A history of the American nation . r 6, and died on the McKinTi 14th, 1901. No word is needed here to tell of the sorrow of the people over this unspeakable crime. 1 The discovery by IMajor Reed, a medical officer of the army, and others,that the germ of yellow fever is carried by a mosquito, and that in thismanner the disease is communicated from a person sick with the fever to awell person, is one of the greatest and most beneficent discoveries of modernscience. If proper precautions are taken, it is now possible to secure prac-tical immunity from the dreaded disease which has been the scour
A history of the American nation . r 6, and died on the McKinTi 14th, 1901. No word is needed here to tell of the sorrow of the people over this unspeakable crime. 1 The discovery by IMajor Reed, a medical officer of the army, and others,that the germ of yellow fever is carried by a mosquito, and that in thismanner the disease is communicated from a person sick with the fever to awell person, is one of the greatest and most beneficent discoveries of modernscience. If proper precautions are taken, it is now possible to secure prac-tical immunity from the dreaded disease which has been the scourge ofCuba and other tropical countries, and lias more than once wrought greathavoc in the United States. The immunity from yellow fever and malariaduring the building of the Panama Canal is due to the fight against themosquito. If these brave men who experimented in Cuba had not dis-covered the deadly character of the pestiferous mosquito, the little animalcould have made the work in Panama a deadly undertaking if not IMPERIALISM AND THE WHITE MANS BURDEN 523 President McKinley had a personal charm of manner, and anoble temperament which won for him the affection as well asthe respect even of those who were strongly opposed to him onparty issues. Theodore Roosevelt at once assumed the duties of thepresidency, announcing his intention to follow the plans and policies of his predeces-Rooseveu. ^or. The new president was a man who, thoughcomparatively young for such a highposition, had seen varied public ser-vice. He had taken an active partin the political work of the city andState of New York, had been a mem-ber of the Federal Civil Service Com-mission, had acted as Assistant Sec-retary of the Navy, and had servedas an ofi&cer in the Spanish War. Yp , ^ ^ He had also distmguisned himseli m literature, achieving a well-earned reputation as a writer ofhistory and biography.^ We may well end this chapter on expansion and imperialismwith a word on the Panama Canal. The
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