| Show PRESIDENT PLEA FOR TilE STRENUOUS LIFE V I T 0 T speaking to you men of the greI gm gre IN I c tAt ot t city cl of ot the west wept Chicago in p pI en enot I of ot tho the state which save gave to t the I country Lincoln nod Oin m men a who ho preeminently and distinctly ei am 0 body nil all ni that Is 19 most ost American In t American character I 1 wish to 10 prent u rea rot Tt the tho doctrine of ut Ignoble ease esl b but I Ithe the doctrine of ot the strenuous life t I Ilife life of toll nod and effort of or labor ni n to 10 preach toot that Ihl highest form forin at which comes ome not nt to time the mi who desires mere lt Il easy ey pence hence but to tho the moan Inn who does docs not shrink fro fri danger r from hardship or from frol biti toll toil and who out ot of these wins vine tl the tol splendid Ultimate triumph A of slothful ease u it I life Io of ot th til pence which springs s merely from lai ha either diner of or desire or of ot power to etch after great groat things is as a little wart wort worthY I of at a nation nathan as ns of ot an Individual I at a k that what every demands train from nr iti from his sons somis shall ha demanded ot the n im nation as a n whole Wl W Wh among you would teach tench your our boys boyo hO thi th wise case Cle that peace I to 10 b hi he t th thi 1 i In to their eyes Ceto to bi b the tho th u a ul goal utter after Ifor which they tho sui In ai 11 ou oil men lell of Chicago have months made th ii you men num of ot Illinois ha dt your share mind and more mon than yoi yot o r In making America great Jt bt il b en clu use e you ou neither preach nor tuch ruch a n doctrine You work ork and II nil you OU bring up your y ur sons eons to work worl wor If I you OU are rich and nn are pre worth you yot salt fait Mi you Ol will wi teach your our sons thi though they the may have leisure It I Inot IA not to be lie spent pent p nt In tn Idleness for tor wheel WIMly used usel leisure merely merel means menns that th thc who c no possess It I being free treo from tn tl necessity of working fur for their live 1101 I hood are all ni the more bound to carr care carron carron carein on in some kind of ot work vork In science In letters In art ti In I exploration In iii II historical research vork woJ of ot the hue tnt lyre we lye most need n t In till country the tue successful carrying ou out of at which reflects most honor upon tin the hi nation We Ve do Ilu not pot tho the man o c ot peace We Wo admire the maim wh hl victorious effort efort tim tl mm ma who ho never wrongs his imle neighbor wh nil who nils I s prompt to help n a friend but win who has as those virile Irle qualities necessary ti tf t win W n In the stern strife of ot actual life I ts Is hard barth to fall tal but U It I Is I worse never neve to to 0 hate hare tried to succeed In this lit lift jyo co o got tet nothing save by Ly effort Free Freedom dom om from effort In the time l present mere niece merey merely ly y means that thero there ties has been bean up p effort In tIme the past past A man can cnn be 0 Ii reed freed from fromn the necessity of at work only oni t by the fact fac that he ho or his ills fathers be before before e for fore him have worked to good god purpose It H the freedom thus purchased Is uee anti and the tile man an does toes actual rork though of ot a 1 different kind whether ns us ni a n writer welter wrier or n a I general M In lii tho time Held field el of polities politics or Ir Sm Irhe Inthe the he lieU dell fell of ot exploration and ond adventure adventurE III lie shows shown he lie deserves his good coll for fortune fortune tune hut But It Ir he treats trents this period ol of freedom from the Hie need ned of actual labor labom r ns tie II a period not of ot preparation but ol ci mere enjoyment even cen though not of ot vicious enjoyment he shows that he is I simply a B of ot UIA lie earth carth surface and he surely unfits himself to hold his own with his tel fel fellows lows Iove If It I the tIme need nC to do so should agaIn artee A mere mure mee life of ot ease ese Is not In Inthe Inthe the end a 0 very fT life and nod above all It Is II n a life which ultimately unfits those who follow it I for tor vork ork In lit the world TO pro DO no AND D DARK DARKIn DAI In the ti last lut analysis a healthy state eon cnn exist only the men l n and wo women women women men who Iho make It up sad lead clean clen vIgor to healthy Ivel when the children ore art n so eo trained mined that hilt they tUI shall endeavor not Mt to shirk but to over overcome 0 overcome come corne them thorn not to 10 sack ease enee e but to know how to wrest triumph from trl toll toil tolland tol toland and tight til The rho man iran must be b glad to do don doa and endure ami 1101 amito work to dare da n a to l W r ork to t l keSi ep himself end and Ud keep ke tho how dependent de upon him hIm The Tho woman mint b be the time housewife the helpmeet I ot of o this the b the wise wil sail ami 11 fear tr lest lew mother of or many mn healthy hUh children It of ot Daudet powerful and met mel me melchoW In OIW w lOft OM books h hI he Illk of ot the fear 1011 of the hauntIng terror of ut tt teror the tt wife Ue of ot the IN present tIny Iov such words ran inn rn be truthfully or nation ts is s rot rotI that written of or a I nation naton rt tear fear teary core When men muen the hearts len 1 t n n cor I righteous war when wo we wone 0 v y r rt rl t or e fear ta C motherhood t tb they hey tremble i on ontie ont onte fr t f ne well It l II 18 that and tie te t t IT irk of doom dom alth from the earth th Y for tor the scorn acorn tn nt It subjects ts wi wh v they lre Ste re f ti and und wo n who ho are c C selves all lI strung le ellen and mu wave brave be and e ed J f WON HION IN TUB THU mOD BLOOD mODAl individual so o 0 It Is A u t U Is I with the Al I UM h BUtan wIt n It I I ma II a 1 bi bear untruth wt ta lilan that baa lb that hat haplY I Is its natIon tbt b uv til to NY bPI Is the th nation ThrIce happy naton history hP Par Fur better IMI n lOll IBM a ft glorIous Pr ter terI that 11 to win winI mighty I U I ji I Ii 18 to cre dt th I ij t Wm I t t 4 f r I i Ii IJ 1 I t ti I e L J 5 I i t I Jf I J 7 I f I r I Ii II I I it i i I J s I Q s r rI 1 I I II Itic II II o I P p t tic i i I i j I rJ I PRESIDENT I L 1 1 A glorIous triumphs even though check cheek checkered checkered ered by failure than to fake faire rank wih those hose poor spirits who neither enjoy enol touch much nor suffer much because u e they thie live Ive le In the gray twilight that knows not no victory nor defeat If U In lilt 1861 the lie met men who vho loved loed the Union had believed that thai peace pence waR ins the lie end ond of or nil all ni things am var War nod strife the worst of ot all ni things and Ind had hod acted up to their belief blet we 10 vm would have luLI saved hundreds of thou tends ot of lives wo we would have saved t of millions of ot dollars lolar More Moreover MoreOver over besides saving nil all the tIme blood nOi and would treasure we then lavished we have havo lave prevented the heartbreak of ot many tallY of homes Olon the dissolution ninny and nd we ue would have hove spared the country countr those hose months of ot gloom gi 1001 onu und ond nd shame when I It t seemed as ns If It our armies only ani anito to to o We could have hao avoided nolde alt all althis ni this his suffering simply by shrinking from strife And If It wo we had thus hums avoided U it I vc we e would have shown that we were weaklIngs anti and nt that we were ivere unfit to toland slant land among the great nations of or the lie earth arth Thank God clod for tor the th Iron in the time of ot our fathers fh he ho men flout mel who up upheld upheld held tho the wisdom of ot Lincoln rind and bore ward sword or ellIs rile In time the armies of ot Grant Let et us the children of r the lie men who roved themselves equal to the mighty clays ays let us time the chIldren of ot the th men much who ho carried the lie great Civil Civi war vm to n a conclusion prune tho the od hod odor or of f our fathers tather that tho the Ignoble coun conn els Fels of ot peace I 1 Co were rejected that lint the suffering and loss Ios los the time of ot ear sor sorow 01 row ow and despair vern unflinchingly faced rac and all the yean yeara ut of strife endured for In the thc end emid nl the slave sIve wee wae treed freed tho the Union restored re tor and the th mighty Amer American ican lon republic public placed once ohe mote more as n a helmeted queen among nation naton natonIA A it TASK TASi TO PACK FACE IA VI We e of at title this generation do not have hue to fees face tat a I task tAlk such inch as 88 that cur fathers faced but we have hae our tasks task and ond woe u to us ua It If we fall tal to perform them bend We cannot If It wo we would play th the part of at China ChInn mind Ind be content to t a rot rt by b Inches In Ignoble ease I within borders bonier tl tak takIng t k kIng Ing no Interest In whet what I on beyond OO them sunk unk tn in I a cummer m heedless h of th time the higher hl hur life ills lt the life of of risk rick busy busying ing log ut ourselves only with wih th wants of our bodies for tor the Ih hi d suddenly we should Und be beom ond a 1 shadow Ihlo of 1 China Chin has hi already found that hat in la this thU 11 world the nation that list luu hiu ha trained Itself to u career of ot and antI Isolate 1 MM ease e Is II bound bond In the end to go o down before other oilier nations which have not lost tiC the th manly and nn flue ous qualitieS If I we e are ar to be b n a really ral great people we mutt must strive tre In gl good faith to play a 0 great t J In let the world Wv We WI cannot avoid 10 meeting meat great lIt Issues I NUe All Al that we wit can cn determine for tor ourselves Is whether W shall Ihal inett mt then them well wel or 04 o Ill m In UK UM 1 vm Wa could rould not help being brought tics face tac to t face fac with the problem of ot o war with wih Spain S ln All MI Al we WI Wf could de tie decide II I chic cide Wee was Wi whether heth we w tul shrink like cowards troth the he contest conle or o enter Into It us as beseemed a brave brn ami od I 41 I ll people and anc once oc in whether failure allure lure or should crown our 01 banner So It Is II now no We cannot a nolI avoid ol l the th r rt is that confront us In Ha Iii Hawaii HawaI wall Cubs Cub Porto lorto Rico mo and the Philip Philippines Ihl pines pineL waI All Al w we can cn cn decide dede is la whether we wehl hall meet m t them In iii II A way wy that will wil re cc redound fl hl lound to o the th national credit or n neth 1 nether er we Ve shall shah mAke of ot out our ouI denim dealings with lh Ir these th new problems a dark nn nh nham hm till fill page In our hIstory To t tu deal del til p with lh them thel at all al merely amounts to dealing with them thim badly We have hao u a given problem to solve lole I I We undertake the time solution there Is II o 0 ot course couret always danger that we sc may no not solve U IL I aright but bul to rerun to under undertake take time the solution simply renders render 8 It I certain r tain tab that we cannot possibly solve sola I It aright Tho Iho timid man nian the lacy Ilay man mall manthe the th the time man loan who distrusts his hll country countr man who ha hl hau lost thi great fighting masterful rlue tin til hi Ignorant moan man IRn and the Ihl man of ot dul dul mind soul lul Is incapable of or feel feelIng til tilIng Ing log the mighty life me II that thrills thris uteri storm men with wih empires In their brains al these of course from seeing the til nation undertake und Its s new ne duties doUse naton front from seeing Hine us build a n navy nafy and und at on army adequate to our needs from seeing selna us UI do our share of ot the worlds work by b bringing order out o ol ot dIane chaos In the great grat fair tropic from whIch the lie valor alor of ot our soldiers and sailors Bailors has ha driven the Spanish lag Hag These art are It the men who tear fear thu strenuous life le who ho tear fear the only na national n national life which Is really rl worth leading They believe belee In tl that t cloistered life le lei lIf i which saps the hardy virtues In lii a I na mma nation naI I ion tion ton as It I 1 saps lISPS them In th ia ta Individual or else eIe they the are edlo that ba bac bue spirit of or gain aln antI and greed Breed gred which rr nixes In the lie beall benl and endall endal of or national life Ir Instead of vi re me realizing J that tha thought though an Indispensable Idl element It It Is after all al lOut hut one on of ot the thus theman men many man elements element that thaI KO go 10 to make mak up true tru true national greatness No 10 country can long endure If I us Its la foundations are hot not laid deep In th tIme material prosperity which comes from thrift from row business energy and enterprise from hard hr un unsparIng sparIng effort In tue be tie heIdi fields of et industrial activity but neither w 11 was s any In nation ever eer yet Je truly trul great Jat If it H It I relied Uel upon material prosperity alone sione All 1 lI honor must be b paid to the 14 archi areM architect tt of ot our material prosperity to the th captains of ot Industry who hate hare hn built bul our factories anti and oUtS our the tb strong strongmen strongmen men mn who toll tol for wealth with pith br brain ln or hand hind for tor great It Is ts time the I dIn d t of ot the tb na nation n lion tion ti to these i e and their kind d nut Rut our debt deb Is II I yet Jot greater Ireler to io the men mn whose WhO h If hose type tn I ii to be b found In a suites states statesman man like Ile Lincoln a soldier like Grant irant They Th showed by b their rivet Ivl livi that they reco recognised l 1 the tb law ot of Work ork the Ut th law of nr strife they the tolled tol to win whim s I competence for br and an tho those dependent up upon upen on en o them but they Ih recognise recognised were yet et other and even fI loftier race ul to 10 the nation and amid ad duties tut to 10 the therace therL therace rL W T NOT SIT lT IU DU DUWe We Wt sit huddled within our aUf an ant l mow 0 our merely nell an tin ana a ml mm lug of nf tf a cli Ind tO wilt who hn care re 11 tin fr for it hut hat happen I b b OR yoni OIt Such uch Suh a would defeat even Its I lt In own iwO end etil eld for a U the lbS Ihl nation grow SW to save have hl ever ter wider and wider Interests Interest and md Ind are IN brought Into rInser and nd closer clOr If we wI are I to o hold our n In Inthe the he struggle for naval and antI I we Wt vi muM mud build up 11 our power por without our fr m wn n Irr We e rou nult nut t hullt build tilt tic r nl anaI and wo We WI mu t I tn the hr Ih points of antie antage wh h wi will IM enable ashi u ii l to have hI our oar say ay In deciding the he Ihl destiny of the tbt he oceans ocean of the east eSsi lad Ind went So go f mh for tor the Ilp commercIal side elite 1111 From fm rom the lie standpoInt tn of l honor lionor onOr lite I t is even en stronger The run gun thai thi oft off o n l lf left us ire of at gIry ghr fO hut ut the Ile alpo alro u It Idt ft us U a 1 Kf v of duty I I If t vr W we drove out a make for tor t anarchy I I to room laa anah Vc we e hail had better lot miot have begun the test tash at ut mull ull Li It I Is i worse titan than Idle to 10 ay fy have lotte and can mu we Wu hlo no duty to Ind 1 leave to their fates the time Islands we ha have conquered Such a course conr would wold b be the Iii course coume of nr Infamy It 1 would be follow followed ed til at once one by utter uter chaos In II the wretched Vet t died ched Islands themselves Some er tr manlier power tuwer would have to step sti stepIn tJ In and do the work and we shown ourselves weaklings unable to t carry to successful completion the this la in labors bors hota bol that great gret and amid na 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