Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-24
CITIZENSHIP in A REPUBLIC

CITIZENSHIP IN A REPUBLIC |
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suit Of his observations made during his
recent visit 20 the United States regarding
the growth Of education there. NJ. Bou-
troux took Colonel Roosevelt's ideal as the
highest type OF man which American edu-
cation sought to produce. quoting fire.
quently Roosevelts own words in the exc
position Of his theme.
introduction is Laudatory.
The speech of NJ. Lizard, vice-rector OF
the University Of Paris. in introducing
Colonel Roosevelt was laudatory. After
thanking the American ex-president for ac-
cepting the Invitation OF the university, M
lizard said the university particularly
wished its students 20 hear "the greatest
voice OF the new world. that OF a man who
| speaks by action as we'll as words, giving
to the world counsels OF justice and en-
ergy-tustice as the end and energy as
the means"
Turning to Colonel Roosevelt NJ. Lard
said you denounce the idle ana the use
less, but you combat also the mischief
makers and the selfish. You do not sep
| hIAle i0oIailAy b0A1Snt hNA AAehN
from force You are a rough soldier and
pacific thinker, a man OF action.
preacher OF high virtue and living ex-
ample OF the virtues you preach"
America, the speaker continued, recog-
nized in Roosevelt the embodiment of it's
noblest traits, but in his journey across
Europe the nations perceived in him some
! thing more-the representative OF larger
ideal than that OF country or Of race-the
champion Of right and justice among the
peoples.
M. Lizard said IN conclusion; Like other
! Americans who have come to address US
Won win see that America and France are
sisters not only by common tradition. but
also by the community Of many ideas and
sentiments guiding them in the pathways
Of the future"
i MIR. Rooseve1t's Address.
Mr.. Roosevelt said In part:
with YOU here. and with us in my own
home. in the long run, success or failure
win be conditioned upon the way In which
the average man, the average woman. does
lhls or her duty: first, in the ordinary
every day affairs OF life, and next in those
great occasional crises which call for the
4 heroic virtues The average citizen must
Ebe a good citizen II our republics are to
succeed. The stream will not permanently
lrise higher than the main source, and the
main source of national power and ma
t,opai greatness Is found in the average
citizenship of the nation. Therefore 1t be-
lhooves us to do our best to see that the
standard of the average citizen is kept
high. and the average cannot be kept high
unless the standard Of the leaders is very
much higher.
oft is well IL a large proportion Of the
leaders in any republic, in any democracy,
are, as a matter of course, drawn from
the classes represented in this audience
today; but only provided that those classes
possess the gifts Of sympathy with plain
people and Of devotion to great ideals. You
and those like you have received special
advantages; you have all Of you had the
opportunity for mental training; many of
YOU have had leisure; most of you have
Il had q chance for the enjoyment OF life Tar
greater than comes to the majority OF
your fellows To you and your kind much
has been given, and from you much should
be expected.
credit Not for Critics.
'It 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
|
whose face is marred by dust and sweat
and blood; who strives vallantly; who
: errs, and comes short again and again, be-
cause there is no effort without error and
shortcoming; but who does actually strive
, to do the deeds: who knows the great en-
thusiasm, the great devotions; who spends
himself IN a worthy cause; who at the best
knows in the end the triumph Of high
achievement, and who at the worst If he
fails. at least fails while daring greatly
SO that his place shall rever be with those
cold and tirnid souls who know neither
victory nor defeat. Shame on the man OF
cultivated taste who permits refnemcn,
to develop into fastidiousness that unfits
him from doing the rough work Of a
workaday world Among the free peoples
who govern themselves there Is but a small
field of usefulness open for the men OF
cloistered life who shrink from contact
with their fellows. Still less room is there
for those who deride or slight what is done
by those who actually bear the brunt OF
the day; nor yet for those others who al
ways profess that they would like to take
ection. II only the conditions Of life wer'
not what they actually are
II pay all homage to intellect and tC
elaborate and specialized training OF th'
intellect. and yet ! know shall have th'
assent OF ell Of you present when l add
. that more important still are the common
place. every day qualities and virtues
; WIN to Work and Fight.
"such ordinary, everyday qualities In
! elude the viii and the power to work, tc