The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-07
Heartily Cheered by Hearers
When He Delivers His
Last Address.
Some Biological Analoeies In
History.
HE Is STILL THE orrIMlsT

London. June L. United Press)
Theodore Roosevelt today deliver
cd hie oxford lecture on biological
Anslosl,s N History"
hoosevolt gave his lecture In
Magdalcn college. part Of oxford
university n g biz last European
lorilre. Fear that the address
would BE- a fros; WIS dispelled By the
great audience and his reception vas
hearty.
After rchcarslng the marvellous
Development ans extinction Of
faunal and species IN N different
hemifphcrcs. the gradual merging OF
old types into new. and drawing an
. alogies IN history 10 show that new
races are merely the blending OF old
races and that blologically the new
races are as Old az the oldest. Mr.
Roofevcit con dcred the rise aud
tan Of nations referring especially
20 the remarkable history Of The
Roman and Dutch people. whose
grandeur waned. but let cach a ma
ton capable of maintaining les place
. of both disappeared wherever trans
p.aotcd In their once great colonial
possees'ons IN Northern Africa. Asia
and America
T'toblcihs of To-day.
Coming down to the present. Mr.
Roosevelt saii:
In the fret part OF this lecture
drew certain analogics between What
haa occuirci 10 forms OF animal NE
lhrraeh the PROCESSION of 'he ages
on this planet and What has oc-
CURED and ls occurring 10 the great
ARTIFICIAL Civilizations which have
GRADUALLY nprcai over the world q
surface during the thousands Of
acars thar have elapsed since cities
of temples and palaces hrst rose
boHidc the Ni'e ana the Euphrates.
ans the hafbors of Minoau Crete
hrinlcd with the masts Of the
Aegean craft But of course the
parallel rs true only IN the toughest
aud most general way. Moreover Fl.
even between the civilizations OF to-
day and the civilizations of ancient
times there are differences 30 pro-
found that We must De cautious IN
drawing any conclusions for the pres
ent hascd on what has happened In
the part While freely admitting all
OF our follics ami Weaknesses OF
TO-DAY. Y Is yet mere porversity to
refuse 20 realize the incred bio ad-
vance that has been made In ethical
standard. do not believe that
there o. tho slightest necessary con-
nocrlon between any weakening OF
virile force and this advance In the
moral standard. this growth OF the
sense OF obligation TO ones neigh
bor and OF reluctance To do that
ncizhbor wrong We need have
fcant patience with that SHY cynlc-
ism which inEists that kindness Of
character oaly accompanies weak
ness ~ character. on the contrary,
juv as In private lie many OF the
men OF strongest character are The
yer, men OF Hottest and most eXalt-
ID morality so | believe that In ma
tonal life az the ages 40 by We
shall find that the permanent ma
tlonal types will more add more
tend towards those In which, while
tue intellect stands high, character
stands higher; IN which rugged
strength and courage, rugged ca
pac'ty TO re.ist wrongful aggression
by others will go hand In hand
with lofty scorn OF doing wrong
20 others. This Is the type of Tim
ole,u. of Hampton, OF Washington
ana Lincoln. These we're as good
men. as dlsnterested and unselfish
men, ms ever served a state. and
they were alto a. strong men as
ever founded or saved state Surely
such examples prove that there is
nothing Utopian IN our effort 10 COM
tine justice and strength in the same
nation. The really high Civilizations
must themselves supply the antdote
10 the seif-lndulgence and love of
ease which they tend to produce.
Every modern civilized dation has
many and terrible problems TO solve
within rs own borders. problems
that arise not merely from juxtapo-
siilcu Of poverty and riches, but es-
pccially from the self-conscousnes
of both poverty and riches. Each
nation must deal with these matters
in is own fa.hion. and yet the spirit
in which the problem is approached
must ever be fundamentally the
sane. Il mus, be a spirit OF broad
humanity: OF brotherly kindness: Of
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