The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-11
AT the Dedication of a Lii
brary IN Honor of the
Deceased DIPLOMAT

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PROVIDENCE. r. T.: Nov. H.
The life and influences of the late.
Secretary OF State John Hay in the
1aelds or diplomacy were euloglze1i
in an address OF United States Sem
ator Elihn Root, Of New York at tlIe
dedication OF the John Hay Library
at Brown University today. Senator
Root. said: I
.'IIigh credit is due TO a country
that can appreciate such a man az
John HAY; that has Justly estimated
his merit, has valued his service
and honors his memory. A people
capable of this have something
about them too fine to permit them
to be given over to the worship Of
merely material things. 1t would be
diffcult to conceive OF a sharper
contrast than this between the
character of Mr.. Hay and the conf
dent, thiek-skfnned, self-assertfYe,
pushing, hustling character ordina-i
riIy associated with success in the
practical affairs of this hurly-buTly
world. The note In his daily life
which most challenged the atten-i
tion OF an observer was that Of eX-
IRENE refinement, sensitIveness and
reserve. He was unassuming, re-
firing, seIf-eRacing. He was
Thoroughly democratic in his SYM
tpathies and eonYictions. He took
men at, their character value, with
out regard to place. or power or
wealth. He was Indifferent TO pop
MARTY, while he was keep1y alive
to the approval OF all those whose
judgment he respected and whose
friendship he valued. His life was
| his own and he shared it only with
those who loved. He never put 1t
In evidence at the bar of public
opinion or entered it in competition
for the prizes of public life. The
proud modesty of his self-respect
made It impossible for him to testi-
! ~ in his Own favor or to allege his
own merits. He left others to Judge
what he was and what he accom-
lpfished, without even aid from him,
while his generous and loyal nature
was never weary of giving credit
and praise and honor to his ascot
ates and contemporaries to the eX=
d
Gle was sensitive to beauty in all
Its. forms -beauty in, nature, in artI
In form of literary expression, yfn
Thought, in human character. The
principles in Christian ethics con-
troHed his judgments and his prac-
tfce. "A fine and correct taste de-
ltermined the attractions and repub-
sfons of his life; he was not narrow
or finical. He had the enthusiasm
OF humanity. He had breadth of
view and kindness of Judgment. He
had the saving grace of humor to a
very high degree, and his humor
was exquisite, delicate and subtle
His estimates of men and their lives
lcut through all appearances to the
REALITIES, were Independent of clothes
land houses and the accident OF man
!ners, and seized upon whatever was
true and human, whether 1t was in
the miners hut or the farmers
ranch or the tAillionaire's palace.
The scope of his human sympathy
was universal. He could write both
the Pike county ballads and Cas-
ttilian lays. Quality appealed TO
1 MINI WHeIneE III All GhAL "a q AS"S
shoreman. He had fine sense Of
proportion and OF the fitness Of
things. He had Imagination, with
out which no man can be great in
business, science or government any
more than in literature and art.
THE charm OF expression that we
all find in his writings appeared no
less in his conversation. He was
| the most delightful of compSnions'
/ His nature had its penalties. He
shrank from rude personal contact.
AS things fine and noble gave him.
pleasure. things brutal and sordid
caused him pain. He could fight
i for cause or a friend, but he
shrank from lighting for himself.
Everything personally competitive
or assertlve was distasteful. In his
/ later years the prospect of public
appearances made him positively i'll.
for days before the time arrived,
The youth knew Lincoln and be-
came his disciple. During -four
years in the White House the In.
SEPARATION and controlling power of
that great nature guided the growth
of the young Assistant Secretary.
| The relation between them was not
the ordinary official relation be-
; twee-, Il great officer and a young