The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-23

Paris. April 23-Thcodore Roose-
velt, former president OF the United
States. delivered his eagerly awaited
lecture on Citizenship In a Republic"
IN the Sorlonne this afternoon. His
audience was composed OF all of the
members of the French cabinet. stu
dents selected from the University of
Paris and many distinguished guests,
by whom the occasion was regarded
as the most important feature of the
distinguished Americans visit to
France.
In the course OF his address, MT.
Roosevelt made reference to the sub
ject OF human rights and property
rights In the following paragraphs.
"As regards the moneyed interest
] can put In n few words. In every
civilized society property rights must
he carefully safeguarded- Ordinarily,
and In the great majority of cases. hu-
man rights and property rights arc
fundamentally and. in the long run.
identical: but when IL clearly appears
that there Is a real conflict between
them, human rights must have the up
per hand; property belongs to man
and not man TO property"
Mr. Roosevelt spent the day in the
Old Latin quarters across the Seine.
which for centuries has been one of
the intellectual centers of the world
At | o'clock this afternoon. in his
capacity as q foreign member of the
French Institute. he attended tho reg
ular session OF tho Academy of Moral
and Political Sciences in tho confer
ence hall OF the old Mazarin palace,
which is now the home of tho insti-
tute This room was selected, instead
of the smaller room in which the
forty immoTtalS meet. In order to
permit the public 10 enter, and be-
cause il is the usual meeting place of
three Of the academies, the Academy
of Fine Arts. the Academy OF 1nscrip-
tlons and Literature and the Academy
OF Moral and Political Sciences.
At ? o'clock he delivered his lecture
In the grand amphitheater of the Sor-
homie. where he was most cordially
received His remarks were followed
with intense interest.
Paris, April 2S.-In his lecture today
at the Sorbonne, Col Theodore Roose-
welt spoke on individual citizenship
In the republics OF France and the
United States. In part, be said;
With YOU here, and with us in my
own home, in the long run. success or
failure will be conditioned upon the
way in which the average man, the
average woman, does his or her duty,
first in the ordinary, everyday affairs
Of life. and next in those great Oc-
casional crises which call for the
heroic virtues. The average citizen
must be a good citizen If our repub-
lies arc to succeed. The stream will
not permanently rise higher than the
main source, and the main source
OF national power and national great
ness is found In the average citizen
ship of the nation. Therefore it be.
hooyes US to do our best 10 sec the
standard Of the average citizen is
kept high; and the average cannot be
kept high unless the standard of the
leaders IS very much higher.
1T is well if large proportion OF
the leaders In any republic, In any de-
mocracy, are, as a matter of course.
drawn from the classes represented
IN this audience today; but only pro-
Vidcd that those classes possess the
gifts OF sympathy with plain people
and OF devotion TO great ideals. You
and those like You have received spec
ial advantages. YOU have all of you
had tho opportunity for mental train
ing; many OF you have had leisure;
most OF you have had chance for
the enjoyment of life far greater than
comes to the majority of your fellows.
To you and your kind much has been
uhn l.a
expected.
TT is not the critic who conntS
not the man who points out how the
strong man stumbles. or where the
doer OF deeds could have done them
better The credit belongs to tho
man who is actually in the arena.
whose face is marrcd by dust and
sweat and blood; who strives valiant
Iy; who erT5, and comes short again
and again, because there Is no effort
without error and short-coming: but
VINO does actually strive TO do the
deeds: who knows the great enthus-
iasm, the great devotions. who spends
himself In a worthy cause; who at the
best knows in the end the triumph
OF high achievement, and who at the
worst. II he fails. at least fails while
daring greatly, so that his place shall
never be with those cold and timid
souls who know neither victory nor
defeat.
Shame on the man of cultivated
taste who permits refinement TO de-
yelop into a fastidousness that units
him for doing the rough work OF
workaday world. Among the free
peoples who govern themselves there
is but small field OF usefulness open
Tor the men of cloistcred life who
shrink from contact with their fel-
lows. Stln less room Is there Tor
those who dcr!dc or slight what lis
donc by those who actually bear the
hrunt of tho day; nor yet for those
others who always profess that they
would like 10 take action. If only the
conditions of life were not what they
actually are
II pay all homage TO Intellect, and
TO elaborate and specialized training
of the intellect; and yet I know ]
shall have the assent of all OF you
present when l add that more import
ant still arc the commonplace. every
day qualities and virtues.
sfCugh o.aarp.dHE qualities