The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-14
HE BELIEVED in HIMSELF


There are these prime factors in life
success:
You must believe in yourself;
You must set that belief high, and
You must measure up to that belief
Thus did Theodore Roosevelt become
leader of men, marker Of world history
a, friend Of humanity.
For Theodore Roosevelt believed in
himself. He placed that relief high. And
he tried always to measure up to the be-
lief he had in himself.
Time and history alone will tell how
well he succeeded. But this we know,
few men have arrived at the world tame,
the national leadership and heart-deep
God will of so many human beings as did
Theodore Roosevelt in the sixty years he
lived so strenuously and so thoroughly
Yes, he lived life thoroy ghly. Victory
enc defeat, the lowly cabin of the miner
and the palatial mansion of the million
aire, the intellectual existence of the
study and punching cattle on the plains
policing city and ruling nation, box
ing with pugilist and dining with an
ambassador, hobnobbing with the savag-
es cf Africa and visiting the crowned
heads of Europe, all these contrasts and
thousands of others came into the event
full life Of Roosevelt, to whom all men
were friends or foes, and who was loved
sincerely or hated cordially.
To live life thoroughly, one must live
strenuously. Roosevelt proved that.
From his twenty-fourth birthday to the
hour of his death Theodore Roosevelt
was factor in American politics and
American progress g.Jas
Many another man nas rested upon
the laurels Roosevelt won in day--but
never did any height of fame still in the
Roosevelt heart the desire to force on and
up. Death overlook his stout heart as
Roosevelt was climbing the Alpine rock
of endeavor. 1t was impossible for the
Roosevelt brain to mark time to rest, to
retire" Inactivity was not for him.
But with all of his characteristic stren-
robustness and with all Of his remarkable
ambition and with all Of his admitted
ability, Theodore Roosevelt would never
have achieved the niche il flames temple
he found had he not believed so honestly
in himself, his ideals and his power. 1t
was his belief in himself that set him
apart from other men aid from other
leaders.
And this is Roosevelt's greatest gift to
mankind, to the men and women of all
ruture generations in self.
This gift overshadows all others he
made of his fellow men to his country
and to the world. 1t is so great and time
filling that the others, large in them
selves, are dwarfed. And, probably with
out this inherent factor he might have
been unable to have led the citizens Of
the United States in the wonderful up
ward strides they made ia the last score
of years-the years when Theodore
Roosevelt was most active in national
affairs.
All human beings who now live and are
yet to live will benefit by the fact that
Theodore Roosevelt believed in himself
and proved the possibilities that lie in
ones belief in self.
Theodore Roosevelt was criticised; so
is every human being. Theodore Roose-
Welt maGs mistakes; SO do all mortals.
Theodore Roosevelt had enemies; so has
every man who strikes out and strikes
hard. Theodore Roosevelt sometimes
was wrong; so are we all, most of us more
often than Roosevelt was. Theodore
Roosevelt had belief--helief in himself,
his country and humanity; so should each