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substitute for it, but in addition to this power of de 

 votion to an ideal the man must have the fibre of 

 heart, the fibre of body, to make his devotion take 

 effective shape for the Nation's welfare. And now 

 adays we shall win out, in the fight for a loftier life 

 we shall make this twentieth century better and 

 not worse than any century that has gone before it 

 in proportion as we approach the problems that 

 face us as this society has approached those prob 

 lems, with a firm resolution to neglect neither side 

 of the development of our people, to strive to make 

 the young men decent, God-fearing, law-abiding, 

 honor-loving, justice-doing; and also fearless and 

 strong, able to hold their own in the hurly-burly of 

 the world's work, able to strive mightily that the 

 forces of right may be in the end triumphant. 



AT THE BANQUET AT CANTON, OHIO, JANU 

 ARY 27, 1903, IN HONOR OF THE BIRTHDAY 

 OF THE LATE PRESIDENT McKINLEY 



Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies, and Gentlemen: 



Throughout our history, and indeed through 

 out history generally, it has been given to only a 

 very few thrice-favored men to take so marked a 

 lead in the crises faced by their several generations 

 that thereafter each stands as the embodiment of the 

 triumphant effort of his generation. President Mc- 

 Kinley was one of these men. 



If during the lifetime of a generation no crisis 

 occurs sufficient to call out in marked manner the 



