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I was not able to work up much enthusiasm over the ball game, and in the midst of it I was handed a note informing me of the sudden death of Senator Dwight morrow. He had proved a great pillar of strength in the senate and his death was a great loss to the country and to me. I left the ballpark with the chant of the crowd ringing in my ears, 'We Want Beer!'

Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure.

I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion.

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

I SEND YOU MY HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS UPON BEGINNING THE THIRTIETH YEAR OF YOUR GREAT CAREER AS MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS, IN WHICH YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO UPHOLD THE TRADITIONS OF CLEAN SPORTSMANSHIP IN THE MOST BELOVED NATIONAL GAME.

Baseball is the greatest of all team sports.

Our social and economic system cannot march toward better days unless it is inspired by things of the Spirit. It is here that the higher purposes of individualism must find their sustenance.

Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitivities to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invading armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil, or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior.

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his shortcomings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned.

It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings jobs and homes to men. Then it elevates the standards of living and adds to the comforts of life. That is the engineer's high privilege.

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.

National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.

Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be greatly increased.

It is obvious that while science is struggling to bring Heaven to earth some men are using its materials in the construction of Hell.

Children are the most wholesome part of the race, the sweetest, for they are the freshest from the hand of god.

The advancement of knowledge must be translated into increasing health and education for the children.

Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination.

We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.

Every generation has the right to build its own world out of the materials of the past, cemented by the hopes of the future.

Truly every generation discovers the world all new again and knows it can improve it.

One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.