La Junta tribune., 1914-02-21
ROOSEVELT 10 ALL BOYS
Greatest Mea Tho>e Win Srys~ Their
Coustry Csselfi.hiy--No C.~ fu
''Si~sIe~'' Ov "Bsllie~.''

Theodore Roosevelt found aim. /:
on his recent trip to south Amer. .
lea 10 write a in-sraK- TO the boys /.
~ America u is hcm~iy it, !:
tie talk on the value OF man {.
lin-ss and uns.ifirhne.s not .
lecture. which boys di.,rust. nor .
sermon which they despis., (:
board the steamship Van Dyck. /.
october !th. and vas sent to .
Jane. Z. West leader in the /:
published Ia the December is-u. .
OF "boys Life New York. the .
boy scouts magazine. /;
Through Boys Life" wish to
send this message. not only to the
Boy Scouts. but to all the boys OF
America. The prime lesson that the
Boy Scout movement Is teaching l. a
lesson that manliness ia Its most Wig
orous form can be and ought to b.
accompanied by unseifish considera-
ton for the rights and interests Of
others.
Indeed ] can 20 littl. further. |
Wish that I could make the especial
appeal TO the American boy to re-
member that unless h. thinks of 9TH
ers he cannot fit himself to do the
best work in any great emergency.
Tn. names In our history to which
We now look back With pride ar. the
names OF men who have rendered
great service. This s-rvtc. may have
been rendered al tn. sam. time they
tion. But neither the glory nor the
reputation would hay. been gained
saw. AZ an incident to the service In
our history ther. Is nov practically
no mention OF any great nnanciers.
OF any great business man. who
merely made money ror himself II
AT some crisis In tn. nations history
that flnanci.r rendered a great ma
ional service. or II h. identified him
self In useful fashion with some
great movement for good. whether
In art or philsnthrophy or other
wise. then his name remains But
even under these conditions II re-
mains as of secondary value. Am
erica's contribution to permanent
world history has been made by the
statesmen and soldiers whose devo-
ton TO the country equalled their
efficiency, by men OF science. men OF
art, men OF letters. by sane and hon
est reformers and social worker
Who did great work and treated that
work a. IN itself great reward
The two greatest men In our his
tory are Washington aud Lincoln.
They possessed great ability. great
int.ll.c; and especially great sanity
they each possessed tn. highest
character, character both very
strong and very uns.lfish. which
gave them their prominence over
their fellows. There have been very
abb. and very unsorupulous states
men Ia our history. but not one OF
them has ever come to even meas
urable distance OF the achievements
OF Washington and Lincoln. and this
pulous. becaus. they lacked charac-
ter
The hoy l. not worth anything II
he Il not efficient have no use for
mollycoddles. | have no use for tim
Id boys. for IN. sissy" type OF boys.
| want to see boy abl. To hold his
own and shamed to finch. But as
on. element of this ability to hold
[ his own. wish To s.. him con,emp-
tuously indifferent to the mean or
brutal boy Who calls him Sissy or
a mollycoddl. becaus. he l. clean and
decent and considerate to Others, II
boy is not fearless and energetic
/ he II "a poor creature. but h. l. an
even poorer creatur. II h. L. n bully
l OF smaller boys or girls. II he Is gull
| " OF cruel mischief and II In his own
home. and especially In his relation
with his own mother and sisters. h~
u selfish and unf-elinT
I bcii-v. In play with all my
heart. but | believe In work even
more. While boy or man plays.
want to scc him play hard. and when
h. works. don't want to see him
play at all.
1hsins WOSk Well