The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-05-20
MODERN CIVILIZATION
IS ROOSEVELT'S TOPIC
Interesting Lecture on "The World
Movement" DeliUered at the Uni
Uersity of Berlin by the Es-Presi-
dent of the United States

Berlin ENprcsidcnt Theodore
Roosevelt appeared Thur7day before
an audience that tested tho capacity
Of the aula At the University ~ Berlin.
and delivered a lecture ON THE World
Movement" lie spoke 10 English and
was listened 10 with the deepest In.
tcrost
beginning with nm eloquent eulogy
~ the German race and rs achieve.
menta. the lecturer soon reached the
main theme ~ hIs discourse. and re-
viewed the civilization and culture. 80
mr. us We know them. NJ the earliest
peoples and their contributions 10 the
modern world IT, then continued
A. last little over 90 years
ago. tho movement towards b world civil.
tatinu took up it1 interrupted march. The
beginning ~ tho modern movement may
roughly b" taken ~ synchrunizlng with
the discovery ~ printing. and with that
series ~ bold soa ventures which culmi-
mated In tho discovery ~ America. and
after these two epDrhhi fenta had begun
90 produce their fuli effects IN material
and intellectual Ire. n became Inevitable
that civilization should thereafter diner
not only In degree but even In Kind from
all that had gone before Immediately
after tho voyage Of Columbus and Vaaco
| dh Cana there began tremendous re-
| liKioua fornent. tho awakening ~ intel
| let went hand m hand with tho moral
/ uprising the great names ~ Copernlcus
/ Bruno. krplrr and Calico show that tho
/ mind Of man was breaking tho letters
| that had Cfamped n. and Tor the nrat
I time experimentation was used ne a checl
I upon observation and throrlEation. Since
/ then. century by century Tho changes
Z have Increased IN rapidly aud complex
| ny. and have attained their maximum In
l both respects during the century Just
I past
Z Instead ~ being directed by one or two
I dominant peoples ~ was tho ease with
I all similar movements NJ tho past the
| new movement was shared by many an
| fsrent nations From every standpoint II
| has been ~ Infinitely greater moment
. than anything hitherto seen Not In one
I but IN many different peoples there has
/ been extraordinary growth IN wealth. IN
population. IN power ~ organization and
[ IN mastery over mechanical activity and
natural resources All ~ this has been
| accompanied and siHnalised nv an I'm
| menHe outhufHt ~ energy ana restless
/ Initiative Tho result IL varied AZ Il IL
/ striking
Conquest Of the World.
| In the frat place. representatives, Of this
civilization, by their conquest ~ space.
| were enabled 10 spread into all tho prac.
/ tically vacant continents. while at tho
same time. by their triumphs In orEaniHa-
iion ana mechanical invention. they ac-
\ gotr~n as uutesrosor us'titary rup-vforftv
a. compared with their former rivals To
these two facts II primarily due tho
/ further fact that Tor the nrst time there
/ n really something that approaches a
] world civilization. world movement The
spread ~ the European peoples since the
AuU Of as.N
tho Terrible has been across every sea
and over every continent. In places the
. rnnqusHts have been ethnic. that H. there
has been a new wandering ~ tho peoples.
and new rnmmnnw- tlths have sprung up
In which tho people are entirely or mnin.
I IN ~ European blood This ~ what hap.
penod In the temperate and substrupical
regions ~ the Western Hemisphere In
Australia. In portions NJ northern Asia
and southern Africa In other places tho
conquest has been purely political. tho
Europeans representing Tor the most part
merely a small caste ~ soldiers and nd
illustrators, as IN most ~ tropical Asia
and Africa and IN much NJ tropical Amer
tea Finally here and there Instances oc-
rur where there has been no conquest az
All. but whore an alien people II profound,
" and radically changed by the mere TIM
pact ~ western civilization
There are ~ course many grades he
hut the net outcome ~ what has occurred
during tho last four centuries ls that civil
llrntiOn ~ the European type now ever
rlsrH more mr. less profound offprt over
practically tho entire world There are
hooks aud rorn.ra "a which II has not yet
penetrated. hut there IL Ht present no
large space NJ territory In which tho gen
-ral movement " civilized activity does
not make itself more or less felt Thl,
represents something wholly different
from what has ever hitherto been seen
In tho greatest DAYS ~ Roman dominion
the Influence ~ Rome was fclt over only
a relatively small portion ~ tho worli-
surface. over much the larger part ~ thu
world tho process NJ change and develop.
uient was absolutely unaffected hy any.
thing that occurred In tho Roman empire.
and those communities tho play NJ whose
influence WIS frlt In action and reaction.
and IN inter action, among themselves.
were grouped immediately around tho
Mediterranean Now, however, tho whole
world b. bound together AS never before.
tho bonds are sometimes those NJ hatred
rather than love but they are bonds
neNrrthDlrHH.
All the Nations Linked,
browning or hopeful. every man ~ lead
ershlp IN any line ~ Thought or cfforl
must now look beyond the limits " hi'
own country. Tho student ~ sociology
may live IN urrlin or r. Petersburg
Rome or London. or he may live IN Mel
bourne or san Francisco or HurnOs Aires
but m whatever city he lives. ne must pas
heed TO tho studies ~ mon who live IN
each ~ the other cities when In Amer
tea We study labor problems and attempt
} Co deal with subjects such az NE insur
q Gucc for wage workers. We turn 10 see