Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-11
FOREIGN NEWS


toasts on all kinds of subjects, sus-
tanning his reputation as the greatest
royal speech-maker of the present era.
The collection contains many OF. the
epigrammatic utterances of moment
Gus political declarations which have
from time to time created stir In
Germany and in the world, such as his
declaration on womans sphere AID
divine right. at Koenigsberg in 1910; 4
his proclamation of himself as optim-
list and believer in his fellow men; his I
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 Cassel. Among the /
most interesting and characteristic ,
passages in the new collection are the |
following:
THE world belongs to the living |
and the living know best. will toll |
crate no pessimists; whoever is not
ready to work may drop out and, If he
wishes, hunt up country better suited
to him"
81 am an optimist through and
through. l want to progress. should
be delighted if people only under
stood what l am trying to do and
would give me their support. We are
bound to consider every man honest
until he has proved the contrary.
This is the principle on which l have
always dealt with everyone with
whom / have to do. The results are
occasionally bad, but one mustn't be
dissuaded by that With a bit
of healthy optimism and a brighter
and more confident view of life, more
progress is made in ones life and
ones life-work than if everything is
viewed with pessimistic eyes. The
same applies to craftsmanship.
What good comes of encouragement?
Far better to work on with an eye
to the future. l work on undiscour
aged, and am confident that l am
thereby making progress. We
! (monarchs) are always in a thank
less position, since no one credits us
with any independence. If l pull
Off something successful everyone
asks: Who put him up to it?' and
if l fail the word is: He didn't under
stand how to do it,"
Confidence in God gives selfconfi-
dence, and self-confidence gives the
determination to accomplish that
which you have set as your goal"
Until 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 which
belongs to u.s."
MY first and last thought is given
to my army and my navy"
I'VE recognize here (The Empress
Frederick House for Advanced Medical
Training) the far-seeing plans of an
all-embracing Providence, that Provi-
dence without which, gentlemen, all
your skill is as nothing. For if it does
not permit the investigator to estab-
lish the laws of science and if it does
not guide the hand of the physician
the physician is helpless in his fight
with disease"
, "All 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 Fried
/ rich academy at Cassell. at which he
! was one time a student:
You are about to enter the univers
} ity | should like to give you some
: advice which is not to be taken in &
: joke but is meant in bitter earnest
Alcohol is a danger for our people
! which, believe me, causes me grave
anxiety. l have been at the head o
the government for % years, and
know from the documents which pas
through my hands how many crimes
are caused by alcohol. Look at tn,
n United States. The Americans arr
far ahead of us in this respect. Grea
, things are accomplished in the uni
= versities there, as we can convinc,
ourselves here because so many stu
dents from that side come to us A
the assemblies and at the great acad
q emic celebrations there for example
@ at the investiture of a university pres
ident, you will not see drop of win
: on the table. It can be dispensed with
f When you enter the university, harder
:. your bodies by sport, by sword fight
ing, for which | shall not censure you
n by rowing, but do not try to set up
II record in downing the greatest poss
q BILE quantity of spirituous drinks. Tbs
is a custom which dates from anothe
}. time. If you will work in this diret
ton in your fraternities and clubs,
shall be grateful. We have today othe
tasks and we must familiari5e GU
selves with political economy an
n finance. For it is now a question c
preserving for Germany its place 1
the world, and particularly in the ma
kets of the world. For this we mus
all stand firmly together"
Here lat Koenigsberg) my gran
father placed the Prussian royal crow
upon his head of his own right, ono
again distinctly proclaiming that it ha
been granted to him by Gods grac
alone and not by parliaments. nations
assemblies, or the decisions of I'll
people, and that he regarded himse
as the chosen instrument of Heave
and as such would exercise his dutis
as regent and ruler. - Our wome
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