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the rfe have led II he chose--and by
choosing of course mean choosing
to exercise the requisite industry, judg-
ment and foresight. none Of very
marked type"
1t was due to the vague passion for
n new righteousness" perhaps that
Roosevelt at times instead OF treating
the tariff and currency legislation and
economic government with his thought
and pen, preached the duty of mother,
to bear large families. the need for big
business to be honest. the advantage OF
correct spelling. the desirability OF max
ing life simple, strenuous and success
full"
All topics "on which he could rafoly
generalize he treated with ssiduity."
and in mo other case has the Executive
pen dwelt so extensively upon matters
generally confined for discussion to tho
/ home, the schoolroom and the church"
IdeaIist and Opportunities.
| He was both an ideal!st and an oppor-
| tunIst--an dealst IN his ends and an
| opportunist IN his methods. How to ad-
| just ideal.sm and opportunlsm. how to
! live for "A future ideal but in the actual
| present. how to face the facts as they
are and not lose the ambition TO make
them better, is a perpetually shifting
! problem which no man can perfectly
| solve.
II IL true that he was criticised on the
one hand by the practical politician for
not being practical and on the other
hand by the reforner and the scholar 70.
sacrificing ideals TO practical politics.
The attitude of Roosevelt toward the
governing of men has been said to be
that OF "a strong man rejoicing" as
leadership with him was Instructive. The
hurlyburly Of conflict impending and &C.
tual was TO HIM a great gladness" joy
In work-the citation and eNultation OF
strong competition--was often the mo-
tive power of his accomplishment.
The seven and n half years Of his
Presidency was rife with struggle and
conflict, and having come through tbs
years OF contention and having r. veilct
In every minute Of them, he W de
TERED from entering no fight . tuS'
the contest was likely to be hot" Vine,
he left the Presidency lie said, Il haV,
had a corking time"
The description OF one OF hts adher
ents during the sever years OF his Presi
dcncy stands in contrast with othe
words OF Rnosevelts owr. as follows:
In Washington, during the crises o
| his Presidency, wnen he Was heinl
badgcTed and thwarted beyond, endur
ance, when schemes on which his Who'll
heart were set we're in perl. he some
times exploded with anger, Sara an
Cenunc!aticn. and the outbGrst WAS a.
WAYS ono of eNhilaration. 1t was toni
to him to te in a fight and hitting th
hardest and his yehemcnc" VAS III
, natural. pusnacious, elemental man wit
his back TO the wall"
How lie Felt Alter Being shot.
And this is from the speech ne mad
on the night OF October "A. 1919, tus
after the bullet OF orratic John Schran
, had lodged in his chest, dcClara.ory |
! that dramatic moment OF his Joy In LII
and leadership:
I II do not care a rap about being sho
! not a rap. The bulle; Is In me now. $
= that 1 cannot make a very long speccl
b. | But / will try my best. First OF a
= | want to say this about myself
, have altogether to many importar
4 ! things to think Of TO paw any heed {
4 feel any concern over my own dealt
r Now l would not speak to you inslncerel
4 within five minutes of being shot ! al
: telling you the literal truth when ] 81
q that my concern is for many 9th.
= things.
= II want you to understand that ! a
s ahead OF the game anyway. No ma
= had. happy life in every way. | hay
o been able to do cetain things that
c gealy wished to do. and l am int
y ested in doing other things"
- Recurrent illnesses yeXcd him In Il
n last year OF his life, all signifying Il
breaking down OF n wonderful const
q tuition and of body that had lived
Is what shall one say? century. no doul
h OF the life OF ordinary men. But
n the day OF his death he remained y
is leader OF a tremendous section OF Il
l. American people-of all, indeed, wi
VI maintain hard headed views about Il
N proper terms of peace as they mai
"a tanned, hard headed views about Il
d way the war should be Na"ed and
d to when We should have entered Il
l. conflict
n Upon this tremendous mass OF publ
opinion Theodore Roosevelt never 10
his grip. lie was the leader, and
he remained TIL the breath was out
Is his body. His courage OF mind al
m heart was never better displayed thi
n when men who had been his own frien
W rebuked him for assailing the PREF
r. dents courses. which TO Col Roosev'
10 seemed 10 lack the force, decision a.
ar vision necessary in the leader Of I
n, whole people. Though the Critics
touched him, he never fiinched fro
y, what he considered his duty to AmeriC
40 And when he hit he hit very hard.
% In all war work he was very actlN
sc speaking with his full power in suppo
o of the Liberty Loans. In arraignme
"a OF sedltion and pacihsm, urging for I
~ Red Cross He gave largely out of !
" means. and not long ago he turned
-" Nobel Peace prize cash, which h
", grown considerably from It's origin
NY $4,000. over to the seven branch
CT war work service.
Hs- He left Roosevelt Hospital on Chri
s. mas day and returned to his homo
re Oyster Bay, remaining In secluson un
- the hope OF lettering health should
al. materlalized. And Il was from Sagamc
es Hin that his last message came to I
an American people, the message that "
pr, read on Sunday night at the HIP
", dromc. and the sterling paragraph
'ut which was:
ad There must be no sagging back in