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COL ROOSEVELT
HEARD N Berlin
Ex-Presldent Lectures on AThe
World Movement
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Ber1in,-Before m audience OF
learned men and odacials Of high
mark, Theodore Roosevelt lecsured
Thursday In the University Of Berlin.
Every seat In the aula Was occupied.
and many hundreds Of requests for
admission had to be denied. The dis
tinguished American Was introduced
TO his hearers by the rector OF the
university. His subject Vas The
World Movement" and he spoke In
English instead Of In German a. he
at M time intended.
Beginning with nm eloquent eulogy
Of the German race and its achieve
ments. the lecturer soon reached the
main theme OF HIS discourse, and re-
viewed the civilization and culture. 80
far - We know them. OF the earliest
peoples and their contributions to the
modern world. He then continued:
Modern Movement eesIns.
Al last. . little over 40 years
ago. b movement towards 4 world civili-
satton took up its interrupted march. The
beginning Of the modern movement may
roughly BE- taken ~ s~ynchrontxing with
the discovery OF printing. and with that
series OF bold SEA ventures which culmi-
mated In the discovery Of America; and
after these two epochai feats had begun
TO produce their full effects In material
and intellectual life. II became Inevitable
hat civilization should thereafter differ
not only In degree but even In kind from
AL that had gone before. Immediately
after the voyag OF Columbus and vasco
d. CANA there began . tremendous re-
isfous fermeni: the awakening OF intel
lect went hand In han with the moral
upristng. the great names OF Copernicus.
Bruno. Kepler. and Calico show that the
mind of man WA breaking the letters
that had cramped II: and for the frst
experimentation was used N q check
observation and theorixation. Since
then. century by century. the changes
Increased in rapidity and complex
tty. and have attained their maximum In
both respects during the century Just
past.
Instead Of being directed by one or two
peoples. ~ was the case with
al similar movements OF the past. the
movement Was shared by many diff
sSb$Ht u&Asou6s ETUIu ctcYy 8tAnQpDtnt III
= OF Infinitely greater moment
than anything hitherto seen. Not In one
but In many different peoples there has
been extraordinary growth In wealth, In
In power OF organisation. and
In mastery over mechanical activity and
natural resources. All of this has been
accompanied and signalixed by an i'm
mensc outburst of energy and restless
The result II varied as II Is
striking.
Conquest o. the World.
In the frst place. representatives of this
civilization, by their conquest Of space,
were enabled to spread into all the prac-
tically vacant continents. while at the
same time. by their triumphs In organiza-
ton and mechanical invention, the ac-
CURED an ~unheard-of military superiority
~ compared with their former rivals. To
these two facts is primarily due the
further fact that for he nrst time there
10 really something that approaches a
world civilization. = world movement. The
spread Of the European peoples since the
days OF Ferdinand tho Catholic and Ivan
IN Terrible has been across every sea
and over every continent. In places the
have been cthnic: that In, there
has . . new wandering Of the peoples.
and new commonwealth have sprung up
In which the people are entirely or main
ly Of European blood. This IL what hap
pened In the temperate and sub-tropical
Of the Western Hemisphere. In
Australia. In portions Of northern Asia
and southern Africa. In other places the
has been purely political. the
representing for the most part
merely . small caste OF soldiers and ad-
illustrators, ~ In most OF tropical Asia
and Africa and In much OF tropical Amer
Finally. here and there instances oc-
cur where there has been no conquest Mt
all. but where IN alien people Ia profound
" and radically changed by the mere I'm
pact OF western civilization.
There are Of course many trades be-
tween these different types Of influence.
but the net outcome OF what has occurred
during the last four centuries II that civi-
lisation OF the European type now exer-
= more or less profound effect over
practically the entire world. There are
hooks and corners TO which II has not yet
penetrated: but there 10 At present no
space Of territory In which the gen
erai movement Of civilised activity does
make itself more or less felt. This
rsprseents something wholly different
from that has ever hitherto been seen.
In tho greatest days Of Roman dominion
he Influence Of Rome was felt over only
= relatively email portion OF the worlds
Over much the larger part OF the
world h process Of change and develop
ment WAS absolutely unaffected by any
that occurred In the Roman empire
Ind those communities the play OF whose
Influence was felt In action and reaction.
Ind In in~ter-action. among themselves.
grouped Immediately around the
Mediterranean. Now. however. the whole
II bound together as never before:
The bonds ara sometimes those OF hatred
rather han love. hut they are bonds
All the Nations Linked.
browning or hopeful. every man OF lead
ership in any line OF thought or effort
now look beyond the limits OF his
pwn country. The student OF sociology
may live I'm Berlin or 81. Petershurg.
Rome or London, or he may live in Mel
bourne or San Francisco or Buenos Aires.
but In whatever city he lives. he must nav
TO the studies OF men who live I'm
each OF the other cities. When In Amer
lea We study abor problems and attemp:
10 deal with subjects such as life insur-
for wAge-workers. we turn to see
you do here In Germany. and re
Also turn to see what the far-of com
OF New Zealand IL doing.
When Z great German scientist In warning
against the most dreaded enemies OF man
kind. creatures OF infnitesirnal size which
the microscope reveals In his blood. he