The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08
MN. ROOSEVELT DEFENDED.
A ChFIstiaa IN Bslsef AlibSuEh Ms PAl.
lansphy q Life u NletEsrheaR.

To fHE EDIrOR ~ Tvs sUN ST. IuI.
entirely entertaining exposition of a..
Philosophy Of Friedrich NistksCh.' iIR,,
Henry L. Mencken assert. n ~ no.'l
saek conclusive proof that Nietzs,hr ha- ...r
his mark upon his time W. need Eo no
Their than the ubiquitous Mr. Roos.,..
In all things fundamental the Roo,"r.r.
philosophy and the Nietgschean philo.or.
/ are Identical
| Il was fundamental in Met xsrhc = .,ia...
Of reform and progress 10 deny. derry ..
ride, denOunce and destroy Chri.tlr.
! and he lifted his voice against II 90 su,h ,.
fible language a. this
| " IL 10 mo NE HTeatsst ~ ~ iragi-ga.
upuons. u has Rf nothing untouchri Hf ..
dsDnuiy II has made a uoFthrssne,s or rr
ever value a lc out Of every Truth. q in uH. ..
eveTythi straightforward. healthy and hone.
let any one dare 70 speak 70 me OF ~ humaH.u
Ian blessings To DO away With palm and woe
contrary 10 ~ principles. u lives b. pain s.f
WOe. u has created nain and Vos In order 70 Hs.
DstaAto itself. Il comhau al rood red biooi d,
love- and al hope for NE. with - anEmr I4ss.
I Of huliness Il sets W the other world" A. rr
CATION Of every reality me cross IL Me rail- iag
post for a conspiracy against health. beauty asI
being. courage. Intellect beneN olcnce- against
| nfe Itself
This eternal accusation I shAn Writ upon Al
walls: ! cell Christianity the one treat curse ths
one great intriRsic depranty. call II the one
immortal shame and blemish upon the human
race.
Mr. Msncken. completing the compar.
son, says:
u IA lnoOnesyAble that Mr.. Roosevelt should
have Formulated his present coafsssion u faith
Independently Of NletEaehe. A. every One kn0ss
Ne Il an ardent student Of German literature
aAd has dipped with peculiar asslduiy into the
PieriAn spring OF the German poets and phlOso
piers. me motto al TIE head Of his essay on
The Strenuous lite the bee, summary Of bis
creed that he has yet published. Il quolauOa
from Goethe, and In the sssay liasii are . mulu-
Jude Of th0Aghts borrowed boldly and bodily.
Jh0ugh perhaps uneOnsciOnaly, from none other
han Friedrich Niettseho. the strenuous lite
Indeed i the most eloquent and powerful STATE
ment Of the DiOnysian PHILOSOPHY ever made hy
any one There Il no denial Of the Law
Of naturaI sslscuoa In this thundeF0us sermon
Of The American DiOnysiaR. there Is no meek
acceptance Of the Christian docthns that sef
efacsment Il noble. There 4 no accept.
anee Of the doctrinetha al men are equal before
he Lord" On the contrary "many Of our people
are utterly unit for self EoyeFnasnL- There
Il no gi0nying Of, ascetielsm. sickness. dssh
and degeneration me hAngman's metaphysir
Weakness Is TIE greatest Of crimesi- There N
no worship Of the istich Of peace aud hrotherIy
love The 0yerrivihEed man. Who has lost ths
great lighting. masteTful virtues in him ibers
Is AbomihAusn. Thank Cod for the Iron In the
blood Of our iAthcrsr Could there be q more
direct and earnest siAteHsnt Of NE Diouysisn
creed Gould there be a more obvious par
qhrasing Of Der AntcaHsI- and Also sprarh
Arathustra-'
Mr. Roosevelt has a pew Ia q Christian churrh
but his whOls attitude Of mind IL essentially and
violently IN Christian. n you don't believe u
compare The Strenuous life" And the sermon
on the Mount Is II possible 70 imagine two
dOcumeaE which sAy Nay 70 earh other mOrs
rOt0lst yehementh and unmlSiakably'
For my part ! am confident that Mr.
Roosevelt sincerely belle - himself To ha
a Christian. that he has not been consciously
Influenced IN tho smallest degree hy the
mad Dionysian Of Ba-"l and that he ron.
dsmns the Nistz-Chean philosophy in h..
fotality a. unsparingly A. Nietzsche con.
demna Christianity Nevertheless the doc
irines enuRclated by Mr. Roosevelt are none
The worse for their contradiction Of other
doctrines AMICrs CtRlE
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