or young states In the sens
that part or all Of the people composlnl
them were descended from races tina
, | hitherto had not been civilized NJ all, AM
that therefore for the nrst time entere'
| on the career Of civilized communities
In the southern part Of western Europ
the new states thus formed consisted II
bulk Of the inhabitants already IN the lam
under the Roman empire. ana II wa
: here that the new Kingdoms iirst tool
4 shape Through reflex action thei
a Influence then extended back into the col
! forests from which the invaders had come
and Germany and Scandinavia witncsse
: the rise Of communities with osscntlall
the same civilization rs their southern
; nolghbors; though In those communities
unlike the southern communities. Their
was no infusion ~ new blood. and In enc
case the new civilized nation watch Rradu
ally developed was composed entirely q
members OF the same race which In N
same region had for ages lived the life q
n slowly changing barbarism The sam
was true OF the Snvs and the Slavonizc
Films Of eastern Europe, when an innl
tratlon Of scandinavian leaders from IN
north and inhltratlon ~ Byzantin
culture from the south inined to produc
the changes which have gradually. out a
the llttlC Slnv communities ~ the forcs
and the stuppe. formed the mighty Russia
empire ~ today
"New" and Young" Nations.
Again, the nav form may repreaen
a.Naa No. - g..
lished. highly developed and specialize
nation, In this case the nation IA usual
spoken Of as a young" and Ia corrcctl
spoken 81 ns NEW" nation: but IA
term should always be used with a cloa
sense ~ the difference between what
described In such case. and what ls d.
\ EcrihOd by the same term I'm speaking q
civilized nation Just developed from
i harbarlsm. Carthage and Syracuse wer
new cities compared with Tyre and Coz