It\ue000 seems\ue000 to\ue000 me\ue000 that,\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 nation\ue000 as\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 individual,\ue000 what\ue000 is\ue000 most
important\ue000 is\ue000 to\ue000 insist\ue000 on\ue000 the\ue000 vital\ue000 need\ue000 of\ue000 combining\ue000 certain\ue000 sets
of\ue000 qualities,\ue000 which\ue000 separately\ue000 are\ue000 common\ue000 enough,\ue000 and,\ue000 alas,\ue000 useless
enough.\ue000 Practical\ue000 efficiency\ue000 is\ue000 common,\ue000 and\ue000 lofty\ue000 idealism\ue000 not\ue000 uncommon;
it\ue000 is\ue000 the\ue000 combination\ue000 which\ue000 is\ue000 necessary,\ue000 and\ue000 the\ue000 combination\ue000 is\ue000 rare.
Love\ue000 of\ue000 peace\ue000 is\ue000 common\ue000 among\ue000 weak,\ue000 short-sighted,\ue000 timid,\ue000 and\ue000 lazy
persons;\ue000 and\ue000 on\ue000 the\ue000 other\ue000 hand\ue000 courage\ue000 is\ue000 found\ue000 among\ue000 many\ue000 men\ue000 of\ue000 evil
temper\ue000 and\ue000 bad\ue000 character.\ue000 Neither\ue000 quality\ue000 shall\ue000 by\ue000 itself\ue000 avail.\ue000 Justice
among\ue000 the\ue000 nations\ue000 of\ue000 mankind,\ue000 and\ue000 the\ue000 uplifting\ue000 of\ue000 humanity,\ue000 can\ue000 be
brought\ue000 about\ue000 only\ue000 by\ue000 those\ue000 strong\ue000 and\ue000 daring\ue000 men\ue000 who\ue000 with\ue000 wisdom\ue000 love
peace,\ue000 but\ue000 who\ue000 love\ue000 righteousness\ue000 more\ue000 than\ue000 peace.\ue000 Facing\ue000 the\ue000 immense
complexity\ue000 of\ue000 modern\ue000 social\ue000 and\ue000 industrial\ue000 conditions,\ue000 there\ue000 is\ue000 need\ue000 to
use\ue000 freely\ue000 and\ue000 unhesitatingly\ue000 the\ue000 collective\ue000 power\ue000 of\ue000 all\ue000 of\ue000 us;\ue000 and
yet\ue000 no\ue000 exercise\ue000 of\ue000 collective\ue000 power\ue000 will\ue000 ever\ue000 avail\ue000 if\ue000 the\ue000 average
individual\ue000 does\ue000 not\ue000 keep\ue000 his\ue000 or\ue000 her\ue000 sense\ue000 of\ue000 personal\ue000 duty,\ue000 initiative,
and\ue000 responsibility.\ue000 There\ue000 is\ue000 need\ue000 to\ue000 develop\ue000 all\ue000 the\ue000 virtues\ue000 that\ue000 have
the\ue000 state\ue000 for\ue000 their\ue000 sphere\ue000 of\ue000 action;\ue000 but\ue000 these\ue000 virtues\ue000 are\ue000 as\ue000 dust\ue000 in\ue000 a
windy\ue000 street\ue000 unless\ue000 back\ue000 of\ue000 them\ue000 lie\ue000 the\ue000 strong\ue000 and\ue000 tender\ue000 virtues\ue000 of
a\ue000 family\ue000 life\ue000 based\ue000 on\ue000 the\ue000 love\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 one\ue000 man\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 one\ue000 woman\ue000 and\ue000 on
their\ue000 joyous\ue000 and\ue000 fearless\ue000 acceptance\ue000 of\ue000 their\ue000 common\ue000 obligation\ue000 to\ue000 the
children\ue000 that\ue000 are\ue000 theirs.\ue000 There\ue000 must\ue000 be\ue000 the\ue000 keenest\ue000 sense\ue000 of\ue000 duty,\ue000 and
with\ue000 it\ue000 must\ue000 go\ue000 the\ue000 joy\ue000 of\ue000 living;\ue000 there\ue000 must\ue000 be\ue000 shame\ue000 at\ue000 the\ue000 thought\ue000 of
shirking\ue000 the\ue000 hard\ue000 work\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 world,\ue000 and\ue000 at\ue000 the\ue000 same\ue000 time\ue000 delight\ue000 in
the\ue000 many-sided\ue000 beauty\ue000 of\ue000 life.\ue000 With\ue000 soul\ue000 of\ue000 flame\ue000 and\ue000 temper\ue000 of\ue000 steel\ue000 we
must\ue000 act\ue000 as\ue000 our\ue000 coolest\ue000 judgment\ue000 bids\ue000 us.\ue000 We\ue000 must\ue000 exercise\ue000 the\ue000 largest
charity\ue000 towards\ue000 the\ue000 wrong-doer\ue000 that\ue000 is\ue000 compatible\ue000 with\ue000 relentless\ue000 war
against\ue000 the\ue000 wrong-doing.\ue000 We\ue000 must\ue000 be\ue000 just\ue000 to\ue000 others,\ue000 generous\ue000 to\ue000 others,
and\ue000 yet\ue000 we\ue000 must\ue000 realize\ue000 that\ue000 it\ue000 is\ue000 a\ue000 shameful\ue000 and\ue000 a\ue000 wicked\ue000 thing\ue000 not\ue000 to
withstand\ue000 oppression\ue000 with\ue000 high\ue000 heart\ue000 and\ue000 ready\ue000 hand.\ue000 With\ue000 gentleness\ue000 and
tenderness\ue000 there\ue000 must\ue000 go\ue000 dauntless\ue000 bravery\ue000 and\ue000 grim\ue000 acceptance\ue000 of\ue000 labor
and\ue000 hardship\ue000 and\ue000 peril.\ue000 All\ue000 for\ue000 each,\ue000 and\ue000 each\ue000 for\ue000 all,\ue000 is\ue000 a\ue000 good\ue000 motto;
but\ue000 only\ue000 on\ue000 condition\ue000 that\ue000 each\ue000 works\ue000 with\ue000 might\ue000 and\ue000 main\ue000 to\ue000 so\ue000 maintain
himself\ue000 as\ue000 not\ue000 to\ue000 be\ue000 a\ue000 burden\ue000 to\ue000 others.
We\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 great\ue000 modern\ue000 democracies\ue000 must\ue000 strive\ue000 unceasingly\ue000 to\ue000 make\ue000 our
several\ue000 countries\ue000 lands\ue000 in\ue000 which\ue000 a\ue000 poor\ue000 man\ue000 who\ue000 works\ue000 hard\ue000 can
live\ue000 comfortably\ue000 and\ue000 honestly,\ue000 and\ue000 in\ue000 which\ue000 a\ue000 rich\ue000 man\ue000 cannot\ue000 live
dishonestly\ue000 nor\ue000 in\ue000 slothful\ue000 avoidance\ue000 of\ue000 duty;\ue000 and\ue000 yet\ue000 we\ue000 must\ue000 judge
rich\ue000 man\ue000 and\ue000 poor\ue000 man\ue000 alike\ue000 by\ue000 a\ue000 standard\ue000 which\ue000 rests\ue000 on\ue000 conduct\ue000 and\ue000 not
on\ue000 caste,\ue000 and\ue000 we\ue000 must\ue000 frown\ue000 with\ue000 the\ue000 same\ue000 stern\ue000 severity\ue000 on\ue000 the\ue000 mean\ue000 and
vicious\ue000 envy\ue000 which\ue000 hates\ue000 and\ue000 would\ue000 plunder\ue000 a\ue000 man\ue000 because\ue000 he\ue000 is\ue000 well\ue000 off
and\ue000 on\ue000 the\ue000 brutal\ue000 and\ue000 selfish\ue000 arrogance\ue000 which\ue000 looks\ue000 down\ue000 on\ue000 and\ue000 exploits
the\ue000 man\ue000 with\ue000 whom\ue000 life\ue000 has\ue000 gone\ue000 hard.
My\ue000 grandfather\ue000 on\ue000 my\ue000 father's\ue000 side\ue000 was\ue000 of\ue000 almost\ue000 purely\ue000 Dutch\ue000 blood.
When\ue000 he\ue000 was\ue000 young\ue000 he\ue000 still\ue000 spoke\ue000 some\ue000 Dutch,\ue000 and\ue000 Dutch\ue000 was\ue000 last\ue000 used
in\ue000 the\ue000 services\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Dutch\ue000 Reformed\ue000 Church\ue000 in\ue000 New\ue000 York\ue000 while\ue000 he\ue000 was\ue000 a
small\ue000 boy.
About\ue000 1644\ue000 his\ue000 ancestor\ue000 Klaes\ue000 Martensen\ue000 van\ue000 Roosevelt\ue000 came\ue000 to\ue000 New
Amsterdam\ue000 as\ue000 a\ue000 "settler"--the\ue000 euphemistic\ue000 name\ue000 for\ue000 an\ue000 immigrant\ue000 who
came\ue000 over\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 steerage\ue000 of\ue000 a\ue000 sailing\ue000 ship\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 seventeenth\ue000 century
instead\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 steerage\ue000 of\ue000 a\ue000 steamer\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 nineteenth\ue000 century.\ue000 From
that\ue000 time\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 next\ue000 seven\ue000 generations\ue000 from\ue000 father\ue000 to\ue000 son\ue000 every\ue000 one\ue000 of
us\ue000 was\ue000 born\ue000 on\ue000 Manhattan\ue000 Island.
My\ue000 father's\ue000 paternal\ue000 ancestors\ue000 were\ue000 of\ue000 Holland\ue000 stock;\ue000 except\ue000 that\ue000 there
was\ue000 one\ue000 named\ue000 Waldron,\ue000 a\ue000 wheelwright,\ue000 who\ue000 was\ue000 one\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Pilgrims\ue000 who
remained\ue000 in\ue000 Holland\ue000 when\ue000 the\ue000 others\ue000 came\ue000 over\ue000 to\ue000 found\ue000 Massachusetts,
and\ue000 who\ue000 then\ue000 accompanied\ue000 the\ue000 Dutch\ue000 adventurers\ue000 to\ue000 New\ue000 Amsterdam.
My\ue000 father's\ue000 mother\ue000 was\ue000 a\ue000 Pennsylvanian.\ue000 Her\ue000 forebears\ue000 had\ue000 come\ue000 to
Pennsylvania\ue000 with\ue000 William\ue000 Penn,\ue000 some\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 same\ue000 ship\ue000 with\ue000 him;\ue000 they
were\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 usual\ue000 type\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 immigration\ue000 of\ue000 that\ue000 particular\ue000 place\ue000 and
time.\ue000 They\ue000 included\ue000 Welsh\ue000 and\ue000 English\ue000 Quakers,\ue000 an\ue000 Irishman,--with\ue000 a
Celtic\ue000 name,\ue000 and\ue000 apparently\ue000 not\ue000 a\ue000 Quaker,--and\ue000 peace-loving\ue000 Germans,
who\ue000 were\ue000 among\ue000 the\ue000 founders\ue000 of\ue000 Germantown,\ue000 having\ue000 been\ue000 driven\ue000 from\ue000 their
Rhineland\ue000 homes\ue000 when\ue000 the\ue000 armies\ue000 of\ue000 Louis\ue000 the\ue000 Fourteenth\ue000 ravaged
the\ue000 Palatinate;\ue000 and,\ue000 in\ue000 addition,\ue000 representatives\ue000 of\ue000 a\ue000 by-no-means
altogether\ue000 peaceful\ue000 people,\ue000 the\ue000 Scotch\ue000 Irish,\ue000 who\ue000 came\ue000 to\ue000 Pennsylvania
a\ue000 little\ue000 later,\ue000 early\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 eighteenth\ue000 century.\ue000 My\ue000 grandmother\ue000 was\ue000 a
woman\ue000 of\ue000 singular\ue000 sweetness\ue000 and\ue000 strength,\ue000 the\ue000 keystone\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 arch\ue000 in
her\ue000 relations\ue000 with\ue000 her\ue000 husband\ue000 and\ue000 sons.\ue000 Although\ue000 she\ue000 was\ue000 not\ue000 herself
Dutch,\ue000 it\ue000 was\ue000 she\ue000 who\ue000 taught\ue000 me\ue000 the\ue000 only\ue000 Dutch\ue000 I\ue000 ever\ue000 knew,\ue000 a\ue000 baby
song\ue000 of\ue000 which\ue000 the\ue000 first\ue000 line\ue000 ran,\ue000 "Trippe\ue000 troppa\ue000 tronjes."\ue000 I\ue000 always
remembered\ue000 this,\ue000 and\ue000 when\ue000 I\ue000 was\ue000 in\ue000 East\ue000 Africa\ue000 it\ue000 proved\ue000 a\ue000 bond\ue000 of\ue000 union
between\ue000 me\ue000 and\ue000 the\ue000 Boer\ue000 settlers,\ue000 not\ue000 a\ue000 few\ue000 of\ue000 whom\ue000 knew\ue000 it,\ue000 although\ue000 at
first\ue000 they\ue000 always\ue000 had\ue000 difficulty\ue000 in\ue000 understanding\ue000 my\ue000 pronunciation--at
which\ue000 I\ue000 do\ue000 not\ue000 wonder.\ue000 It\ue000 was\ue000 interesting\ue000 to\ue000 meet\ue000 these\ue000 men\ue000 whose
ancestors\ue000 had\ue000 gone\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 Cape\ue000 about\ue000 the\ue000 time\ue000 that\ue000 mine\ue000 went\ue000 to\ue000 America
two\ue000 centuries\ue000 and\ue000 a\ue000 half\ue000 previously,\ue000 and\ue000 to\ue000 find\ue000 that\ue000 the\ue000 descendants
of\ue000 the\ue000 two\ue000 streams\ue000 of\ue000 emigrants\ue000 still\ue000 crooned\ue000 to\ue000 their\ue000 children\ue000 some\ue000 at
least\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 same\ue000 nursery\ue000 songs.
Of\ue000 my\ue000 great-grandfather\ue000 Roosevelt\ue000 and\ue000 his\ue000 family\ue000 life\ue000 a\ue000 century\ue000 and\ue000 over
ago\ue000 I\ue000 know\ue000 little\ue000 beyond\ue000 what\ue000 is\ue000 implied\ue000 in\ue000 some\ue000 of\ue000 his\ue000 books\ue000 that\ue000 have
come\ue000 down\ue000 to\ue000 me--the\ue000 Letters\ue000 of\ue000 Junius,\ue000 a\ue000 biography\ue000 of\ue000 John\ue000 Paul\ue000 Jones,
Chief\ue000 Justice\ue000 Marshall's\ue000 "Life\ue000 of\ue000 Washington."\ue000 They\ue000 seem\ue000 to\ue000 indicate
that\ue000 his\ue000 library\ue000 was\ue000 less\ue000 interesting\ue000 than\ue000 that\ue000 of\ue000 my\ue000 wife's
