The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-04-27

ents at the Sorbonne was as follows:
s IA &c and nd NJ an Of tHe
who speaks before this august body
in this ancient institution Of learning:
mighty kings and warlike, mobiles, of
great masters of law, and theology;
through the shining dust Of the d 1eat
tell of the power and learning anu
splendor of times gone by; and ne
sees also the innumerabie host st., OF num-
nigh the only outlet in the dark thral-
dom Of the middle ages: ,,n,versitv
no one dreamed that there was a new tr
world to discover Its SerX1ees area aae
stretched far back into the remote
past at the time when my forefathe trs
e sparse pands Of traders
S WOOD choppers, and fisher folk, who, in
hard struggle with the iron unfriend-
We're laying the foundations of what
has now become the giant Republic Of
the West. To conquer continent to
ture means grim warfare, and the gen,
erations engaged in it cannot keep, still
less add to, the stores of garne,re9 "a, WIS.
dom which were theirs, and which are
still in the hands of their brethren VINO
dwelt in the old land. To conquer. the
%ese to W ywheh
infancy of our race. The primeyal con
dtions mpst be met by wb the
retention of much that has been pain
fully acquired by humanity as through
civilization. In condition SO primitive
there can be but a primitive culture.
At first only the rudest schools, can be
the needs of the hard driven, .sinewy
folk who thrust forward the frontier
on the teeth of the savage and savage
any of these schools could develope into
seats of higher learning and broader
The Growth of the Nation.
who have l Won Won Success in SO many
lines TURN beck to try to to- re thH sn the
which perforce their fathers threw
aside in order better to wage the first
e c4Hsn PATHS nher fr TN" The leaders
thought and Of action grope their way
forward to new life, realizing, some
that the life of material gain, whether
for a nation or an Individual, is of
value only as, foundation, only as
comes from devotion to loftier, ideals.
The new life thus sought can, in part,
be developed afresh from what IS IS
can be developed in full only by freely
drawing upon the treasure houses OF
the old world upon upon the neao treasures af res
| dom and learning such as this where
of 1 speak today. 1t is mistake for
any nation merely to GO copy an9thefi
is proof of weakness in any nation,
not to be, anxious to learn from an
e fhhf leaning and to tie new National
ditions and make it fruitful and pro
ductive therein 1t is for. us Of the
Gamaiei of the old then if we have
the right stuff in us, we can show that
Paul In his turn became teacher as
WEE Tod Ss T's sSai speak to you on tn.
subject OF. individual citizenship, the
men, because you and we are citizens
of great democratic republics. A DEM
ocratic republic such as each Of ours
represents the most gigantic of all
oss9h1e w sGf the Freatest
cess of republics like yours and like
ours means the glory ana our ia failure ua
and for us the question of the quality
Of the Individual citizen is supreme.
| France Great Teacher.
| France has taught many lessons to
other nations;. surely one of the most
important is the lesson. her whole his
tory teaches. that a high artistic and
literary development is compatible with
notable leadership in arms and state
craft. The brilliant gallantry of the
been proverbial; and during these same
centuries at every court in Europe the
Gree Masons of Fashion" have treated
the French tongue as their common
speech, while every artist and man of
letters, and every man of science able
to appreciate that marvellous instru-
turned towards France for aid and in
spiration. How long the leadership in
and Letters ct err t has aftfh Is h
the splendid French epic which tells of
C e;hh when the Lords of the
Frankish Host were stricken at Ron
cesvelles.
who have not, strive to attain a high
standard of cultivation and scholarship.
Yet let us remember that these stand
second to certain other things. There
is need of a sound body. and even moro
need of a sound mind. But above mind
and above body stands character, the
when we speak of a mans force and
courage, Of his good faith and sense
of honor. / believe in exercise, of the
body always provided that we keep in
mind that physical development is a
means and not an end; ! believe, OF
course, in giving TO- all the people a
good education, but the education must
contain much besides book learning in
order to be really good. We must ever
or a no nos and
erness in any way make up the lack OF
the great solid qualities Self restraint
self mastery, common sense, the pow
err of accepting individual responsible
ty and yet, Of acting in conjunction
with others. courage and resolution
these are the qualities which mark a
masterful people. Without them no
people can control itself or save itself
from being controlled from the out
side. speak to a brilliant assemblage
7 sneak in a great university which
represents the flower of the highest in
tellectual development; I pay all hon.
age to intellect, and to elaborate and
vet I know I shall have the assent OF
all you present when I add that more
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