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Show Ir President Delivers a jre in Paris Before Students Stu-dents and Notables. K 1SIZES THE NEED ft GETTING THINGS DONE I pat the Critic Is Not Espial, Es-pial, but Strong, Brave Man Is. i ! " " oclated Press, . April 23. To use Colonel It's own words, "today marked (ruing of bis career as a man of ' From noon until midnight he guest of intellectual Paris, par-' par-' tig as a member at a session of ii inch academy, delivering a lec-i lec-i !the Sorbonne, which, as ho said, , foremost scat of learning in i .-before America was discovered, riaining as the guest of the fa-or fa-or dinner and tlio grand rccep-ltho rccep-ltho university in his honor. It el .Roosevelt's roccprion at the tat. and that at th'o Sorbonne ually impressive, but in a dif-feay.' dif-feay.' At the former ho was iii-Wi iii-Wi merely as a momber, and ho Imseat among his distinguished We, most of whom have grown lie Bervico of science, glistening to the words of M. j;, tlio prcsidout of the Acad-JMoral Acad-JMoral and Physical Sciences, joke eloquently of American nd character, of which he said a .Bopsevelt was tho" best cx-fcHb cx-fcHb former president replied in liis utterances arousing his a colleagues fo unwonted ap- Enthusiastic Welcome, e Sorbpnno no attempt was restrain the demonstrations, ido bristled with American aud flags, and fully 25,000 persons the streets and acclaimed Col-osevelt Col-osevelt on his arrival. "With-building "With-building enthusiasm was un-f. un-f. tho vast crowd in tho amphl-;.interTupting amphl-;.interTupting again and again inns of applause as tho speaker jthe duties of individual citi-lin citi-lin a republic, scorning the -cynics and idle rich, and g tho gospel of work, charac 1 ino strenuous life. ? il times he interjected obser-y obser-y 'in I'Vonch. and after he had ,his attitude- on the subject of 2 rights and property rights, ho i .thiB in French, saviiig that f luted the crux of what he had ftd ho desired everyone to un- .Jjlu'iu. jj ords in this connection were: position as regards tho monoj'-4i monoj'-4i rests can bo put into few i fa every civilized socioty j)rop-& j)rop-& hta must be carefully safe-J safe-J .f-Ordinarily, ;md in the groat m cases human rights and .frights are fundamental, and Ip-ng run, identical. But when pv appears that there is a real between thorn, human rights !re the upper hand, for prop-Wigs prop-Wigs to man and not man to Anditors Impressed. &e his auditors clearly realizo a con8iderod Republican insfci- foil on trial both in America i ace. The distinguished per-Kcnpying per-Kcnpying seats on the estrado, mdod, besides tho deans of tho Tjiaculties of tlio university, Bnaiid and his entiro cabinot., ilL' en 113 Leon Bourgoois, for-?fcier; for-?fcier; Anatolo Loroy Beancanl, jiof tho Inntitute of France: jfinoarre, Jnles Clarctio, Gabriel W, Marquis do Sogucr, his-il?d his-il?d Paul Dcschanel, wero ovi-iEr ovi-iEr j88 mucl1 imPressed as the .wand othor auditors in front, joining heartily in the applanse, especially espe-cially when Mr. Hosovelt Bpoko against raco suicido and tho necessity of a nation na-tion to perpetuate itself as one of its principal duties. Following tho lecturo, "Vice Rector Liard, in behalf of the "university, presented pre-sented Mr. Roosevelt with a bust of Jefferson and two vases mado at Sevres. A curious mistako had been mado in the bust. A bust of Lincoln had been ordered from the government factory at Sovres, but in some way one-of one-of Jefferson was made. M. Jusserand. tho French embassador, has arranged to have the original order executed. Teddy Talks French. In replring to M. Boutroux beforo the Academy of Moral and Physicnl Science, MrRoosovolt spoko in French. Ho said he would not daro to do so if he were not among confreres, but he was certain of their indulgence. "I cannot explain how much I have been touched by tho honor you have displa3red toward me," ho said. "It is tho crowning career of a man of letters." M. Boutroux, ho said, had defined his moral conception of lifo better than he could himselt havo done, and ho continued: con-tinued: "I havo always tried to translato into in-to action the moral principles which must inspire the lifo of men and nations. na-tions. Thero can be no economic civilization civ-ilization without morality. Genius is not essential, but only courage, honest, hon-est, sincerity and commonficnse. Men of genius without these qualities are a curse to a nation. They do more harm than good." Colonel Roosevelt told of how ho had received tho news of his election to tho academy whilo hunting whito rhinoceros rhino-ceros at tho equator. "I was living among naked savages," sav-ages," ho said, "hunting for an animal ani-mal which was tho survivor of tho long-haired rhinoceros that existed hero in Franco when Franco was inhabited by naked savages." Ho had received tho first, news in lottcrs which came simultaneously from two mombors of tho academy, one in Mexico and tho other in Brazil. "Mr. President and dear col-loagucs," col-loagucs," ho concludod, "I thank yon onco moro from tho bottom of my heart." Colonol and Mrs. Roosevelt wero entertained en-tertained at dinner tonight by Yico Rector Liard, the guests also including Embassador and Mrs. Bacon, Embassador Embas-sador and Mine. Jusserand, Premier Briaud, M. Doumerque, minister of education, and tho deans of tho faculties. facul-ties. In his propared address Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt said, in part: "With you here, and with us In my own home. In the lonfj run. success or failure will bo conditioned upon tho way In which tho avorago man. tho average woman, docs Ills or her duty first in tho ordinary, everyday affairs of lifo. and next in those great occasional crises which call for tho heroic virtues. The average citizen must bo a Rood citizen citi-zen If our republics aro to succeed. The stream will not permanently rise higher high-er than the main source, an3 tho main source of a national power and national na-tional greatness Ir found In tho aver-ago aver-ago citizenship of tho nation. Thorofore. it behoovc3 ns to do our host to see that tho Btandard of tho avcrapo citizen citi-zen is kept high, and the nvernge- can- not bo kept high unless tho Btandard of tho leadera Is vory much higher. "It Ir -well If a large proportion of tho leaders in any republic, in any de-'mocracy, de-'mocracy, aro an a matter of course drawn from ihe classes represented In this audience au-dience today, but only provided that those classes possess tho gifts of sympathy sym-pathy with plain people and of devotion devo-tion to groat ideals. You and those like you havo received special advantages; advan-tages; you have nil of you hnd the opportunity op-portunity for mental training: many of you have had leisure; most of you have had a chance for the enjoyment of life far greater than come.'' to tho majority of your fellows. To you and your hind much has been given, and from you much should be expected. Critic Dees Not Count. "It Is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or whore the doer of deeds could havo done them better. The credit belongs to the man who Is actually ac-tually In tho arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood: who strives valiantly: who errs and comoo short again and again, because there is no offort without error and shortcoming: but who does actually strlvu to do the deods, who knows tho great enthusiasm, the great devotions: who spends himself In a worthy causo; who at the best knows In tho ond the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if. he fails, at least falls while daring greatly, so that his phieo shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. Shame on the man of cultivated ta-jto who permits rollnement to develop into a fastidiousness that unfits him for doing the rough work of a workaday world. Among the free peoples who govern themselves them-selves thero Is. but a small Held of usefulness use-fulness open for tho men of clolstcroa life who shrink from contact with their fellows. Still less room is there for those who dorlde or slight what Ib done by those who actually bear tlio brunt of the day; nor yot for thoso othors who always profess that thoy would like to tako action, If only the conditions of life were not what they actually arc. . "1 pay all homage to intellect and to elaborate and specialized training of the Intellect, and yet L know I shall have the assent of all of you present when I add that more Important still are the commonplace, everyday qualities and virtues. vir-tues. "Such ordinary, everyday qualities include in-clude tho will and tho power to work, to fight at need and to havo plenty of healthy children. There are a few peoplo peo-plo in every country so born that they ! can lead Uvea of leisure. TheBO fill a useful function If they make it evident that leisure doe's not mean idleness. But tho averago man must earn his own livelihood. live-lihood. JJo should bo trained to do so, and ho should bo trained to feel that he occupies a contemptible position tf he docs not do so: that ho is not an object of envy if ha Is idle, at whichever which-ever end of the social scale he stands, but an object of contempt, an object of derision. Essentials of Goodness. "In tho next place, the good man should be both a strong and a brave man; that is, he should bo able to light, ho should bo ablo to Bervo his country as a soldier If the need arises. There aro well meaning philosophers who declaim against tho unrighteousness of war. They aro right only If they lay all their emphasis upon tho unrighteousness. unrighteous-ness. War is a dreadful thing, and unjust un-just war is a crime against humanity. But it is such a crime because it is unjust, un-just, not because U is war. Tho cholco must over bo in favor of righteousness, and this whether the alternative be peace or whother tho alternative bo war. Tho question must not be merely, is thero to he peace or war? Tho question must be, Is the right to prevail? Axe tho groat laws of righteousness onco moro to be fulfilled? And tho anHWor from a strong and virile people must bo ycs,' whatever the cost. "Finally, oven moro important than ability to work, even more Important than ability to fight at need. Is it to remember re-member that the chief of blessings for any nation Is that it shall leave its seed to Inherit tho land. It was the crown of blessings In blbllcan times; and it is the crown of blessings now. Tho greatest of all cases Is the curso of sterility, and the severest of all condemnations should bo that vlsltod upon wilful sterility. Tho first essential In any civilisation in that tho man and the woman shall bo father and mother of healthy children, so that tho raco shall Increase and not decrease. If this is not so, if through no fault of the society thero 1h falluro to Increase, It is a great misfortune. If tho falluro Is due to dellborate and wilful fault, then it Is not mcroly a misfortune; It Is one of thoso crimes of ease and self Indulgence, of shrinking from pain and effort and risk, which in tho long run nature punishes pun-ishes moro heavily than any other. If wo of the great republics, if we, the free peoplo who claim to havo emancipated ourselves from the thraldom of wrong and error, bring down on our heads tho curso that comes upon tho wilfully barren, bar-ren, then It will bo an idle wosto of breath to prattlo of our achievements, to boast of all that wo have done No refinement re-finement of life, no delicacy of taste, no material progress, no sordid heaping up of riches, no sensuous development of art and literature, can In any way compensate com-pensate for the loss of tho great fundamental funda-mental virtues; and of these great fundamental fun-damental virtues, thu greatest is the raco's power to perpetuate tho race. Two Qualities Aro Necessary. "In short, the good citizen In a republic re-public must realize that he ought to pos-schh pos-schh two setfl of qualities, and that noith cr avails without the othor. Ho must have those qualities which mako for efficiency; effi-ciency; and ho must also havo thoso qualities which direct tho efficiency Into channels for tho public good. Ho is useless use-less If ho Is Inefficient, Thoro Is nothing noth-ing to ho dono with that typo of citizen of whom all that can bo said is that ho is harmlons. Vlrtuo which Is dopondent upon a sluggish circulation 1m not imprcs-slvo. imprcs-slvo. There Is little place In active life for tho timid good man. Tho man who Is saved by weakness from robust wickedness wicked-ness is likewise rendered immune from tho robustcr virtues. Tho good citizen in a ropubllo must first of all bo able to hold his own. Mo is no good citizen unloss ho hns tho ability which will mako him work hard, and which at need will mako him work hard, and which at need will mako him light hard Tho good citizen lu not a good citizen unlosa he Is an efficient citizen. "Thero aro plonty of men calling thm-sfllvcs thm-sfllvcs Socialists with whom, up to a tlmo point, It is quito possible to work. If tho next step Is ono which both wo and thoy wish to take, why of course tako It, without with-out adv. rogard to tho fact that our views as to tho tenth step may differ. But. on the other hand, keep clearly In mind tltnt. though it has boon worth while to tako onn step, this does not in tho least moan that It may not bo highly disadvantageous disadvantage-ous to tako tho noxt, "Tho good citizen will demand liberty for htmsulf, and as a matter of pride ho will soo to it that othors receive tho 11b-ortv 11b-ortv which ho thus claims as his own. Probably the best teat of truo love of Ilb-orty Ilb-orty in any country la tho way in whloh minorities aro treated In that countiy. Not only should thoro bo comploto liberty In matters of rollglon and opinion, but complete liberty for each man to lead hlo life as he desires, provided only that in so doing ho does not wrong Ida noighbor. "My position as regards the monoyod interests can ho put in a few words. In overy civilized socioty property rights must be carefully safeguarded. Ordinarily Ordi-narily and in tho great majority of cases human rights and property rights aro fundamental, uudt in the long run, identical: but when it clearly appears that thoro is a real conflict between them, human rights must havo tlio upper up-per hand; property belongs to man and not man to property." No Formal Ceromouy. According to tho traditional ountom of tho academy of inornl and political sciences, Thcodoro Koosovolt entorcd without formal presentation. ihnilo Boutroux, who puosided, aftor tho customary routine business had been concluded, nddressod tho academy on tho result of liis observations, mado during his recent visit to tho United States, regarding tho growth of education educa-tion theru. Jd". Boutroux took Colonol Tioosovclt's ideal as tlio highest type of man which American education sought to produce, quoting iCroqucntly Roosevelt's own wordsjn the exposition of his theme, From tho doctrine that a man who acconiDlished. nothiuu and indulges only J t in criticism is a parasite, meriting only scorn, the speaker evolved Koosevelt's doctrino that man is born for action, to work and to struggle in other words, for the strenuous life. He said the aim of tho American , ideals as enunciated enun-ciated by Roosevelt wns the development develop-ment of an American soul, regardless of the differences of politics or religion. While America wns o'pen to all comers, com-ers, declared M. Boutroux, it recognized recog-nized as true citizens only those who were entirely and exclusively Americans Ameri-cans in heart and aspiration. Tho American spirit, ho said, consists of love of national independence, i'aith in tho power of honest endeavor, respect for human dignity and religious toleration: tolera-tion: Ho dwelt particularly upon Roosevelt's theory regarding the duty of the rich, which, ho said, substituted richeasc obligo for noblesse oblige. Continuing, M. Boutroux said that society so-ciety does not owe happiness to all persons, per-sons, but owes to all tho possibility of an honest, comfortablo life. The man without fortune should first work for his family and with a fortune ho should work for the public good, To devoto life to amassing gold was ignoble. It was necessary to teach all tho doctrine of work; to men of fortune tho doctrine of work without remuneration. |