The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-06-09
ROMANES LECTURE GIVEN
BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Event Postponed by Kings Death Attracts a
Large Audience at 0xfOrd---LOrd Curzon
Introduces the Distinguished American.

dents Of oxford university. Theodore
Roosevelt on June Z delivered the
Romanes lecture. his subject being
biological Analogies IN History" The
lecture had been scheduled for delivery
on May is. but OF course was post.
poned on OF King Edwards
demise. Il was given in the Sheldon.
ian theater and Lord Curzon. as chan.
cellor OF the university. presided and
introduced the lecturer.
In seeking 20 penetrate the causes
Of the mysteries that surround not
only mankind but all life. both In the
present and the past. said Mr.. RooBe-
welt, we see strange analoEies IN the
phenomena Of life and death. OF birth
growth and change. between those
physical groups Of animal life which
We designate as species. forms, races
and the highly complex and composite
entities which rise before our minds
when We speak Of nations and civil
llzations. u Is this study, he assert.
ed. that Inns given science It's present.
day prominence. and the historian %
mankind must work In the scientific
spirit and use the treasure-houscs OF
science.
To illustrate. the lecturer took sew
eral instances OF the development %
new species and the extinction OF spe-
cies iu the history Of mammalian life,
showing that 81 some cases the causes
can be traced with considerable accu-
racy. and Ga other cases we cannot so
much as hazard a guess as 10 why q
given change occurred.
Analoaiss In Human History.
Continuing. Mr.. Roosevelt said IN
part:
Now. as % all % these phenomena IN the
evolution q species. there are. Y not
hou1aloEles. az least certain Enalcries. IN
the history % human societies. IN the
history o. the rise 90 prominence. Of the
development and change. OF the tenn
porsry dominance, and death or trans
formation. - the groups o. varying Kind
which form races or nations
A. IN biology, 90 In hlman history. q
new form may result; from the spec!utHa-
ton % a long existing and hitherto very
alcwly-churEiuE gcnrraNEet or non
specialized form. as. Tor Instance. when
a taruaIg race from a variety % causes
suddenly develops a more complex cult
walton and civilization. That is what oc-
CURED Tor instance. In western Europe
during the centuries o. tho Tcutonir and
later rho Scandinavian sthulr oyrrrows
from the north. Al The modern countries
Of western Europe are descended from the
states created by these northern INVADERS
when crHt created they could be called
new" ur young states iu tho ssnso
that part or aI - the people crmpasirg
them we're descended from races that
hitherto had nos been civilized az aIi and
that therefore Tor the Nrst time entered
on The career % eiN1llFsd communities
In she aHufNcr1 part o. western Europe
The rev states thus formed rnusLEfef 90
bulb % me Inhabitants already On the land
under tho Roman empire ans 90 was
here that fHr new klrE1ous FIRST took
shape Through n reflex action their
infusrrs ihtn extended back into the cold
forests from which fhs Invader had come.
ana Germany and Scandinavia witnessed
The Tsr % communities WITH essentially
The same civilization as 'hrIr Fnuthp-n
neighbour though IN those carargrifirs.
unlike mo southern communities there
vas rn Infusion 70 now hiHui and In each
case tf0 now civilized nation which Frafu-
ally developed was composed entirely %
member - ths same race which in the
same region had fnf ages lived tho Nfo Of
a slowly CHANGING harbHrlsm Tho same
was true ~ the SIaya and tNr sIavouIsri
llruH ~ EASTERN Europe. when en- irrl.
traunn ~ scandinavian leaders from tho
north ans inH'fraflou o. VNrartIrs
cultur" from 'to south fuirrf fn produce
The changes which have gradually. .at OF
the NTfIr Eiay communities ~ iNr f.rrHf
and o." Hi'Tur formed thc mighty Russian
empire ~ today
New and Young" Nations.
Again. fhr now form may rerrssr-t
merely o. splitting m from o. long .rafab.
hf..h llF.lT developed and sprglalzoa
nation To- 'H's rafo no nation r. usually
spoken uf asa young. an1 EH correctly
spoken ~ nH q "urw alton hun fr,
term should always DO ure1 with q clear
sense 90 Toe difference between what Ia
described lu such case and what f. de.
scTihsl hy the Same term On speaking ~
q civilized nation iuEt dfgrIupri from a
huthHf.rW Carthage ans Syracuse wore
new .'Nrs compared with Tyre ana cor.
tuth tuf tlg Greek or TUDrulglaa race VAS
On every sense 90 tho word as ola fra tho
new t.fN aa iu the old city So. nHWah4va
Victoria COZ Manitoba lH "a now community
compared With lnE'aud Cr scotland. but
The ancestral type ~ civilization and ruI.
turc be- ss Ola boo one case ss In she other
] % course So not mean g.F u moment
that great changes arc rot prrHuce8 by
the mere tact tfEt she old civilized race
- suddenly placed ir surroundings who're
u haa aEaln Go so Through jHy work 81
ahwlud THE wilderness. "a WORK fufahff
many centuries before In tie ORIGINAL
home OF tho rnCc I merely moan that
che Ancestral history e. me same in 90
case We can Rightly use tho phrase a
new people" 600 speaking % Canadians
90 Australians, Americans or AfIEnutrra
but We use W iu an entirely dIrerrnt
sense from that in which 90 use ID unsn
speahAnr 20 such communities as trg..
fouudrd bN tho nnrthWgn and their AZ
s~eendanls iHrug that period ~ astouish.
ms growth which saw thc d-rsHrnFnrts ~
tho Morse sea- thieves conquer ami trar..
form Normandy, Sicily, and the nritish
Islands. We use O. ln uH entirely diTrrrrt
sense from thar Ina which Ne use II when
speahing ~ The now states that grew up
around warsaw, kiUG No,round. ana
MOSCOW, a. the Wild tavares % th,
sieppos and the marshy forests struggled
halungly and stumbllnrly upward 40
become builders ~ cities unl 90 form
stable governments. rhe kingdoms 81
CharlrmaEnc ana Alfred were new
compared with tho empire on the Ros-
phorus ifrY were also en- every way ar.
fercnt their Tines 90 ancestral descent had
nethtnE To- common with those o. the
polyglot realm which paid tribute 20 the
Caesars % B"yuanuum their aoeial tr,b-
lens and eftcrtime history we're totally
dincrrnt THIS 10 not true % those ''nsW"
nations which spring direct frum old ma.
tons Brasil. The Argentine the Tinted
Arc ali new naFf.u. ...