Show SANITY SANITY- AND l NIi SENSE S In fl his Fourth of or Jul July o address addres at athis at athis athis his Oyster Bay nay home President Roosevelt repeated his usual habit habitor of or saying simple things that are worth ro remembering of or putting valuable truths in the tho c casket sl t of or easily remembered remembered words Perhaps tho the best thing in tho the speech In question was the statement ment that as Americans as as all others oth oth- ers need ers need sanity and common sense in addition to patriotism and cour cour- age It Is the he redeeming attribute of a a common man tho the quickening quality o of a good man Sanity and sense aro are never ne found in the tho record of or the failure fall fail absent from ure and they arc are never S the career of or tho the succors success Men ma may enthusiasm and andI have any amount of or intention But ButI amount of or good I an any I If tr the they have not the good gool sense which can direct their thela efforts they fall faU In much that they want to accomplish The rule rulo applies to ever every line tine of or life re McClellan McClel- McClel with either men or women lan Jan was as patriotic as Grant and as d devoutly wished for tho the success of ot Union armi arms But nul he did not possess the quality o of military sense which was wa necessary in tho the successful disposition disS dis dis- S lI position of or armies iL In tho the handling of oft of t- t S oops troops when action began hegan In the reat rca rca- t I use of or of facilities which came within his p power And McClellan did n not t win victories while Grant ended th the war S 5 S Scattered all aH over the tho nation In of the civil strife were wt f ears those years men simply burning with enthusiasm would not was nothing they There sacrifice the they would not naVe done no flO h ve e have made no suffering thc they would I 5 not endure But they lacked lacke that mental quality which enabled men to tomake effectual the material at hand make rhe They were not practical And all aU their excellent virtues would havo have been wasted had the they not possessed the leadership of such men as Grant Russia probably has today as man many true patriots a as many men an and women women women wo wo- wo- wo men who love 10 their country and wish vIs w well we'll to Its people as any other othel on the face of the earth But the they have not the sanity and sense which enables enables en en- abl ables 8 them to work effectively The They can not initiate iJ They can cnn not nol take tako advantage The They waste their lives Jives in impotence simply because they do 10 not yet et possess posses the thc ability to know what Is best to do in seeking their country's country's coun coun- try's advancement nor nOl the wisdom to grasp effective measures when others suggest them Napoleon flung Into tho the RUt Russian situation at present rc ent with all the genIus genius genius gen gen- ius that enriched him in 1798 1793 I would lay the tho foundations of a n government government gov gov- I eminent In ten days daS He Ho might take life but It would bo be in stern compliance compliance com corn with that hard common Ren sense e which I directs the tho one ne wa way to sue suc cess It is a a necessity in bu business Loss and crushing disappointment attend the tho labors of those who Invest no matter how hard the they work how high their ideal how hos' strict their compliance compliance ance with the abstract rules of or right unless they are gul guided cd and guarded with that sanity and sense which sees the end from the beginning Above all things s It is the tho quality to cultivate the trait to encourage in children the motive to set before tho the eyes of or all aU With VIti It success is ig possible pos pos- sible Without it neither nation nor nOlO state nor individual is strong trong |