4^0 Presidential Addresses 



the men of the Pacific Slope, to the men whose pred- 

 ecessors gave us this region because they were not 

 afraid, because they did not seek the life of ease and 

 safety, because their life training was not to shrink 

 from obstacles but to meet and overcome them ; and 

 now I ask that this Nation go forward as it has gone 

 forward in the past; I ask that it shape its life in 

 accordance with the highest ideals; I ask that our 

 name be a synonym for truthful and fair dealing 

 with all the nations of the world; and I ask two 

 things in connection with our foreign policy that 

 we never wrong the weak and that we never flinch 

 from the strong. Base is the man who inflicts a 

 wrong, and base is the man who suffers a wrong to 

 be done him. 



We have met to commemorate a mighty pioneer 

 feat, a feat of the old days, when men needed to call 

 upon every ounce of courage and hardihood and 

 manliness they possessed in order to make good our 

 claim to this continent. Let us in our turn with 

 equal courage, equal hardihood and manliness, carry 

 on the task that our forefathers have intrusted to 

 our hands ; and let us resolve that we shall leave to 

 our children and our children's children an even 

 mightier heritage than we received in our turn. 



REMARKS IN ACCEPTING SOUVENIR PRE- 

 SENTED BY THE WORKMEN OF THE NAVY 

 YARD, BREMERTON, WASH., MAY 23, 1903 



I want to thank you and through you your fel- 

 low workmen for this token. I also wish to repeat 



