The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-04-28
CITIZENSHIP
N A REPUBLIC.
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MS VIEWS on SOCIALISM

Asdress In essis-vsiks u Mans
chisf Duty. Danger q Class Hstrsd
end Appeals Fss Pstsistie Spirit.
Ne Nssm For siishtsrs.
Paris. April 23.-COiOnel TheOdOrr
Roosevelt delivered the following ad-
dress On ''Citixenship In Republic II
the SOrb0nne:
Strange aud Impressive ass.a.iat ions
rise In the mind Of man from the
new world who speaks before this uu-
gust bsdy In this aih.ient institut ion
IT learning BEFORE his eyes pnss The.
shadows Of mighty kings aud warlike
nobits. Of great masters If law and
thtUl''gy. Through the shining dust
Of The dead centuries he s.es crowded
hgure~ that tell Of the power and
learning and splendOr Of times guur
b!. and he sts's also the innuuI.raL Bile
hUst Of humble students to whom
clerkship meant emancipation. to
whom II WAS we'll nigh the only outlet
from the dark thrald Of the middle
ages
Today I shall speak to you on the
subject of individual citizenship. the
Que subject Of vital Importance to you.
my hearers. and to uie aud my coun-
trynlen. because you and we are citi-
zens Of great democratic republics. A
democratic republic such as each of
Ours-an effort to realize In its full
sense government by. of and for the
I'eUple- represents the most gigantic
Of all possible social experiments. the
one fraught with greatest possibilities
alike for good and for evil.
The success of republics like yours
and like ours means the glory and our
failure the despair Of mankind and
for you and for US the question Of the
quality Of the Individual citizen Is su-
preme.
To Succeed 0s Coed.
With you here aud with US in my
own home. In the long run. success or
failure will be conditioned upon the
way In which the average man. the
average woman. does his or her duty.
tirst in the ordinary, everyday affairs
Of life and next In those great occa-
sionai crises which call for the heroic
virtues. The average citizen must be
q good citizen II our republics are to
succeed.
Let the man Of learning. the man of
lettered leisure. beware Of that queer
and cheap temptation to pose to him
self and to others a. the cynic. as the
man who has outgrown emotions and
beliefs. the man to whom good and
evil are as one. The poorest way to
face life is to face it with sneer.
There is no more unhealthy being.
no man less worthy Of respect. than he
who either really holds or feigns to
hold an attitude Of sneering disbelief
toward all that Is great and lofty.
whether in achievement or in that no
bic effort which. even II 1t fail. comes
second to achievement.
Shame on the man Of cultivated taste
who permits refinement to develop into
a fastidiousness that units him for
doing the rough work Of wOrkaday
world. Among the free peoples who
govern themselves there is but small
HeId Of usefulness open for the men
Of clOistered life who shrink from con-
tact with their fellows.
No Room For sIishtsrs.
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 action If only the conditions of
life were not what they actually are
The man who does nothing cuts the
same sordid figure In the pages of his
tory. whether be be cynic or fop or
vOIuptuary.
1t is war worn Hotspur, spent with
hard fighting. be of the many errors
aud the valiant end. over whose men,
ory We love to linger, not over the
memory Of the young lord who but
for the vile guns would have been
soldier"
The good man should be both
strong and brave man-that is, he
should be able to fight. he should be
able to serve his country as soldier
II the ueed arises. There are well
meaning philosophers who decIaim
against the unrighteousness of war
They are right only II they lay all
their emphasis upon the unriChteous-
ness. War Is dreadful thing. and
unjust war is crime against human
ny. But 1t Is such crime because it
is unjust. not because 1t is war.
The choice must ever be In favor of
righteousness. and this whether the
alternative he peace or whether the
alternative he war. The question must
rot be merely. Is there to be peace or
war? The question must be. Is the
right to prevail?
Are the great laws of righteousness
once more to be fulfilled? And the an
swer from a strong and virile people
must he Yes" whatever the cost.
Every honorable effort should always
he made to avoid war. lust ns every
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