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R Memorial Rites NEW YORK Jan 20 UP The WI-The The fuli full t text of Pr President Roosevelt's speech at the Theodore Roosevelt memo memorial dedication t on cc ceremonies here follows follow Mr Chairman Governor Lehman Leh Leh- man Mayor LaGuardia Trustees of ot the New York State Roosevelt Mem Memorial rh l Tr Trustees of ot the Am American American Amer Amer- rIcan r- r ican Museum of Nat Natural rl History Ladies and nd Gentlemen R Reflects Theories This memorial the cornerstone of of which I 1 laid and in the dedica dedication dedication dedi dedi- ca cation o of ot which v lc I am privileged d to participate this afternoon is typical of ot Theodore heodore Roosevelt It lt reflects tho universality of ot his mind and of ot his Inter interests Its ILl d decorations in c rat ln In pl place e or in planning plan plan- ning ning tell tell part of ot the story of his life lite his his' work worle and his play they depict the construction o of the Panama canal in which he was wa-s the dominating spirit the treaty of ot Portsmouth which ended tho the Japanese Russo-Japanese o war tho the quest for knowledge which carried carded him into the African jungle jungle jun jun- gb gle symbolic figures of fauna and flora tora to tell generations to come com of ot his inter interest t in nature and in conservation conservation all all these bear witness witness wit wit- ness to his Intense vitality and to his varied contributions to our national culture The Roosevelt memorial commission ion has haB b been en ent t faithful l In executing its trust The quotations on these theae walls valls too bring us their message out of ot the rich storehouse of ot his written written written writ writ- ten words worda Quotes Text Conservation means mean development development develop develop- ment as lUI much as lUI it do does protection tion a a text which ought to be emblazoned in every treatise on the care and perpetuation of ot our national resources Or this The nation behaves well J if it tre treats treats' ts the natural re resources re- re sources as ns assets which it must turn over oyer to the next generation increased and not impaired in v value u From his writings In the realm of statecraft we find this A great democracy m must be progressive sive or it will soon cease to bo be great or a democracy It is his warning to us US of ot this day and generation that eternal progress is still the price of ot liberty It 1 is 18 fitting that this memorial perpetuating the life and work of one who wh stirred such great interest inter Inter- eat est in the field of ot natural natura history aho should ld itself be an adjunct of tho American Museum of ot Natural His His- His His- tory My friend the late Prof Professor sor joe Henry Fairfield Osborn so so long bug the head of ot this noble Ins Institution in institution In- In s for the increase and diffusion diffusion dif dit- dif dif- fusion of ot s scientific knowledge and for many years year a devoted col colleague colleague col- col league of him In whose honor we weare weare weare are gathered today advocated this memorial soon after Theodore Theodore Theadore Theo Theo- dore Roosevelt's death Spirit V. V Us Each and every everyone one of ot us feels sorry today that Professor Protessor Osborn Osborn Osborn Os Os- born could not have lived to take part in this the culmination of ot othis his gr great desire we know that his spirit Is with us This memorial of such noble architectural proportions prop is withal with with- al intimate and vital Above all Oil things thing It Is useful There was WaB an intimate quality about Theodore Roosevelt which all of ot us who knew him recall at this hour We think of ot him not as WI an abstract being dwelling apart aparton on on the heights but rather as Os a a. a friendly soul pervading this very hallwhich hall hail hallwhich which we are dedicating in his memory Theodore Roosevelt possessed talents talents' and abilities unusual even cven among leaders of ot men Whatever he did he did with all all' of ot his might With this spirit of ot vital activity It ity be it also reme remembered that tha he received the Nobel peace prize In him was combined a passion ion for righteousness and that strong sense sense of ot justice which found expression expression ex ex- in in the square deal Race creed color were not deter determining mining factors with him He took tok tooka toka a man mal for tor what he was Square DealA Deal DealA A A A. man who is b good enough to shed his blood for his conn country try said he at Springfield Illinois IllIno l on a Fourth of t July is good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough to be given a square deal l afterward More than that no man manLa manis is La entitled to and less lw than that no man man shall shaU have bave IIi In his first message to congress he had bad written The most vital Ual problem with which this country and f for r that matter the tha whole civilized world has has' to Is deal deal- dealis is the problem which which- has for foi one oni side Ilde the betterment of ot social conditions conditions condi condi- moral and physical l in cities and for nother side aide the effort to todeal deal with wit th that t tangle langle of ot reaching far-reaching questions which we group together when we speak of labor abo a This creed for social justice may be found in these from later mes messages g In the vast and complicated mechanism of ot our modern civilized civil civil- life lIte the dominant note noto is Ja tho the note of industrialism and tho the rel re re relations relations re- re l lations of capital and labor and especially of organized c capital and organized labor to each other and to the public at large come second In importance only to th the intimate questions question ns of fa family faintly ny life Ufe Law Lan and Justice The corporation has lS come to stay just as th the trade trado union has come come to o. o stay Each can d do and has bas done great good Each should b be favored as long as it docs does good but ca each h should be sharply checked where it acts against law lawand lawand and justice We still remember how bow those whom he lie denounced with righteous righteous right right- wr wrath th winced under tho the stigma stigma stig sUg- ma of at such fl flashing shing epithets ts a. a as m malefactors of great wealth I the wealthy criminal ell class SS and the lunatic fringe Ho He had a gift for pungent phrases and boiled boned down his whole political philosophy sophy into Int such a homely and popular maxim as speak softly but carry a big stick sUck No wonder that John Morley said in 1904 1004 The two things in America which seem to me most extraordinary ry are Niagara Falls la and 1 President I Roosevelt With clearness of ot vision of energy of unfaltering faith he ho labored through strenuous ous career to to transform politics I from a corrupt c traffic to a a. a public service With a 0 very passion for I justice and equality before the law lawhe he sought with v voice and pen with every resource at his command com corn I mand t to obtain for tor men men every everywhere where their constitutional guaran guaran- tee of ot life liberty and the tho pursuit of happiness Varied Activities I have ha purposely emphasized zed the theman man sidedness man of at his character Th That t extraordinary Unary range of in interests interests interests in- in makes difficult the task of ot any one ne who would tely summarize his career and achieve achieve- ments Varied as were his political cal activities the sc scope pe of his literary literary lit lit- interests was was was' no less ex- ex ex cx- tended His volumes on American Amer j ican history on current problems and on his own experiences as hunter and explorer captured the interest of ot the American people We know how bow ho be loved the great outdoors He loved the life of ot the tho boundless plains which he ho had known as as a rancher in the tho west He found strength in the wilderness He knew the birds and nd animals and trees and plants and flowers lowers And so he worked and wrought and wrote His familiarity with literature with history and biography biography raphy was was reflected alike in his private writings and in his public utterances Who Vho but buthe he t could have given Bunyan's with man the muckrake krake an emphasis emphasis' which he be gave it thirty years ago so 80 that the term muckraker muckrake passed into the language and is current with us to this day He enriched and enlarged and extended our cultural horizon Out of tho the rich experiences he had known his mind re received a cast which later was was reflected when he infused action and life lite and an color into what before his time had been a somewhat dull and drab statecraft Na Nation on as Whole Everything about him was big vital national nation l. l He was was able to see great problems In irv their tr true c perspective because he looked at atthe atthe the nati nation n as a whole There was nothing narrow or local or sectional sec see about him It is not for forme forme forme me here today to sp speak peak ak of the final place which history will wUl accord accord accord ac ac- ac- ac cord Theodore Theodoro Roosevelt but we know and the na nation on knows knows' and the world knows that Theodore Theodora Roosevelt was wa-s a a great patriot and anda a great souL When he be died the I secretary of his class cias at at- Harvard Ha rd in sendIng sending send send- ing lug to his 1 classmates a notice of his bis passing added this quotation from Pilgrims Progress After this it was was noised abroad that Mr V TrUth for was taken ken with a summons summons by the same same post as 83 the other and had th this for a token that the summons summons sum sum- mons mona was true that his pitcher was broken at the fountain When he understood It it he called for his friends and told old them of it Then he said I I am going to tomy tomy tomy my Fathers Father's and though with great difficulty I have bave got hither yet now I do not repent me of ot all the trouble I have been at to arrive arrive arrive ar ar- ar- ar rive where I 1 am My sword I gave to him that mo me moIn moIn In my pilgrimage and m my courage courage courage cour cour cour- age age and skill to him that can get it My marks mark and scars I carry with me to be a 8 witness witness' for me me that I 1 have fo fought His battles who now will be my |