The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-27
Y RS nnrnpAY ANNnIllsNnY

r. RS BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
by request we reprint the following triUu'o
to Roosevelt which first appeared in The world
October a. 1913.
Slxty-one years ago today q babe was born.
There was no pomp nor circumsianoc attend
Ing the event TO mark g. with especial disiiuc-
tion. The child liytd and matur'd man.
He conquered moro in the span of compara-
lively brief ltc than most OF the great men
Of earth conquered though liying beyond their
allotted time. And yet IT. ls written tina, lac
required no man To call him master u"
served humanity with that devoted loyalty
that alone deserves great reward. And yet.
he was tho slave Of mono. lie was in every
circumstance a. life. man. And 10 that
term be not sufficiently honorable for even
ono OF such distinction as he, emboIlish It
by the single PREFIX American. and YOU Wih
have an eultaph suitable 90 his character while
living to his memory now 'hal hc is dead.
The ways " Providence arc inscrutublc No
heralds announce the birth of those destined
10 sway the multitude with cloducncc or TO
command victorious armies. or wrcst from
science those secrets which born OF God
Nature Is secrctiye, And az she carefully
gathers tho precious materials with which to
form such masterpieces occasionally through
out the ages como from her womb the sun
and moon and stars and winds and tdes suffer
mankind to read in their moods and phases
no premonition of the cpocha event All
mon enter life through a common door,
The birth OF Alexander was IA all respects
like unto the slave. Nature was calm at tho
acoouchmcut which brought forth Hannibal
Caasar's. death was horoically troubled but
his birth is shrouded in the mystery OF com
n,onplace events The martial step OF
h,s sstst ran aU1ug q
and instructed his achievements Influenced
literature and art for century, but he first
saw tho light Of day In the humble home or
medlocrity on an obscure island In the Mcdi-
torranean. And Of Roosevelt.
II would bo a pleasant but unnecessary task
70 recall tho achievements OF this great man
VINO left uy Yesterday. All humanity rcmem-
bets them No pen can add to their luster, no
tongue detract from their grandeur A;
time when q troubled world required his SER
vice. when his own country was about 10 re-
require OF him new surrender OF self he
aid him down and foll asleep, when most
men are hui beginning to render the service
% rlpcucd years and experience, while watkins
the batuomcnts Of patriotic purpose with firm
step and stcadrost resolution, the torch foi
from the hands OF Groatheart.
Hc In dead Again, the purposes OF ProN.
deucc are inscrutahlCl As We gaze upon tha
Iofty cyric where but now his heroic figure
stood, and through tcar-fucd eyes and with
anguished soul recognize lie blrrcnncss we
seek in vain to fathom them
''And still we hope, and stl we wait We
have no present purpose to endow his memory
with the sacrilege OF sain,hood, NO deposition
TO attribute to him living vIr!lc factor in
the major actions Of his time supernatural
powers As nation We stand today beside
the simple, unadornod grave yondar on the
hlli top In sight OF tho homo he loved and
hanowed, and the tears OF a grateful and
atfectlonate people reconsecrate the sacred
soil The breeyes, blowing gently through the
,reetops murmur a soft and sad good night
accompanied by requiem from the throat9 OF
those fcathcrcd peoples who were also his
friends while hard by the mighty Atlantic
keeps eternal hut restless vigil
we always thought Of him, we think OF him
today as we pause 10 pay homage TO his memory
we shall ever tllH' oi him-ds-t'ai nobiest
conception os~tho political world an Anglican
Man. .--
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