The Monte Vista journal., 1910-04-30
DUTIES OF CITIZEN
Colonel Roosevelt Lectures on
This Subject in Paris.
BIG AUDIENCE IN soRBoNNE
0avants, Professors and Students
Hear the Ex.President's Views on
tho Responsibilities Of the Individ-
uai-Hlts at Race Suicide in France.

tho Responsibilities Of the individ.
uai-Hits at Race Suicide in France.
and students OF the University OF
Paris crowded the assembly hall OF the
Sorbonne this afternoon to hear Col.
Theodore Roosevelt lecture on "Citi-
zenship in Republic" 1t was an APP
preciative audience and the lecturer
was frequently applauded. Mr..
Roosevelt said
Foundations Of Our Republic.
This was the most famous univer.
city OF medieval Europe at time
when no one dreamed that there was
a new world to discover. Its services
to the cause OF human knowledge al
ready stretched far back into the
remote past at the time when my fore
fathers. three centuries ago. when
among the sparse bands OF traders.
plowmen. wood choppers and fisher
folk. who in a hard struggle with the
iron unfriendliness OF the Indian
haunted land. were laying the founda.
lions OF what has now become the
giant republic OF the west To con-
Quer continent. to tame the shaggy
roughness OF wild nature means grim
warfare; and the generations engaged
IN 1t cannot keep. still less add to.
the stores OF garnered wisdom which
were therein. and which are still In
the hands OF their brethren who dwell
In the old land. To conquer the
wilderness means to wrest victory
from the same hostile forces with
which mankind struggled in the i'm
memorial infancy OF our race. The
primeval conditions must be met by
primeval qualities which are incom-
patible with the retention OF much
that has been painfully acquired by
humanity as through the ages It has
striven upward toward civilization.
In conditions so primitive there can
BE- but a primitive culture.
Building the Higher Life.
As the country grows. Its people. who
have won success In SO many lines,
turn back to try to recover the pos
sessions OF the mind and tho shirt
which perforce their fathers threw
aside In order better to wager the first
rough battles for the continent their
children inherit. Tho leaders of
thought and OF action grope their way
forward to new life. realizing. some
vines dimiy. sometimes clear.sishted.
~. that the life OF material gain
whether for nation or an Individual.
IN OF value only rs n foundation, only
as there is added to II the uplift that
comes from devotion to loftier ideals.
Tho new life thus sought can in part
be developed afresh from what is
round about In the new world: but
II can be developed In full only by
freely drawing upon the treasure
houses OF tho old world. upon the
treasures stored In the ancient abode,
OF wisdom and learning. such as this
where ! speak today.
!: Is "A mistake Tor any nation merely
TO copy another: but Il Ia IN even
greater mistake. II is q proof of weuk.
ness In any nation. not 10 be anxious
to learn from another, and willing and
able to adapt that learning to the new
national conditions and make II fruit.
full and productive therein. II IL for
us OF the new world to sit at 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 N well A. . scholar.
Today. shall speak TO you on tho
subject OF individual citizenship. the
ono subject OF vital Importance to you.
my hearers. and to mo and my coun.
trytncn. because you and we arc citi.
sens OF great democratic republics. A
democratic republic such a. each of
ours-an EFFORT to realize IN its full
sense government by. Of. and for tho
pcopic-rcprcscnts tho most gigantic
Of nil possible social experiments. the
ono fraught with greatest possibilities
alike for good and for OWL.
Great lssson o. France.
Franco has taught many lessons 10
other nations: surely ono Of the most
important II tho lesson her whole bis.
tory teaches. that . high artistic and
literary development Il compatible
with notable Leadership In arms and
statcscrnft The brilliant gaiiantry Of
the French soldier has for many cen.
turiss boon provcrbiai. and during
these same centuries at every court In
Europe the free masons Of fashion,
have treated the French tongue a.
their common speech: while every Art.
lat and man Of letters. and every man
Of science able to appreciate that mar.
vNtnt,a IN nj e,s m ant - os>.t.t>- nAn.--&