COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN ENGLAND. 



darkness, and other hands grasp the torch, at least we can say that 

 our part has been borne well and valiantly." 



There were more applications for achnission to hear Colonel 

 Roosevelt's lecture at Oxford than when Mr. Glad.'^tone gave the 

 first Romanes lecture and the theatre was fuller than when Prof. 

 Huxley gave the second lecture or when Mr. Balfour gave the 

 lecture in November, 1909. 



As Colonel Roosevelt stood before the chancellor. Lord Curzon, 

 the latter addressed three Latin hexameters to him, which trans- 

 lated were : 



" Behold, vice-chancellor, the promised wright 

 Before whose coming comets turned to flight 

 And all the startled mouths of sevenfold Nile took frightJ' 



Lord Curzon then addressed Colonel Roosevelt, his first word 



" strenuissime " being declaimed in an indescribably whimsical 



fashion, which brought a roar of laughter. The address was spoken 

 in Latin. It may be translated : 



LORD CURZON'S ADDRESS. 



" Most strenuous of men, most distinguished of citizens to-day 

 playing a part on the stage of the world, you who have twice admin- 

 istered with purity the first magistracy of the great republic and may 

 perhaps administer it a third time, peer of most august kings, queller 

 of men, destroyer of monsters, wherever found, yet most human of 

 mankind, deeming nothing indiiTerent to you, not even the blackest 

 of the black, I by my authority and that of the whole University 

 admit you to the degree of doctor of civil law, honoris causa." 



Colonel Roosevelt's last day in England was one of seclusion 

 and rest. He was the guest of Sir Edward Grey at the latter's 

 home in Hampshire and together the two tramped through New 

 Forest, the ancient royal hunting grounds, rich in its fauna and flora, 

 and of absorbing interest to entomologists. 



In characteristic fashion Colonel Roosevelt deprived Londoners 

 of the opportunity of giving him a sendoff. Before the people were 



