The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26
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p.rfs ApriI st use Colonel
pooscvcIts own words, TO-DAY marked
tina .ro}yning event of his career as a
,,ar nr letters. From noon until mid
,iohr he was the guest of intellectual
paris anticipating as a member at a
..ssi,r of the French Academy, de-
l,aring q lecture at the Sorbonne and
remaining as the guest of the faculty
IN dinner and the grand reception Civ
~ nv the University in his honor.
Colonel Rooseveit's reception at the
French Institute and that at the Scr
bonnie were equally impressive.
After listening to the words of Nj.
Eurtroux. the president Of the Acad-
I'M. of Moral and Political Sciences,
he smoke Of American deals and char
actor ar which he said, Theodore
Roosevelt WAS the best exponent, Mr..
paosrvelt replied in French, his utter
.nops 4rouSine his venerable colleagues
ro urWonted applause. At the Sor-
honnr no atten2p was made to re-
strain the demonstrations. The facade
nrfsr,ed With American and French
flags. and fully -, 900 persons packed
the streets and acclaimed coIonel
Roosevelt on his arrival. Within the
EIiNtIG- FIIj u lISi1SlIl
the vast rrowd in the amphitheatre
anpaniin4 as the speaker defined the
duties Of individual citizenship in a
FpOnblic. Sc0rning the ~sluggardS, Gym
les and idle rich, and preaching the
gospel Of work, character and the
strenuous life.
Soyera! times he in~terjected observa-
lions in French. and aster he had de-
tined his attitude on the subject OF
humau rights and property rights, ne
repeated This in French. saying that II
constituted the crux of Wha he had
to say. and he desired every one to un-
derstand him. His words in this con
nection were.
Ny position as regards the monied
interests IAN be put liz q few words
In every civilized society, property
rights must be carefully safeguarded.
ordinarily. and in the great ma1orl-
~ of cases. human rights and prop
erC rights are Fundamentally and IN
the long run identical. But when IL
clearly appears that there is a real
conflict between them, human rights
must have tn" upper hand, for proper
ty belongs 10 man and not man to
pTopertl.'
He made his audience realize that
he considers republican institutions
SUI ON trial, both in America and
France. The distinguished person
ages occupying seats on the estrada,
who Included besides the deans OF
the NIr.pus faculties of the universe
lies, Premier BRAND n his entire
cabinet, and other notables were eVl-
IDENTIFY quite as much impressed as
Ue students and other auditors JON
ih8 heartily in the applause, ano
especially when Mr.. Roosevelt spoke
against race suicide and the necessity
~ a nation to perpetuate itself, as one
~ IT'S principal duties.
Following the lecture, Vice Rector
Lizard, in behalf Of the University
presented Mr., Roosevelt with q bus
" Jefferson and two vases made a
HeHFtS But q curious mistake hat
neel made in the bust. A bust o
lAhcoln had been ordered from tn
To\erHmrnt factory at Sevres, but IL
sumo N~naccountable way n of Jef
''FSuN Mas manufactured. NJ. Jusse
'aHo, the French Ambassador, ha'
arranged to have the original orde
Executed.
III reply to M. Boutroux before tn
IL Academy OF Moral and Politica
Ti@hc"9, Mr.. Roosevelt spoke il
cannot express how much [ hav
n.{, ''Hrhed by the honor you hav
rol0 me, he said. 1t is the crown
ing Of the career of a man of letters.
his hoHtroux, he said, had define
moral conception of life bette
,[L"n IL" could himself, and he con
IN. nave always tried to translat
mna ".l'on the moral principles whicl
Hwy inspire the life Of men and na
gi';He There can be no economi
is .,I"lIon without morality. Geniu
h,a'"l essential, but only courage
un'Z' sincerity and common sense
ar 81 genius without these q~ualitie
h.,r% IIfSe to a nation. They do NOR
""Im than good"
''Iei Roosevelt told Of how n