The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-23


his lecture. Col. Roosevelt created q
furore by an attack on the moneyed III
terests when, in pursuance OF material
gain, they override human rights. He
said:
MY position as regards the moneyed
interests can be put in a tery few
words. In every civilized society
property rights must be carefully safe
guarded. Ordinarily. and in the great
majority OF cases, human rights and
property rights are fundamentally, and
in the long run, identical But when
II clearly appears that there is a real
conflict between them, human rights
must have the upper hand, for prop
erty belongs to man and not man TO
property"
Tremendous applause and cries or
Bravo. Bravo" met the colonel's dec
laration. Strange to say. there was
also great applause when the speaker
attacked race suicide, which is re-
garded as Frances great weakness
Col. Roosevelt said in part:
Strange and impressive associa-
tons rise in the mind OF a man from
the new world who speaks before this
august body in this ancient institution
OF learning. Before his eyes pass the
shadows of mighty kings and warl!ke
mobiles. of great masters of law and
theology; through the shining dust OF
the dead centuries he sees crowded fig.
ures that tell OF the power and learn
ing and splendor of times gone by;
and he sees also the innumerable host
OF humble students to whom clerkship.
meant emancipation, to whom IL was
well-nHh the only outlet from the dark
thraldom OF the Middle Ages.
Education impresses upon us the
necessity OF a safe course In public
life.
Denounces the Cynic.
Let the man of learning. the man
of lettered leisure, beware OF that
queer and cheap temptation to pose
TO himself and TO others as the cynic,
as the man who has outgrown emo
lions and beliefs, the man TO whom
good and evil are as one. The poor
est way to face life is to face 1t with
sneer.
1T is not the critic who counts; not
the man who points out how the strong
man stunbles, or where the doer or
deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs TO the man who IS
actually in the arena, whose face is
marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs, and
comes short again and again, because
there is no effort without error and
shortcoming
Shame on the man OF cultivated
taste who permits refinement 10 de-
Velop into a fastidiousness that units
him for doing the rough work OF a
workaday world. Among the free peo-
pies who govern themselves there is
hut a small field OF usefulness open
for the men OF clustered life who
shrink from contact with their fellows.
Still less room is there for those who
deride or slight what is done by those
who actually bear the brunt OF the
day: nor yet for those others who
always profess that they would like
10 take action, IL only the conditions
OF life were not what they actually
are The man who does nothing GUS
the same sordid figure In the pages
OF history, whether he be cynic. or TOP.
or voluptuary. There is little use for
the being whose tepid soul knows
nothing OF the great and generous
emotion OF the high PRIDE, ne stern
belief. the lofty enthusiasm. OF The
men who quell the storm and ride The
thunder.
Righteousness Must Prevail.
"In the next place. the good man
should be both strong and brave
man. that is. he should be able TO
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