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Show H THEODORE ROOSEVELT. H If llicrc Is one object lesson inoic H than another that should inspire the H younK men of tills nation to a life of H ideals, a life of energy, ficedom and H independence of thought and action, H to a life of preparation, physically, H mentally, moially mid spiritually, it H U that circled by President Theodore H Roosevelt. Seldom a day passes now H that he does not add a new laurel B to his cioun, and instead of the H strenuous Teddy with the "bltf slick" H and a rashness that made him unsafe H with the reins of government in his H hand-., he is now regarded as a states- H man ranking with any that have none H before. Ho Is a man who meets an H emergency fcailcssly, and Is ever H found equal to It. Ho has opposed H men older In the Nation's atfalrs than H, himself, but his Judgment has proved H faultless by subsequent events. He is H n clear and tapid thinker, a sound H rcasoner and a decisive, aggressive H force in every matter demanding Ills H attention. He plays with an energy H that is worn for others, lie works with H an energy that is a marvel to his asso- H clatcsaud tlic admiration of the entire i H world. lie wastes little lime on the H frivolities of life, lias little patience H with the weaknesses of the aristoerat- H Ic circle of which ho might bo the in- H biter olegantarluin if he so desired, and H lie ignores the trivial conventional!- H ties that bind the social world to its H detriment. He is a man, a man H among men, with Ideas of his own, a H hcait that Is warm for oppressed liu- H manlty and an experience that is rich. H Hislifc before the public is clean, puie H declslve,uggrcssivc for the right, open, H frank and feailess. He has moh his H enemies and Increased the ad m Ira- H lion of Ids friends. How has this H been accompllslicdy I!y picpaiatlon. H No young man who wastes his cailier H years In uanloncss and frivolity can H make a Theodore Roosevelt. No man H who neglects to broaden his mind by H, leading good books and leading hu- m manlty can ever make i Rooseelt. H He must keep himself clean and puie H within, unspotted without; he must H study the depths of human woe, lie H must know the Joys and sorrows of H life and his soul must giow u aim for H the oppressed. He must inculcate H ideals of right and Justice and never H swerve from the path. As young men H sow they will reap, and today Then- H dorc Roosevelt is reaping only the pio R duct of that which he sowed In soli H prepared and cultivated b hltiwelf. H Theolorc Roosevelt is uo"happeu-so," H a creatine of circumstances. Tiue.lt H bcemi that destiny lias maikcd liim, H but had he not been piepared for tils H destiny he could never inaintaiu him- H self equal to It. That Theodoic H Roosevelt is a Republican, lellects H more glory on the Republican party H than it does on himself jet chtj Re- H publican Is glad to number him as H among the party's greatest men. Hut H Demoziats, Socialists, Republicans and BB Mugwumps recognize Roosevelt as a BB man, and tlieiein comes the greatest H admiration for him Let young men BB be men, real men of chaiactcr, Ideals, BB Intelligence, judgment, and In his BB fephcreeaeh man may become a Roosc- H velt |