South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-28

different and uncertain natioualism
that could lock arms with a theory
antagonlstic 20 and destructive OF IT.:
his no shuttlecock patriotism. his
no calculating loyalty His love Of
America WAS as vital as the beating
Of his heart while American tradi-
tons American characteristics and
American ideals inherited from his
ancestors were woven into the very
dbers OF his being
Memorials bearing the names OF
those who have thus represented
nations spirit and purpose are
methods Of strengthening and per-
pctuating that nations ideals. 4 man
is great in the public sense only
when his thoughts. his words. his
acts express the feeling. aspiration
and resolve OF the average man and
woman: only when ne speaks the
general sentiment so truly that his
voice becomes the voice of the in
articulate masses. only when his
deeds so accurately register the
public viii that his hand and arm
becomes the hand and arm OF the
great body on his fellow citizens. In
short % man is great only when he
is the living embodiment of tho
Judgment and the VIII of his coun-
trymen.
$50 IL is tina; memorials TO such
men are. in reality. concrete and
tangible expressions Of the soul Of
tho people. Such memorials arc. i'm
fact. monuments 90 what is best and
most vital and what the people who
provide those memorials wish to he
the most enduring. in national char
acter so more effective means
ever his been or can be devised for
marking the stages of nations ad
vanccmcut and thus inspiring flu
turc progress than to build lasting
monuments and TO provide imper-
ishabIe memorials to those rare be
ings whose lifc-work represented the
lofticst and most continuous emo
tons Of his nation. who led ever to-
ward the heights Of righteousness.
who carried the divine torch that
lighted the conscience OF the mil
lions. and who called forth the love
and devotion of the men and women
of their times
Represent Qualities
"Thc memorial to- George Wash
mgton is. in truth. a monument 10
what. through him. the nation stood
for i'm his day and viii stand for as
long as the republic endures a
monument to ohose American quail
e Isl D.. i
ed qualities which must be nourish-
ed and strengthened if the ration is
90 thrive and grow moro powerful.
The Washington monument means
American independence; il repre-
SCENTS that patient fortitude. that
steady courage. that wise self-dis-
cipline from which orderly govern
ment sprang and by which alone or
DERBY government can be maintain
ed
THE memorial TO Abraham Lin
colin viii likewise he an everlasting
representation of the mind and heart
of the American people at the end OF
the second detcrminatiye period of
our history As Washington's mon
ument stands for national independ-
encc and for utter devotion TO our
American institutions OF disciplined
freedom. so Lincoln's memorial rep
resents national unity and the idea
of brotherhood. of mutual considera-
ton Of mutual forbearance, OF mu-
tual good will.
and now for the same funda-
mental reason that caused the cree
tion OF memorials to these super
eminent Americans-the reason that
each of them was the embodiment of
the American nation, the living
breathing. acting personality that
i'm their times. best combined Amer
lean characteristics American am
billions and therefore forecast Amer
lean destiny-fOr these same funda-
mental reasons shrines are to be set
mp go Theodore Roosevelt. who was
Supremely representative Of the
highest impulses of the American
people during the third great epoch
of the American nation.
In building these memorials 10
Theodore Roosevelt we but erect
monuments to what is finest. strong
est and truest i'm ourselves and 20
what we pray our children will still
further develop 20 the end that they
viii toe increasingly better and hap
pier men and women and that the
American nation may ever wax in
righteous power, ennobling influence
and benefcent glory