The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

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Spanish rifles. Men have looked into
| Taft's kindly eyes, have felt Taft's
friendly handclasp and have been will
ing to give him all they owned on
earth. But the idea Of infringing on
| Woodrow wilson's austerc dignity Is
simply inc~onceivable. To Wilson life
Is not all beer and skitt,es: II Is a
serious thing. He has shown this
from early manhood. In fact from
youth. And he ever has acted accord
ingly.
Anthropolog1sts tell us that II we
wish to sound the depths OF any
| human character we must look far
beyond the present living individpai
back through generations, noting tnis
trait or tina in succeeding ancestors
this or that habit Of life, this or that
temperament. OF all OF WHOM any
living individual 10 very largely a
| com posite 50 far a. physical ana
mental characteristics are concerned
Now Woodrow Wilson lie descended
on both sides from a ong n OF
cotch- IRISH ancestors. Teuton strain
there Ia none. nor that OF Gallo light
nees with m%ercurial tendency. Scotch
Irish he is-and on both sides; the
lates, human entity descended from
| mon and women who lived and d!ed
| for nr,nc,ples which they believed to
be the right principles. regardless OF
| what others thought to the contrary
| unm,ndful OF what the consequences
] might be to themselves.
! Given a man with two or three nun
| dred years Of such ancestors BACK OF
rim and when once his mind Il made
IN on an i'm portant matter II would be
ms, about as easy to change II as
% n,ck IN the rock OF Gibraltar ana
n.aye 4, into the heart OF the Sahara
Fortunately such a man does not
make I'D his mind In q hurry or WITH
on. due consideration to the opinions
n, those whose Judgment he respects
I'm, when such a mind Is made up
ia made up-and there's no more 10
he said OF done.
Those who are sympathetic with 6ucn
n emperamen refer to II a. being
! q, "una,terab,e decision" Others. not
sympathetlc are inclined to term II
sheer o~bstinacy." the olnerehce
merely reflects a difference IN ihoi-
v!dual viewpoint. This mental I'M
movab,l,ty at basis rests on supreme
selr-confdence, and In tho ease OF
President Wilson II has been said that
once IN a f,ght he IL in II "for keeps.
When victorious, no more Is to be said.
when defeated. as the boys say. he
doesn't know when he's licked"
! sid by side with these character1s-
t.cs-that life Is q very serious mat-
ter and that his mind onoe a d up
cannot he altered-is another: That or
the hardest kind Of work. Glance for
a moment, and very briefly. at the
story OF woodrow Wilson'S life up TO
date. Born in Staunton. Va. in Do
cember, 1855: graduated from Prince
ton at the age Of %: then . student
at tho University Of Virginia; two
wears practising law in Atlanta; a
course in POSTGRADUATE work at h
Hopkins; married At Savannah IN
1885. and commencing that year to
serve ~ assistant professor Of history
and economics ~ Bryu Mawr College
Many yeass before thu he had b.
como intensely interested In political
movements Even a. Q youth he had
an interest amounting almost to . rev.
erence for the science OF government.
whereby men arc enabled in varying
degree under varying forms OF gov
eminent. to work out their destiny
here on earth. In this aspect tho
sc,ence Of government assumed tre-
mendous importance in his eyes and
he set himself the work OF trying TO
master II.
To do this he must needs master his
tory-the records Of Governments in
times past: and h two studies went
forward year by year. When he mar
r!ed, and went to Bryn Mawr. At the
age OF 20. his first serious book ap-
peared-"Congressional Government:
A Study in American Politics" At the
time other young mon Of his ~ were
publishing in the magazines charming
love stories and IN book form novels
Of adventure. Further comment Is
unnecessary.
At Rryn Mawr. and At Wesleyan
whittier ne was called In EASTWOOD
row Wilson continued TO toll unceas-
ingly. He wa Q student FIRST, last and
always. His time and thought were
devoted to research. consideration,
criticism. reflection in undisturbed
quiet. To be sure. ne possessed the
innate courtesy born in every South
erner OF gentlemanly instincts and
reared In a home OF refinement and
education. When he went into society
he was distinguished as much for ur-
banity as for hat dignity Of bearing
so quickly recognized by all who come
in contact with him. And his powers
as a lecturer were so compelling. his
persuasive force 30 great. his schol-