The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-05-05
COL. ROOSEVELT
SPEAKS IN PARIS
addresses Distinguished Audience
al Ancient University.
CITIZENSHIP" HIS SUBJECT
,.u, students and Professors OF Duty
a, France {. Nation and Them.
selves ss individuals to the World
reads Them Lecture on ster,nsy.


p.,la. Aprli ss.--ExPresident Roose.
"a, today lectured before an audience
:, The sorbonne. that comprised the
s,,a,est gathering Of the intellect and
,".rplng OF France that has gathered
:, This ancient educational seat In
more than a century. n ever before.
tone before the time announced for
me beginning Of Colonel Roosevelt's
lecture every seat In the great audi
,orlum vas filled. and thousands lined
me walks and streets about the uni.
,,rslty. Colonel Roosevelt said:
Founds,lons OF Our Republic.
This was the most famous univer-
ar Of medieval Europe at n time
xhen no one dreamed that there was
new world TO discover. Its services
10 the cause Of human knowledge al
ready stretched far back In TO the
remote pas, at the time when my fore
fathers three centuries ago. were
among the sparse bands Of traders.
ploumen. wood choppers. and fisher.
iolk who. In a hard struggle with the
iron unfrlendiiness OF the Indian.
haunted land. we're laying the founda.
tons OF what has now become the
giant republic OF the west To con
euer a continent. 10 tame the shaggy
toughness Of Wild nature means grim
warfare: and the generations engaged
IN Il cannot keep. still less add 10.
the stores OF garnercd wisdom which
we're therein. and which are still In
the hands Of their brethren who dwell
10 the old land To conquer the
wilderness means TO wrest victory
from the same hostile forces with
witch mankind struggled 10 the I'm
memorial infancy OF our race. The
prlmeyal conditions mast be met by
prlmeyal qualities which are incom-
patlble With tho retention OF much
that has been painfully acquired by
humanity as through the ages II has
striven upward toward civilization.
In conditions 80 primitive there can
be but a primitive culture.
3ylldins the Higher Life.
A. the country grows. its people. who
have won success IN 80 many lines.
turn back TO try 10 recover the pos
sessions OF the mind and the spirit.
which porforce their fathers threw
aside IN order better TO wage the first
rough battles for the continent their
children inherit. Tho leaders Of
thought and OF action grope their way
forward 20 a new life. realizing. some
times dimly. sometimes ciear-sighted-
". that the life OF material gain.
whether for n nation or an Individual.
is OF value only as foundation. only
as there Is added 20 II the upiift that
comes from devotion 10 letter Ideals.
The new life thus sought can In part
be developed afrcsh from what Is
round about in the new world. but
It can be developed IN full only by
freely drawing upon the treasure
houses OF the old world. upon tho
treasures stored In the ancient abodes
Of wisdom and learning. such as this
where speak today.
Il lsa mistake for any nation merely
10 copy another: but II is an even
greater mistaks. iris n proof OF weak.
ness In any nation. not TO be anxious
10 learn from another, and willing and
able TO adapt that learning 10 the new
national conditions and make Il fruit.
iul and productive therein. II is for
US OF the new world 60 ait al the feet
Of the Gamaliel OF the old: then II we
have the right stun In US. we can show
that Paul. In his turn. can become a
teacher as well as q scholar.
Today. shall speak to you on the
subject Of individual citizenship. the
one subject Of vital Importance to you.
my hearers. and TO me and my coun-
uymen, because you and we are citi.
iens OF great democratic republics. A
democratic republic such MS each OF
ours-an effort TO realize In Its full
sense government By. OF. and for the
people-represents the most gigantic
Of all possible social experiments. the
one iraught with greatest possibilities
alike for good aud for evil.
Great Lessons Of France.
France has taught many lessons to
o'her nations; surely one OF the most
Important is the lesson her whole his.
Tory teaches. that high artistic and
literary development Is compatible
Win notable leadership In arms and
slaleerait The brilliant gallantry OF
me French soldier has for many cen.
turtles been proverbial. and during
lhese Same centuries at every court IN
europe the free masons OF fashion"
nave treated the French tongue as
lhelr common speech: while every art
Isl and man OF letters. and every man
oi science able to appreciate that mar
Vicious instrument OF precision. French
prose, has turned towards France for
AID and Inspiration. How long the lead
srshlp In arms and letters has lasted
Is euriously illustrated by the fact that
me earliest masterpiece In modern
tongue Is the splendid French epic
which tells OF Roland's doom and the
vengeance OF charlemasne when the
lords OF the Frankish host were
stricken at Roncesyalles.
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