The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-04-28
COL. ROOSEVELT
SPEAKS IN PARIS
Addresses Distinguished Audience
at Ancient University.
CITIZENSHIP" HIS SUBJECT
Tells Students and Professors Of Duty
Of France as Nation and Them.
selves 40 individuals 10 the World
Reads Them Lecture on sterIlity.

80 49,
welt today lectured before an audience
az the sorbonne. that comprised the
greatest gathering OF the intellect and
learning Of France that has gathered
at this ancient educational seat in
more than a century, II ever before.
Long before the time announced for
the beginning OF Colonel RooseYelt's
lecture every seat In the great audi
forum was filled. and thousands lined
the walks me streets about the uni
yersity. Colonel Roosevelt said:
Foundations Of Our Republic.
This was the most famous univer-
sity OF medieval Europe at a time
when no one dreamed that there was
a new world to discover. It's services
90 the cause Of human knowledge al
ready stretched far back IN 70 the
remote past at the time when my fore
fcthers, three centuries ago, were
among the sparse bands Of traders.
plowmeu. wood choppers. and fisher
folk who. In a hard struggle with the
iron unfriondliness OF the Indian
haunted land. we're laying the founda-
lions Of what has now become the
giant republic OF the west To con.
Quer a continent, 20 tame the shaggy
roughness OF Wild nature means grim
warfare; and the generations engaged
IN Il cannot keep. SIN less add 10.
the stores OF garnered wisdom which
were therein. and which are still IN
the hands OF their brethren who dwell
ia the old land To conquer the
amHfMnHuwHn meme o.. HH~mHH mHaHnuw
from the same hostile forces with
which mankind struggled IN the Inn
memorial infancy Of our race. The
primeyal conditions must be met by
primeyal qualities which are incom-
patiblo with the retentiCa OF much
hat has been painfully acquired by
humanity as through the ages Il has
striven upward toward civilization.
In conditions so primitive there can
be but a primitive culture.
Building the Higher Life.
As the country grows. It's people. who
have won success IN 30 many lineg.
turn back 20 try 10 recover the pos
sessions OF the mind and the spirit.
which perforce their fathers threw
MNANN AM MIANN NNAANI 70 WIKI INC ANnM
rough battles for the continent their
children inherit The leaders Of
thought and Of action gropc their way
forward 20 a new life. realizing. some.
times dimly. sometimes clear-Sighted-
~. that the life Of material gain.
whether for a nation or an individual.
e. OF value only as o foundation. only
as there IS added TO Il the upliit that
comes from devotion to loitier ideals.
The new life thus sought can IN part
DO developed afresh from what IS
round about In the new world: but
it can DO developed IN full only by
freely drawing upon the treasure
houses Of the old world. upon tho
treasures stored In the ancient abodes
nf wisdom and learning. such as this
whore ! speak today
Il q IA mistake for any nation merely
TO copy another. but Il Is an even
greater mistake, Il IL a proof OF weak
ness in any nation. not TO be anxious
40 learn from another. and willing and
able 20 adapt that learning TO the new
national conditions and make II fruit.
sul and productive therein. It Is for
al Of the now world TO 81 at tho fee,
al the Gamalicl OF the old. then n We
havo the right stun 10 az. We can show
that Paul IN hiA turn. can become a
teacher as well as a scholar,
Today. ! shall speak 10 you on the
Bubiect OF individual cltiEonAhip. the
one subject OF vital iuportapcO TO you.
my hearers. and 20 me n my coun.
uymen. because you and 40 are cit.
Eons Of great democratic republics. A
democratic republic such IA each OF
ours-an effort 20 realize IN its full
House government BY. ~. and for the
poopio-roprosonta the most gigantic
OF all possible social experiments. tho
n fraught with greatest possibilities
alike for good and Tor evil
Great Lessons 81 France.
France has taught many lessons to
other nations. surely ono OF the mos,
important Is the lesson her whole his.
tory teaches. that a high artistic and
literary development Is compauhle
with notable leadership IN arms and
atateeraft Tho brilliant g~allantry OF
the French soldier has for many cen,
turtles been proycrbiai n during
these same centuries at every court 10
Europe tho free masons OF fashion
have treated the French tongue as
their common speech; while every art.
ist and man OF letters. and every man
OF science able TO appreciate that mar
Velous instrument OF precision. French
prose. has turned towards France foI
aid and inspiration, How long the lead
cTship In arms and letters has lasted
Is %curiously illustrated 10y tho fact Thai
tho earliest masterpiece In modern
tongue Is the splendid French epic
which tells OF Rolhnd's doom aud the
vengeance OF C-harlomagno when tbs
lords OF the Frankish host wen,
stricken az R~onoesvallcs
Need Of individual Character.
Let those who have. keep. let those
who have not, strive to attain a high
rtnndnrd nf cultivation and arholne