The Washington herald., 1914-03-04
GIVES
COCKTAILS MEDAL
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create new neighbors. It will generate
new friendships 1t win make new at
mcsphere Of rivalry and OF generous as
sociation. The whole tendency OF the
routes os trade viii be changed. and
the routes OF trade are the routes OF en-
lightenment. Only when aeishbors touch
enc another do they cease to be provincial
and look out upon the great tasks OF
humanity, instead of confining themselves
to the relatively selfish tasks OF their
own domestic development. and II Is only
as we expect and import ideas that
civilization becomes thoroughly es-
tablished.
-we have, therefore. to- honor tonight
the greatest living representative Of this
extraordinary profession. II seems 10 me
10 be natural. II may say sc with
apologies to some Of our friends present,
that the greatest engineer should come
from the United States. The United
States has made the world very un-
comfortable, but 1t has at least done
SO by the exercise of extraordinary dyna-
mic qualities. It. Is not one OF the
statical nations Of the world. II Is one
OF the nations which has disturbed equi-
libru1n. which has cut new paths for the
thought and action Of mankind.
Sent GcethaIs to World.
And now there Is to be elevated, and
kept always on high, this new name
upon which men are to enter the roads
of new experience, q name which VIII
not be blotted out until. and unless, the
whole civilization of the world should
change, the name Of Col Goethais. Tho
government Of the United States lent MIN
TO the world and he has done this tnlng
for the world. For. 1t is our proud boast
that we have cut this highway for all
the sea-going ships of the world.
Il take IL for granted that we do not
tonight forget that distinguished group
of men who have been associated with
Col Goethals; that gallant and devoted
soldier who gave his very life to see that
the great work was done at Culebra Cut
that man who made SO much of this
work possible. Surg. Gen. Gorgas, by
knowing how to hold disease OF at arms
length while these men were given leave
TO work; Col. Seibert, who built the walls
Of Gatun dam and created Gatun Lake.
making it look to the eyes of the be-
holder as If nature had done the work
over which he himself presided, and Col.
Hodges, who made the locks and the
machinery by which these great things
are administered.
But We are merely acknowledges
the presiding character and genius
which drew all the elements of this
work together, which made II a work
done by co-laborers. not by rivals
work done as il it were the conception
of a single mind, and work done in the
spirit of service and self-effacement
which belongs to a great service of
great government. There is nothing
selfish in the eminence of Col. Goethals.
1t is representative of a great profess
sion; il is representative of a great
government: it is representative of
great spirit.
No Private Profit.
Il am glad that this thing was not
done by private enterprise and that there
is no thought of private profit any
where in it, but that a government put
itself at the service of the world and
used a great man to do a great thing.
That is the ideal Of the modern world.
that the services to mankind shall be
shared
1. Secretary Bryan was introduced by Gil
bert II. Grosvenor, director of the So
dent Henry Gannett and Vice President
o. II. Tittman. They were unable to be
present because OF illness. In introduc-
ing Toastmaster Bryan, Director Gros-
venor said:
THE twelve months since We last met
have MADE the most SUCCESSFUL year IN
the history of the National Geographic
Society. Seventy-four thousand new
members have been added to the enroll
ment, making the total membership 261,-
DO0. These members are in 1900 towns,
villages and hamlets in the United States
and in 1000 cities in foreign countries"
Count Won Bernstorff, the German Am
bassador, said:
LAS a German, l would like to remind
YOU of an incident in the life Of perhaps
the greatest of my compatriots, Goethe.
who, hundred years ago, shortly before
his death, was sitting among his most
intimate friends. and had just received
a book written by Alexander Won Hum
OoIdt, a name which is familiar to
all over the world 1t gave
/ description of Mexico and the sur
ounding countries, and after having read
his book, Goethe said to his friends, L
am a very old man, and / have only one |
wish. That is, that 1 could live long
snough to see the Panama Canal builc' |
He added that he was sure this canal i
would be built by the people of the United |
States
Mr.. Mann's Tribute.
Representative James R. Mann, of |
Illinois. said: The man and the work |
came together when Col Goethals was