"Let me thank you for coming out to see me, and say how I have enjoyed coming here."
"No law that the wit of man has ever devised ever has made or ever will make the fool wise, the coward brave, or the weakling strong."
"It will be a bad day for this country and a worse day for all educative institutions in this country if ever such a call is made, and the men of college training do not feel it peculiarly incumbent up..."
"There is nothing more practical in the end than the preservation of beauty, than the preservation of anything that appeals to the higher emotions in mankind."
"It would be hard to overestimate the amount of good work done by the Young Men's Christian Associations and the Young Women's Christian Associations."
"The Y. M. C. A. stands for so much because it represents the work of men and women who to a generous enthusiasm for their fellows, to a lofty ideal of service for the Giver of good, and for all mankin..."
"We must see to it that no man for speculative purposes or for mere temporary use exploits the groves of great trees."
"I am glad to see the way in which the old mission buildings are being preserved."
"Where the individuals and associations of individuals cannot preserve them, the State, and, if necessary, the nation, should step in and see to their preservation."
"It is a peculiar pleasure to me to address the children."
"I am glad to have seen you."
"We must have a first-class navy."
"A nation like ours, with the unique position of fronting at once on the Atlantic and the Pacific, a nation forced by the mere fact of destiny to play a great, a mighty, a masterful part in the world, ..."
"Cut down one of these giants and you cannot fill its place."
"We must go on with the task as we have begun it."
"We should keep the trees as we should keep great stretches of the wildernesses as a heritage for our children and our children's children."
"I want to see you play hard while you play, and when you work do not play at all."
"I am, oh, so glad to be here."
