Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-19
col. ROOSEVELT
HEARD N BERLIN
President Lectures on 1.-THE
\: World Movement"
UNIVERSITY AULA THRoNGED
lA1odsrn Civilization 10 Compared With
That Of Former Ages-speaker 10
Hopeful for the Future Of
Mankind.

Berlin, May 13.--BefoFe an audience
lNe learned men and offlcialS Of higf
frank Theodore Roosevelt lectured TO
Hay at the University Of Berlin
Every seat In the aula was occupied
and many hundreds Of requests fol
admission had to DO denied. The dis
inguished American was introduced
b his hearers by the rector Of the
University. His subject was "The
World Movement" and he spoke In
hglish instead Of in German as hs
~ one time intended.
Beginning with an eloquent eulogy
Of the German race and It's achieve
hdents, the lecturer soon reached the
4 main theme Of bid discourse. and re
Viewed the civilization and culture, %
ixar as we know them, Of the earliest
Peoples and their contributions to the
modern world. He then continued:
Modern Movement Begins.
Al last, little over 400 years
tAeo, the movement towards world civili-
ination took UP its interrupted march. The
2 iboeinning Of the modern movement may
Roughly be taken az synchroniSing with
lthe discovery Of printing. and with that
series Of bold sea ventures which culmi-
lAatod in the discovery Of America; and
after these two epochal featD had begun
10 produce their full effects In material
Ana Intellectual life. II became inevitable
4hAt civilization should thereafter diffef
Not only in degree but even In kind from
all that had gone before. Immediately
) hnrAAr hA S,a1,a - (NA10rvttI1t1a and VaaNN
"a Cana there began q tremendous re-
hleious ferYnent; the awakening Of intel
hect went hand In hand with the moral
11prising; the great names Of Copernicus,
bruno, Kepler, and Calico show that the
mind Of man was breaking the letters
that had cramped II; and for the first
Aime experimentation was used az check
lnpon observation and theorization. Since
then, century by century the changes
nave increased in raptdty and complex
MY, and have attained their maximum In
both respects during the century Just
past.
Instead of being directed by one or two |
dominant peoples, as was the case with |
All similar movements Of the past, the |
new movement was shared by many diff |
1erent nations. From every standpoint 1t |
has been Of infinitely greater moment |
than anything hitherto seen. Not In one
but in many different peoples there has
been extraordinary growth In wealth, in
population, In power Of organization, and
Nm mastery over mechanical activity and
natural resources. All Of this has been
accompanied and slgnalized by an i'm
ianense outburst Of energy and restless
initiative. The result 10 varied as II IL
striking.
Conquest Of the World.
IN the first place, representatives Of this
lciVilisation, by their conquest Of space,
loRere enabled to spread into all the prac-
IDEALLY vacant continents while at the
same time. by their triumphs In organiza-
don and mechanical invention. they ac-
lQuired an unheard-of military superiority
ne compared with their former rivals. To
these two facts 10 primarily due the
further fact that for the FIRST time there
Ne really something that approaches a
world civilization, a world movement. The
spread Of the European peoples since the
days Of Ferdinand the Catholic and Ivan
lhe Terrible has been across every sea
and over every continent. In places the
eonquests have been ethnic; that Ia, there
has been a new wandering Of the peoples.
and new commonwealth have sprung up
An which the people are entirely or main
m Of European blood. This 10 what hap
Densd IN the temperate and sub-tropical
lgsgions Of the Western Hemisphere. In
Australia, In portions Of northern Asia
and southern Africa. In other places the
conquest has been purely political, the
Europeans representing for the most part
merely small caste Of soldiers and ad-
ministrators, as In most Of tropical Asia
and Africa and in much Of tropical Amer
Sea. Finally, here and there instances oc-
eur where there has been no conquest at
all but where an allen people 10 profound
N and radically changed by the mere i'm
pact Of western civilization.
There are Of course many grades be-
tween these different types Of influence,
but the net outcome Of what has occurred
curing the last four centuries is that civil
IIlation Of the European type now exer-
cisoa more or less profound effect over
Specifically the entire world. There are
noolEs and corners to which II has not yet
peneirAted; but there 10 at present no
large space Of territory IN which the gen.
1rui movement Of civillaed activity does
not make itself more or less felt This
lnpreaents something wholly different
rom what has ever hitherto been seen.
~ the greatest days Of Roman dominion I
ira influence Of Rome was felt over only ,
u relatively small portion OF the worlds
1nIlace. Over much the larger part Of the
world the process Of change and develop ,
Etnl was absolutely unaffected by any i
hing that occurred IN the Roman empire; {
and those communities the play Of whose {
influence was felt IN action and reaction,
and IN intersection, among themselves
U1fo grouped Immediately around the |
Mediterranean. Now, however, the whole I
world q bound together a. never before; I
ne bonds are sometimes those Of hatred I
IAihor than love, but they are bonda !
rIT1Elhelsas.
All the Nations Linked.
IIoWning Or hopeful every man Of lead !
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