The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11
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Berlin, Oct 1.-THE fourth volume
Of the speeches Of Emperor William,
delivered during the years 1906 to 1912,
has just appeared, it's three hundred
and TWEEN ty-Six pages crowded with
addresses and toasts on all kinds of
subjects, sustaining his reputation as
the greatest royal speechmaker of the
present era.
The collection contains many. of the
epfgrammattc utterances of momen-
touS political declarations which have
from time to time created a stir in
Germany and in the world, such as his
declaration on woman's sphere and di-
vine right at Koenigsberg in 1910; his
proclamation of himself as optimist
and believer in his fellow men; his
contempt for pessimists; his repeated
expression, of his belief in Divine prov
idence and his warning against intern
perance, delivered to the students Of
the academy at Casseu. Among the
most interesting and characteristic
passages in the new collection are the
following:
'SThe world belongs to the living
and the living know best. will toll
crate no pessinists; whoever is not
ready. to work may drop out and, if
he wishes, hunt up a country better
suited to him
through. I want to progress. L should
be delighted if people only understood
what am trying to do and would give
me their support. We are bound to
consider every man honest until ne
has proved the contrary: This is the
principle on which have always dealt
with everyone with whom I have to
do. The results are occasionally bad
but one mustn't be dissuaded by that.
- With a bit of healthy OPP
tirnism and a brighter and more con-
hdent view of life, more progress 1s
made in ones life and ones 1ffe-work
than if everything is viewed with pes
sinnistic eyes The same applies to
statesn anship. What good
comes of discouragement? Far better
to work on with an eye to the future.
I work on undisceuraged, and am con-
fdent that I am thereby making prog
ress We (monarchs) are al
ways in a, thankless position, since no
one credits US with any independence.
If I pull off something successful
everyone asks: Who put him UP to
it?' and,if fail the word is: He didn
understand how to do itr %
coincidence in God gives self-conf1-
dence and self-conf1d ence gives the
determination to accomplish that
which you have set as your goal"
t'Unti1 wars cease our army will be
the rock of bronze on which peace is
founded. Our army is here to main
tain for US this peace and to assure
to US the position in the world Whlcn
belongs to u.s.
my first and last thought is given
to my army and my navy"
eve recognize here CThe Empress
Frederick House for Advanced Medi-
cal Training) the far-seeing plans of
an all-embracing Providence, thaf
Providence without which, gentlemen,
all your skill is nothing. For If it
does not permit the investigator to
establish the laws of science and If 1t
does not guide the hand of the phys1-
clan, the physician is helpless in his
tight with disease.
s.AlI truth is from God and his Spirit
rests upon every work which springs
from truth and strives toward truth
The following remarks on temper
ance are from an address delivered
by the Emperor to the boys of the
Friedrich Academy at Cassen, at
which he was one time a student.
You are about to enter the univers-
ity I should like to give you some
advice which is not to be taken in
joke but is meant-in bitter earnest. AL
cohoI is a danger for our people, which
believe me, causes me grave anxiety
I have been at the head of the gov
eminent for twenty-three years, and
I know from the documents Which
pass through my hands how many
crimes are caused by dnCOi1Ol. A1OOr
at the United States. The Americans
are far ahead of us in this respect.
Great things are accomplished in the
universities there, we can convince
ourselves here because so many stu
dents from that side come to US. At
the assemblies and at the great acad-
emic celebrations there for example,
at the investiture Of a university
president, you will not see a drop of
wine on the table. It can be dispens-
ed with. When you enter the un1Vers-
itv. harden your bodies by sport, by
sword fighting, for which shall not
censure you; by rowing, but 90 not
trv to set up a record in downing the
greatest possible quantity of spir1tu-
Gus drinks. That is a custom when
dates from another time. If you Will
work in this direction in your fra
ternities and clubs, I shall be grateful.
We have today other tasks and we
must familiarize ourselves with pol1tl-
cal economy and finance For II is
now a question of preserving Tor GER
many its place IN the worio, anu 4ha
world For this we must all stand
firmly together.
Here cat Koenigsberg) my grand
father placed the Prussian royal
crown upon his head of his own right,
once again distinctly procial1nang tnat
it had been granted to him by GOD
grace alone and not by parnapents'
national assemblies, or the decisions
of the people, and that. he Regarded
himself as the chosen instrument OIL
Heaven. and as such would exercise
his duties as regent and ruler
| Our women should learn from Queen
Luise that the chief duty of the Ger
man woman does not lie in the9 field OF
association and club life, not IN the
attainment of equal rights by. when
they may work with men on equal
footing. but in the quiet works In the
home and in the family They should
| educate the younger generation above
all things, to obedience and respect Tor
their elders. They should make 1t
clear to their children and their chill
| dren's children that their duty today
| is not to live their lives at the cost OF