Show WHAT lie SUOOLI HAVE DONE Next to acting properly in the hour of Jiuiir the most difficult thing to doi h to accept defeat gracefully an ac complishtaent which but few acquire Hid still I fewer are born with The r ndr t thing said of Napoleon was in connrAnn with the manner in which ue met fits reverses of fortune When irunri ram forward child of Empire his pluj things were snatched away and ut drKui of universal rule over the earth vsu > bed i and al his hopes of conquest Cunitlcdin an hour and be was threatened with exile it was then His Nut well brootfd the turning tide tnhntiMiiauf t innate philosophy vbloli toe it wisdom coldness or deep pride Is UH miI wormwood to an enemy litp h vraule cost of hatred stood hard by To H HUh and raok th e shrinking thou hast smiled With agedate and all enduring eye to Len lunumtied her spoiled aid favorite child lIe M > o < 1 iinbmvd beneath the lib upon him piled Defeat is robbed of its sting if the defeated de-feated cun but smile But this is an act i which the philosophy of Henry George has failed to teach him For no sooner is he made aware of his defeat in the contest for the mayorship of New York than he tells h s followers that if the official return do not give him that office it is because be-cause of money used and of the rum shops of the State and the national administration ad-ministration of an unscrupulous press the unreasoning fear of the ignorant i rich and the degradation of tbe miserable miser-able poor Far better would it have been for George and more favorable to his success in future contests had he said Boys we made as hard a fight as we could i but we didnt have quite enough votes to win Cut and come again and hope for better success next time |