The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-04-28
ROOSEVELT AT SORBONNE'
Delivers First of Formal Lectures to be
Given in Europe to Enthusiast
tic Audience.


the United States The distinguished
American delivered his lecture in the
Sorbonne, the first Of the series Of
formal addresses he f. TO make in
European cities. and was the recipient
of the highest hOnois and the warm.
est applause.
Colonel Roosevelt was driven from
his hotel to the Sorbonne early in the
afternoon, and the street through
which he passed we're thTongod with
mon, women and children who chccrcd
him enthusiastically He gcnially &c.
Enowlcdged their greetings. as he did
those Of the immense crowd that he'd
assembled outside the Sorbonnc. un-
able TO gain admittancc. but deter.
mined to see the famous visitor.
Lecture in tho Sorbonne.
When the applause that greeted his
appearance had died down. the cx.
president was introduced b. the rec.
tor and at once began the delivery OF
his lecture His subject was Citizen.
ship IN Republic and his words
were addressed especially TO young
men. Speaking easily and nuonAy in
French so excellent that Il caused his
auditors 10 wonder. the lecturer set
forth vigorously and oloquenuy his
Ideas Of tn opportunities. and more
particularly the duties of citizens un.
der such governments as those N tho
United states aud France. At the
close Of his address the applause was
long and hearty. and Mr Roosevelt
was warmly congratulated by a mum.
Der Of the distinguished men who had
heard him.
Mr., RooseveIt's Speech.
Mr. Roosevelt spoke Us follows.
Strange and impressive associations
rise In the mind Of a man IN tho world
who speaks before this august body in
this ancient institution Of learning Be.
fore his eyes pass the shadows Of
mighty kings aud warli;o mobiles. of |
great masters OF law. aud theology.
through the shining dust Of the dead |
centuries he secs crowded figures that |
tell OF the power and learning and |
spIendur of times gone by; and he !
secs also tho inrumerable host of
humble students to whom clerkshGn |
meant emancipation. to whom It was
well nlGh the only outlet In the dark .
thraldom Of the middle ages.
Service Stretched Far Back.
This was the most famous unIversIty
OF medieval Europe at a time when
no one dreamed that there was n new
world 10 discover It's services TO the
cause Of human knowledge already
stretched far back into the remote
past mt the time when my forefaih
ers, three centuries ago. were among
the sparse bands Of traders. plowmen.
wood choppers and fishcrfolk who. in
hard struggle with the iron unfriend.
Illness OF the Indian-hauntcd land were
laying the foundations of what has
now become the giant republic of the
west
Meet PrimevsI Conditions.
To conquer continent. TO tame the
shaggy roughness of wild nature
means grim warfare and the genera
lions engaged In II cannot keep, still
less add to the stores OF garnercd wis.
iom which were theirs, and which are
stu In the hands of their brethren
who dwell in the old land To con.
luer the wilderness means to wrast
'ictory from the same hostile forces ,
With which mankind struggled In the
mmemorial infancy OF our race The
conditions must be met by {
qualities which are incom. I
'atibie with the retention OF much /
hat has been painfully acquired BY ,
as through the ages Il has .
Given upward toward civilization. In {
ondltion SO primitive there can be
ut a primitive culture. At first only
he rudest schools can be established, {
Or no others would meet the needs r
the hard driven sinewy folk who 4
hrust forward the frontier In the C
seth OF the savage and savage ma. I
are; and many years elapse before Y
ny OF these schools can develop into n
eats Of higher learning and broader I
ulture. II
AS the country grows. its people d
no have won success In GO many n
mes. turn back to try to recover the c
ossessions of the mind and the splr. Il
, which perforce their fathers threw Z;
tide In order better to wage the O.
rst rough battles for the continent 81
eir children inherit. The leaders OF Il
ought and OF action grope their way
rward to new life, realizing, some Il
mes dimly sometimes clear-sig hted. al
. that the life OF material gain, III
neither for a nation or an individual, I'll
OF value onls as foundation, only in
there is aided TO 1t the uplift that hi
mes from dey otion TO loftier ideals. tn
10 new life thus sought can In part or
developed afresh from what Is 81
und about In the new world; but ii do
n BIO developed in full only by free. IN
drawing upon the treasure houses Tia
the old world, upon the treasures m:
red In the ancient abodes OF wis. mr.
N and learning. such as this where. rat
] speak to-day. II is mistake for n