The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-23

times; and It 10 the crown Of blessines
now. Tho greatest Of all curses 10
the curse Of sterility, and the seyeres,
OF al condemnations should be that
visited upon wilful sterility.' Tho first
essential In any civilization 10 that
the man and tho woman shall be
father ana mother Of healthy chill
dren, 30 that the race shall increase
and not decrease. II this is not 20. Il,
through no fault Of tho society there
10 failure to increase. It 10 q grea.
misfortune. II the failure IL due to
deliberate and wilful fault, then It is
not merely misfortune, It 10 one of
those crimes Of ease and self-indul-
gence. of shrinking from pain and
effort and risk, which In the long run
nature Furnishes more heavily than
any other. II We Of the great repub-
acs. IT we. the free people who claim
70 nave emancipated ourselves from
the thraldom Of wrong and error,
bring down on our heads the curse
lEcat comes upon the wilfully barren,
zt will be an idle waste OF. breath
oncc Of our achievements to
boa> .4&ca/ that We have done. No
refinehse ee,. : no delicacy Of taste,
ing up oe rlc.. no ~ ssnsuou1 sGaS.o asde- DE-
velopment Of art and literature. can
In any way compensate for the loss
OF the great fundamental virtues; ana
OF these great fundamental virtues,
the greatest is the races power to
perpetuate the race.
I'm short, the good citizen in q
republic must realize that he ought to
possess two sets Of qualities, and
that neither .avails without the other.
He must have these qualities which
make for efficiency; and he must also
have those qualities which direct the
efficiency into channels for the pub
lie good. He 10 useless IL he is in
efficient. There 10 nothing to be done
with that type OF citizen Of whom
all that can be said is that he is
harmless. Virtue which 10 dependent
upon . sluggish circulation 10 not
impressive. There 10 little place in
active life for the timid good man.
The man who 10 saved py weakness
from robust wickedness IN likewise
rendered immune from the robuster
virtues. The good citlSen m re-
public must first Of all be able to
hold his own. He 10 no good citizen
unless he has the ability which will
make him work hard and which at
need will make him tight hard. The
good citizen 10 not . good oitisen un-
less he II IN sfncisnt eitisen. ~ y
There are plenty Of men, calling
themselves Socialists with whom up
to time point, 1t 10 quxes possible to
work. II the next step 10 one which
10th We and they wish to take, why
of course take 1t, without any regard
to the fact that our views a. to the
tenth step may differ. But, ON the
other hand, keep clearly in mind that,
though 1t has been worth while to
take one step. this does not In the
least 1cean that 1t may not be highly
to take the next.
My position as regards the monied
interests can be put In few words.
In every civilized society property
rights must be carefully safeguarded.
Ordinarily and In the great majority
Of cases, human rights and property
rights are fundamentally and, in the
long run. Identical. But when ft
clearly appears that there is a real
conflict between them, human rights
have the upper hand, for property be-
longs to the man and not the man
to property"
THE good citizen will demand lib
erty for himself. and as a matter Of
pride he will see to it that others
receive the liberty which he thus
claims as his own. Probably the best
test Of true love of liberty in any
country is the way in which minori-
ties are treated in that country. Not
only should there be complete liberty
in matters Of religion and opinion. but
complete liberty for each man to lead
his like a. he desires, provided only
that in 80 doing he does not wrong
his neighbors."
Col. Roosevelt received a remark
able ovation in the Sorbornne. Every
bit of room In the big amphitheater
was occupied and the lecturer was re-
peatedly and enthusiastically ap-
plauded.
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