The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-12

ROOSEVELT III group LHldL ADOHEA
much like a football scrimmage. and
Mr.. Roosevelt had need OF all his
strenuousity to keep from being
swamped by the on-rush- He was
forced TO shake hands with several
and escaped being lifted on the shoul-
ders Of the foremost when the mount
ed men arrived and cleared a space
about him
Throu ghout the speech Mr.. Roose-
welt showed slight hoarseness, but
many times fragments OF the address
were heard through the windows BY
the waiting crowds
Lessons From History.
On the outlook for modern civilization
and the lessons It must draw from his
tory. Colonel Roosevelt said
Hitherto every civilization that has
arisen has been able TO develop only a
comparatively Few activities that is, its
field Of enIeavor has been limited in
kind as well as IN locality There have.
Of course. been great movements, but
they were Of practically only one form
Of activity: and although usually this
set in motion other kinds OF activities,
such YVES not always the case The
Great religious movements have been
the pre eminent examples OF this type.
But thew are not the only ones Such
peoDles as the MonEols and the PhOe-
nicians, at almost opposite poles Of cUI-
tivation. have represented movements
in which one element military OF com
rnercial. so overshadOwed all other eIe-
Tnents that the movement died out chief
" because II vas Oue-sided. The extra
ordinary Outburst o. activity among the
AfonEoIs OF the thirteenth century was
without e.en any great administrative
side; and Il was therefore weIl-nigh
purely q movement Of destruction The
individual 0rowess and hardihood OF the
IongoIs. and the perfection Of their
military organization, rendered their
armies iuCOmDarably superior to those
Of any European, or any other AsiaJic.
power of that day They conquered
from the Yellow sea 10 the Persian gulf
and the Adriatic. they seized the imper-
iaI throne Of China; they slew The Ca
liDh IN Bagdad. they founded dynasties
IN India. The fanaJicism OF Christian
i1y and The fanstiCism OF SIchamme1an-
ism we're alike DOwerIess against them.
Not Permanent Triumph
The valor of the bravest fighting men
in Europe was impotent TO check them.
They trsmpled Russia into bloody mire
beneath the hOOfs Of their horses. they
drew red burrows OF destruction across
Poland and Hungary they overthrow
with ease any force from western Eur
Ope that dared encounter them Yet
they had no root Of permanence- their
work was mere evil while II lasted, and
it did not last long, and when they
vanished they left hardly q trace behind
them So the extra ordinary Phoenician
civilization was almost purely a mer-
camille, a business civilization. and
though il left an impress on the life
that came after, this impress was faint
Indeed compared 70 that left, for in
stance. by the Greeks with their many
sided development Yet the Greek civil
lizstion itself fell. because this many
sided development became too exclusive
= one of intellect, at the expense Of
character, at the expense Of the fund
ameDtal qualities which fit men 70 gov
ern both themselves and others When
the Greek lost the Steiner virtues. when
MS soldiers lost the fighting edge and
his statesmen grew corrupt while the
people became a faction-tOrn and pleas
ure-loFanE rabDle- then the doom Of
Greece was az hand, and not all their
cultivation. their intellectual briIlianCv.
their artistic Development. their adrOit-
ness IN speculative science, could save
.-e Hellenic peoples as they bowed be
fore the sword Of the iron Roman
May Hew Own Destiny.
What IS the lesson TO US today? Are
we 20 go the way OF the older 'Civiliza-
tIons2 The immense increase in the area
Of civilized activity today, so THAI Il Is
nearly cOterminOus with the worlds
surface the immense increase in the
nultitUdinOus variety Of its activities:
H. immense increase in the velocity
o. the world mOvement-are all these to
mean merely that the crash viii be ali
the more complete and terrible when IL
comes2 we cannot be certain that the
answer viii be in the negative: but Of
this We cen be certain that we shall
not 90 down IN ruin unless we deserve
and earn our end There Is no neCes-
sity for us 20 fall; we can hev out our
deuLIny Tor ourselves. II only we have
The Wit and the courage and the hon
Personally. I do not believe that our
civilization VIII fail I think that on the
whole We have grown better and not
worse I think that on the whole the
future holds more for Us than even the
great past has held But, asSUrediy, the
dreams OF golden glory in the future
viii not come true unless. high Of heart
and strong of hand. by our own mighty
deeds we make them come true We
cannot afford TO develop any one set Of
qualities, any one SET Of activities, at
the cost OF seeing others, equally neceS-
Sarv. atrophieC- Neither the military
efficiency of the AIongol, the extraor-
dirary business ability OF the Phoeni-
clan, nor the subtle and polished intel
IecJ Of the Greek availed to avert de-
sTuctiOn-
HomeIy Virtues Needed.
I'VE, the men OF today and OF the
future, need many qualities Il we are
to do our work well. We need. first
OF all and most important Of all, the
qualities which stand at the base Of
Individual Of family life. the funda-
mental and essential qualities-the
homely, everyday. au-important vir-
tues II the average man VIII not
work, If he has not in him the will
and the power TO be a good husband
and father. II the average woman is
not a good housewife. a good mother
Of many healthy children. then the.
state VIII topple, viii 90 down. no
matter what may be its bTfIliauce Of
artistic development or material
achievement But these h0meIy quail
fties are not enough. There must, in
addition, be that power Of orsanizs-
ten that power Of working in com