The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-12
PRAISED EDUCATION
or GERMAN PEOPLE
American Rode Straight to Sub
leCt and Held Attention Of
All Who Heard


Roosevelt took as the sup1ecl matttl
of MA lecture "1'ha World Movement
Colonel Roosevelt said
The plag of new FORCES Is as eVi-
dent. ID the moral and spiritual world
an In the world OF the mind and the
\ body Forces for good and forces foF \
1 evil are everywhere evident eacn act 1
( ing with d hundred OF a thousand iold
Z the intensity " th which il acted ID I
former ages over the whole ealta
the swing of the pendulum grows more
and more rapid, the handspring cols
and spreads at a rate constantly
uuickening, the whole world move
ment is OF constanlg accelerating fsl-
ocity.
In this movement there are signs
of much that bodies Ill. The machin-
cry Is so highly geared. the tension
and stain are SO great, the effort
and the output have alike 50 increas
3 ed. that there 5 cause 10 dread tne
ruin that would come from any great
= accident, from any breakdown. and al
, 80 the III u that may come from me
mere wearing ont Of the machine IL
self. The only previous civilization
with which oVr modern civilization
can be i'm any way compared is that
s period of GraecoRoman civilization
Z extending. say, from the Athens OF
Themotsocles 10 the Rome OF Marcus
o Aurelus Many of the forces and ten
s dencies whicn were then at work are
al work now. Knowledge luxury and
o refinement, wide material conques'S
a territorial administration on Yas'
scale, an increase in the mastery ol
o mechanical appliances and IN applied
a science-all these mark our ciNiilza
u ton as they marked the wondeHiu
civilization that fl0urished in the "
@ iterranean lands twenty centuries age
4: and tney preceded the downfall OF th'
n older civilization. Yet the differences
are many, and some Of them are quit
10 as striking as the simllarties. I'm
+ single TACT that the old civilization
~ was based upon slavery SHOWS N
chasm that separates the two. lie
u me point out one further and yer
is significant difference IN the derelol
ht ment of the two civilizations diiiei
ence SO obvious that il is astonishln
to that Il has not been dMelt upon b
-r. men OF iette $
ization has always been It's tendenc
To To cause the loss of the Nlrlle lgh
-Id Ing virtues, OF the fighting eag
nd When men get too comfortable an
lead too luxurious lives there is a
to waxs danger less the soltnes eat JAN
.ht am acid into their mdmness o. ilbf
The harba ian because OF the .fel
ed conditions of his liie. Is forced 20 ke'
Is. and develop certa hardy quaiHN
be which the man of civilization tends
lose. whether he be clerk, iactoi
hand, merchant. or even cef'a
- tApe Of farmer Now / Will net a
sert that IN modern civilized socie
these tendencies have been Who'll
;er. overcome, but there has been mu'
more successful eiiOt to oyercon
led them than was the case in the ear
ad- civilizations
m What Is the lesson TO us toda
and Are we To 20 the way OF the old
natl civilization The immense increa
per- in the area OF worlds surface; q
am immense increase in the multtu'
nous variety OF It's activities the d
be- mense increase in the velocity Of q
was world moyement-are al these
/, il mean merely the crash viii be
mis- the more complete and terrible TN
m. the answer Will be in the negativ
con but Of this we can be certain. IN
one we shall not go down IN rum unie
fe's se deserve and earn our end The
d is no necessity Tor us to iall We G.
my hew out our destiny Tor ourselves,
rain only We have the wit and the coura
the and the honesty
Personally. do not believe th
ling our civilization will fall. ! think tn
and on the whole we have grown bett
ious and not worse think that on I
whole the future holds more for
IA than even the great past has he
,ack But, assuredly, the dreams OF gold
gain glory in the future will not come tr
bill unless, high OF heart and strong
5. or hand hy our own uighty deeds
make them come true. We can l
zhts afio 20 develop any one sci of qu
here tiles ans one set OF activities, al
.kel cost of seeing others, equally nee
saw. atrOphied Neither the millts
) OF efficiency oil the Moagol. The extra
uses dinarN business ability of the Ph
ner- nioian. nor the subtle and polish
but intellect Of the Greek ayailed 70 ay
destfuctiOn
! n- We. the men Of today and Of
ihile future. need many qualities if we
and ~ do our work well. We need, q
and of al and most impo tant Of all.
qualities which stand az the base
4 TO individual. family life, the fundom
rea- al aid essential qualities the hom
every day. all important virtues.
new the average man will not work, II
They mad not IN him the Viii s'i.a tais 20
man 10 be a good husband AID lalher
the average woman is not a q