Arizona republican., 1913-10-28
Former President, Speak ing at Sac Paulo, Brazil, Addresses Himself to This Question at the Govern mcnt University
CHARACTER MORE
 THAN GENIUS
Intellect is a Useful Ser want, But an Evil Master Unless It is Itself Mas tered by Character, Says the Colonel
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 $40 PAULO, Oct. 27-What con stitutes character?
 Theodore Roosevelt addressed him. self to this question today in a speech on Character and Civiliza- ton, delivered in the government university here.
 The sum of those qualities, dis tinct from the purely intellectual qualities, which are essential to moral efficiency" was Colonel Roose- velts definition of character. "Reso- lution. courage, energy. power of self control combined with fearless ness in taking the initiative and assuming responsibility; just re- gard for the rights of others, to- gether with unflinching determina- ton to succeed. no matter what ob- stacles and barriers have to be beaten down There is, moreover one quality too often wholly lacking in men of high intellectual ability, without which real character cannot exist; namely, the fundamental gift of common sense'
 Character, Colonel Roosevelt said, must ever outrank genius and intel feet. Intellect was a useful servant
 
 tered by character This was true of individuals and in larger sense true of nations American republics. north and south, had shown in the past, again and again. a curious for getfulness of this precept. A re- public could prosper although the average man were not brilliant; a republic could not prosper if it's average man became infirm of mind and soul. if he feared hard labor. if he sought to rise by ways that rep resent wrong to his weaker breth ren
 History had written large the truth that only the nation with ! character endured. Colonel Roosevelt 1 continued. When moral fibre became l soft, when the leaders led lives of self-indulgence and viciousness, the | nation decayed and declined.
 We citizens of the various com monwealths of the New World are engaged in double task" Colonel i Roosevelt said We are endeavor- l ing to retain without loss the cultu 1 ral civilization inherited through our l forefathers who came hither from the ! Old World. We are also endeavoring | so to develop and adapt this old ! World civiliza ton as to purge it of | whatever evil is mixed with the good | therein, to bring forth new good. and ! to fit and adjust it to the peculiar | needs and opportunities yielded by i the western hemisphere. Both sides | of the task present grave difficult | ties.
 The work of conquering a new | continent is one of incredible hard | ship. The men of greatest cultiva- ! 4;r -I- 1r- men of rugged will and bold and ad- | venturous temper can undertake it. | The strain on the pioneers engaged | in the feat is such that under it | they tend to lose something of the | culture their ancestors beyond the 1 seas had through the long ages | slowly acquired It is therefore our | duty to exercise an unceasing watch | fulness in order not to lose any 1 part of our heritage in world civi- ! lization, and, if we do lose anything | promptly to recover it. Further 1 more, there is no small amount of ! wrong which our forefathers in the | Old World handed down to us and | for this it is our duty to devise ! remedies.
 Moreover. the circumstances of l our lives under the new conditions :
  not only offer great opportunities 1 which our old World kinsmen do l not enjoy, but also expose Us to | temptations which our old World [ kinsmen do not share, at least to anything like the same degree.
 Finally, there are peculiar needs | of our own, which it is necessary ! that we meet in a new fashion. 1 These needs may often be of di- | ametrically opposed character. The !! need of one class, or of one period | may be wholly different from the | need of another class, or of all classes at another time. For in | stance, it is a curious fact that in | our New World the strain of over | hard conditions during the pioneer days is apt to be succeeded by the | even more dangerous strain of over l easy conditions when once the pi- | oneer days have been passed; the i danger to the sons is the opposite l of that which menaced the fathers; and yet the one danger is almost l as menacing as the other
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