The Detroit times., 1910-04-25

& the printed text OF ROOSEVELT
his lecture. Col. Roosevelt created a
furore by an attack on the moneyed IN
terests when, in pursuance OF material
gain, they override human rights. He
said:
My position as regards the moneyed
interests can be put in very Few
words. In every civilized society
property rights must be carefully safe
guarded. Ordinarily. and in the great
majority of eases, human rights aud
property rights are fundamentally, and
In the long run. identical. But when
Il clearly appears that there is real
conflict between them. human rights
must have the upper hand. for prop
erty belongs TO man and not man TO
property"
Tremendous applause and cries or
bravo, Bravo" met the colonels dee.
laration. Strange 10 say. there was
also great applause when the speaker
attacked race suicide, which is re-
garded as Frances great weakness.
Col. Roosevelt said in part.
Strange and impressive assocla.
tons rise in the mind of a man from
the new world who speaks before this
of learning Before his eyes pass the
shadows OF mighty kings and wariike
mobiles, of great masters Of law and
theology: through the shining dust nt
4 the dead centuries he sees crowded fig
ures that tell OF the power and learn
ing and splendor of times. gone by;
and he sees also the innumerable host
OF humble students TO whom clerkship
meant emancipation. TO whom It was
wellnigh the only outlet from the dark
thraldom OF the Middle Ages.
Education impresses upon us the
necessity of a safe course in public
life.
Denounces the Cynic.
LET the man of learning. the man
of lettered leisure beware OF that
queer and cheap temptation TO pose
TO himself and TO others as the cynic.
as the man who has outgrown emo
tons and beliefs, the man To whom
good and evil are as one. The poor
est way to face life is TO face it with
sneer.
1T is not the critic who counts: not
the man who points out how the strong
man stumbles, or where the doer OF
deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who Is
actually in the arena, whose face Is
marTed by dust and sweat and BLOOD
who strives valiantly; who errs, and
comes short again and again. because
there is no effort without error and
shortening
Shame on the man OF cultivated
taste who permits refinement to de.
velop into a fastidiousness that units
him for doing the rough work OF a
workaday world. Among the free PEG.
PIES who govern themselves there is
but a small field of usefulness open
for the men OF clustered life who
shrink from contact with their fellows.
Still less room is there for those VINO
deride or slight what is done by those
who actually bear the brunt OF the
day; nor yet for those others who
always profess that they would like
TO take action, If only the conditions
of life were not what they actually
are The man who does nothing cugs
the same sordd figure in the pages
of history, whether he be cynic, or fop.
or voluptuary. There is little use for
the being whose tepid soul knows
nothing OF the great and generous
belief, the lofty enthusiasm, OF the
men who quell the storm and ride the
thunder.
Righteousness Must Prevail.
In the next piaee-, the-goea- man
should be both strong and a brave
man; that is. he should be able to
fight, he should be able 10 serve his
country as a soldier II the need arifes.
rr
who declaim against the unrighteous-
ness of war. They are right only II
they lay all their emphasis upon the
Unrighteousness. War is a dreadful
thing, and unjust war is a crime against
humanity But IL is such crime be-
cause II is unjust. not because ii le
war. The choice must ever be in
favor OF righteousness, and this
whether the alternative be peace cr
whether the alternative be war. The
question must not DE merely, Is there
10 be peace or war? The question
must be, is the right to prevail? Are
the great laws OF righteousness once
more 10 be fulfilled? And the ansv er
from strong and yirile people must
he. yes, whatever the cost. Every
honorable effort should always be
made TO avoid war, just as every hon
orable effort should always be made
by the individual In private life to
keep ont OF brawl TO keep out or
trouble, but no selfrespecting indi.
Nidual, no self-respectins nation can
or ought TO submit 10 wrong
And, while laying all stress on
this point while not merely asNnowl.
edging but insisting upon the fact
that there must be basis OF material
well-being for the Individual as for the
nation. let us with equal emphasis in
sist that this material well-beiug rep.
resents nothing but the foundation.
and that the foundation though iudis-
pensAble. Is worthless unless upon Il
is raised the superstructure OF higher
life. That Is why I decline 10 rerog.
nize the mere multi-milhOnaire. the
man OF mere wealth as an asset ot
value to any country; and especially