Show presidents philosopher on centralized power president roosevelt in his speech to congress on january 3 quoted from the words of a wise philosopher at whose feet I 1 sat many many years ago the president did not name the philosopher but the latter s identity was later revealed he was the late josiah royce of harvard university the words quoted by mr roosevelt were from professor royce royces s book en titled the philosophy of loyalty in a passage not quoted by the pres dent the author said the present tendency to the cen of power in ill our national gover government 11 ment seems to me then a dis danger it Is a substitution of power for loyalty |