The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-08
VIKINGS PRAISE
BY UTTERANCES
Roosevelt's Masterful Speech Cap.
lures Even Staid and Stolid
Scholastics
VOICE FAILS UTTERLY:
is UNABLE TO FINISH
Long Delayed Speech on "Biologi-
cal Analogies" Delivered at Ok
ford University and Degree is
Conferred

OXFORD, England, June 7.-OX-
ford today conferred upon Theodore
Roosevelt the honary degree of
doctor o. civil laws The ceremony
took place in. the Sheldonian theatre
where for three centuries and more il
has been the custom to hold the en-
caenial services. but Poosevelts re-
cepton surpassed in enthusiasm. any
thing within the memory OF the old
est inhabitant
His lecture which dealt with Bio
logical Analoges in History" proved
40 be the powerful exposition of call
strange analogies," as the lecturer
himself expressed it, in the "phenom-
ena of life and death, of birth, growth
and change between these physical
groups of animal life which we desig-
nate as species, forms races and high
ly complex and composite entities
which rise before our minds when we
speak Of nations and civilizations"
Voice Fails Him.
Toward the close RoOSevelt's voice
failed and he was obliged to leave
nndelivered portion of his prepared
address. But before he withdrew
from the platform, he had won the
great audience that gathered in the
theatre, by his vigorous uttcrances
and forceful gestures. being cheered
repeatedly a various stages of his
address
Even She usually solemn red ROBBED
deans. were carried away and stood
1OIn11 in 8
the younger element. Following the
lecture, Roosevelt and $50 Americans.
including all of the Rhodes scholars,
Iunched together Roosevelt when in
PRODUCED expressed the appreciation
of all Americans for the great Gift
of Cecil Rhodes and for the hospit
atty OF hte OXonians to the scholars.
Ambassador Reid proposed toast
10 the king and the president
Speeches were made by several
Rhodes scholars. This evening Roose.
welt ana wife dined with the vice
chancellor of the university and re-
manned at his residence over night.
Cabins have been engaged for the
roosevelt party on the steamer
Kaiser and Auguste Victoria which
sail June 10 for New York.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt spoke
at the oxford University today and
look as the subject of his lecture
Biological AnalogieS in History" Col.
Roosevelt said:
Rome fell by attack from without.
only because the ills within her own
borders had grown incurable What
rs true of your country, my hearers,
is true of my own; While we should
be vigilant against foes from without.
yet we need never really fear them so
long as We safeguard ourselves against
the enemies within our own house
holds; and these enemies are our own
passions and follies. Free peoples can
escape being mastered by others only
by being able to master themselves.
We Americans and you people of the
British Isles. alike, need ever to keen
in mind that, among the MANY quail
ties Indispensable to the success of a
great democracy, and second only Ia
high and stern sense of duty OF
moral obligation, are self-knOWlcdge
and sclf-mastery. You. my hosts and
l may not agree in all our Views; some
demOcrat--aS, for the matter Of that
I am; and my theory of imperialism
would probably suit the anti-imperial-
lists as little as it would suit a certain
type of fOrcible-fecblc impcrialist. But
there are some points on which We
must all agree if we think soundly
The precise form of government. dem