In the earnest way which marks Roose-yelt's manner of speech, ho urged upon his hearers the duty and necessity for men to govern themselves in private life, and in the common circumstances of every day, with the same honesty, sincerity, energy, and patriotism that they would show if they were in the front helping to fight their country's battles. Typical sentences expressing this idea taken from the addresses, ar¢ "The only way by which, in the long run, any man can be helped, is by teaching him' to help himself."
"Fundamentally it is true that the only permanent betterment in the condition of any nation is to raise the standard of individual citizenship throughout the nation."
"Help the man who stumbles. Help a brother who slips. Set him up on his foet. Try to start him along the right road. But if he lies down make up your mind you cannot carry him. " If-ho won't try to walk himself, he is not worth carrying."
"The man who lives simply, and justly and honourably, whether rich or poor, is good citizen. Those who dream only of idleness and pleasure, who hate others and fail to recognise the duty of each man to his brother, these, be they rich yr, are the enemies of the State."
"'A man, to be a good citizen, must be a good bread-winner, a good husband, a good father, I hope the father of many healthy children; just as a woman's first duty is to be a good housewife and mother."
"The business duties, the home duties, the duties to one's family come first. The couple, who. bring up plenty of healthy children, who leave behind them many sons and daughters fitted in their tum to be good ns—stch a couple emphatically deserves well of the State."
On Trusts.
The President put forth his ideas on the matter of Trusts and their regulation squarely and without qualification. Ho maintains that the great corporations and combinations of capital have brought with them abuses and injustices. - But. he maintains as strongly that they have also brought advantages, and that they are results of progress in the business world. Ho advocates action by Congress, if it has the power, or even a constitutional amendment that shall create a supervising and regulating _power that shall be actually effective. But he urges that procedure should be slow and careful, and that extreme. caution should
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