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NEWS comes in form of a cable despatch
from Paris that Prince Roland Bonaparte,
Decorating
president of the French Geographical
Society, has requested the President of the
Rear Admiral
French republic, M. Raymond Poincare, to
confer upon Rear Admiral Peary, U. S. N.,
Peary
the decoration of the Legion of Honor, in
Christin Such
recognition of the distinguished services
mount
rendered through his many explorations.
June 9.19.2
The report continues with the observation
that in all likelihood this honor would be conferred upon Rear
Admiral Peary immediately after his lecture before the French
Geographical
Society
on
Friday
exening.
It
is
not
likely
that
this
news will rankle in the breast of any American, for Peary's numer-
ous achievements have stamped him a representative of the higher
type of Americanism, which selects difficult tasks and sticks to them
until they work out in achievement.
In the view of many people there is at best only questional
value
in the practical results of polar exploration, like that of this
American naval officer. But the lesson of determination and pluck,
of integrity of purpose, of unswerving loyalty to cause and the
constant
and
unflagging
energy
required,
stands
out
clear
and
distinct
to
all.
These qualities, so handsomely characterized in Rear Admiral
Peary's
endeavors,
are
of
the
things of greatness and great people.
They represent and speak for elements in character that render
nations big and successful.
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