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Colonel Roosevelt's reception at the French institute and tiiat 

 at the Sorbonne were equally impressive, but in a different way. 

 At the former he was introduced merely as a member and he took a 

 seat among his distinguished confreres, most of whom have grown 

 old in the service of science. 



After listening to the words of M. Boutroux, the president of 

 the i\cademy of Moral and Political Sciences, who spoke eloquently 

 of American ideals and character, of which he said, Theodore Roose- 

 velt was the best exponent, the former President of the United States 

 replied in French, his utterances arousing his venerable colleagues 

 to unwonted applause. 



At the Sorbonne no attempt was made to restrain the demon- 

 strations. The facade bristled with American and French flags, 

 and fully 25,000 persons packed the streets and acclaimed Colonel 

 Roosevelt on his arrival. Within the building enthusiasm was un- 

 bounded, the vast crowd in the amphitheatre interrupting again and 

 again with storms of applause as the speaker defined the duties of 

 individual citizenship in a republic, scorning the sluggards, synics 

 and idle rich, and preaching the gospel of work, character and the 

 strenuous life. 



HE DEFINES HIS ATTITUDE ON HUMAN RIGHTS. 



Several times he interjected observations in French, and after 

 he had defined his attitude on the subject of human rights and pro- 

 perty rights, he repeated this in French, saying that it constituted 

 the crux of what he had to say, and he desired every one to under- 

 stand him. 



The newspapers of all shades of opinoin raug with approval 

 of the doctrines of civic morality expounded by the ex-Presideut. 



The " Temps " declared that the impression produced was all 

 the greater because Mr. Roosevelt did not present theories that he 

 conceived, but experiences that he lived. It found many lessons 

 therein for France, and concluded with an appeal to France to take 

 "the advice of an honest man whose deeds and life during thirty 

 years qualify him to speak," 



