Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-25
THE STRENUOUS LIFE.

That the life Of man should. be spent
in usefulness broad enough 10 include
an people, that idleness should ind no
part in IL. that "a constant endeavor
should be made to make OF life the best
that Il can mean, 80 that when II Is
ended something will be left behind
that viii be OF permanent good to pos
terlty-this is the strenuous life as de-
fined IN the address Of Col Theodore
Roosevelt at Paris Saturday. Colonel
Rooseyelts address brought out no
thoughts which are new with him and
the gospel OF strenuosity,' If it may
be termed such, is not particularly Of
his own creation. though he is one OF
its ablest exponents In his Paris ad-
dress he repeated much Of what has
been heard 20 fall from his lips before,
but nevertheless, the appeal for greater
effort Is subject which may be
brought forward often for the benefit
Of those OF us who may look with envy
at times upon those who may yet re-
cline upon the couch Of luxury and
seem unaffected by things about them.
in rough clothes with gun In hand. or
on the frontiers. or In the turmoil Of
tho markets. or indeed, In any effort
which seems to suggest most aptly the
meaning OF the term. There is room In
the home for strenuous endeavor, room
in the office and shop, with ones assoc
cistes generally and. most Of an, with
HrHN. srfs NHnT
may be defined as life Of effort, first
10 make ourselves better as men and
women and second, having achieved
this. we will have made ourselves more
useful. we will have benefited those
about us and when life's burdens are
laid down. something will be left be-
hind Of permanent worth 70 man
kind
some OF the statements OF the speak
er which may bee taken into the every
day life Of AN are the following:
Success or failure win be conditioned
upon the way In which the average
man. the average woman, does his or
her duty, first Ion the ordinary, every
day affairs Of life, and next in those
great occasional crises which call for
the heroic virtues.
1T IS not the critic who counts; not
the man who points out how the strong
man stumbles. or whore the door of
deeds could have done them better
| The credit belongs 90 the man who IS
actually ia the arena, whose face Is
marred by dust and sweat and blood;
! who strives valiantly. who errs, and
/ comes short again and again. because
| there Is no effort without error and
| shurtcoming, who spends himself In "a
! worthy cause
SHANE on the man Of cultivated taste
/ who permits refinement 10 develop into
| fastldiousness that units him for
| doing the rough work OF a workaday
| world.
Il pay homage TO intellect and 10
| elaborate and specialized training OF
/ the intellect (buO more important still
are the commonplace, every day quail
! ties and virtues. Such ordinary, every
| day qualities include the viii and pow
! or TO work, TO fight az need. and 10
/ have plenty OF healthy children.
"'rhe average man must earn his own
/ livelihood He should be trained 10
/ do so, and he should be trained 20 feel
/ that he occupies a contemplate POSI-
| ton If he does not do so.
1.-THE good citizen IN a republic q.
| must have those qualities which make
/ for efficiency. and he must also have
/ those qualities which direct the EN-
| cheney into channels for the public
| good He Is useless n he Is inefficient
/ There Is nothing 70 be done with that
| type % citizen Of whom an that can be
| said is that he is harmless
There IS little place IN active life for
| the timid good man
1.-THE man who Is saved by weakness
| from robust wickedness Is likewise
rendered immune from the robuster
| virtues,
1.-THE good man should be both a strong
and a brave man, that is he should be
| able 20 fight, he should be able 10 serve
his country as a soldier II need arises
There are well-meaning philosophers