| Show I o ROOSEVELT ON COURAGE c Gov Roosevelt writes in the May S1 NIcholas of the qualities ualtes we expect to tinc In the young American A boy needs both physical and moral courage he l says Neither can take the place of the other When boys become men they will find out that there are some soldiers very brave In the field who have I i I proved timid and worthless tmid as poli ticians and some politicians who show an entire readiness to take chances entre reodlnes and i assume responsibilities in civil affairs but who lack the lighting edge when op posed to physical danger In each case with soldiers and politicians alike there m Is I but half < virtue The possession of lie courage of the soldier does not ex cuse the lack of courage in the states man and even less does the possession I of the courage of the statesman excuse I shrinking on the field of battle Now bale this Is all Just af true of boys A coward cow-ard who will take a blow without re 1 turning it IE I n contemptible creature but l after all ho hardly as contempt iDle as lie boy who dares not stand up for what he deems right against tho sneers of his comnanlony who are themselves them-selves wrong Ridicule Is I one of the favorite weapons of wickedness and it I I is sometimes Jneomprehenslble how good and brave boys will be Influenced for evil by tho Jeers of associates who have no one quality that calls for CuaJI cals respect re-spect but who affect to laugh at the very traits which ought to be pecu liarly the cause for pride There is no need to be a prig There Is no need for l boy to preach abou I his own good conduct and virtue If he I does he will make himself offensive and ridiculous But there Is unrent need that he should practice decency that I he should be clean and straight honest hon-est and truthful gentle and tender as well as brave J he can once get to t a proper unrk > rslandlng of things he will have a far moro hearty contempt for the boy who has begun a course of feeble dissipation or who courfe un truthful t I or mean or dishonest or cruel tn than this boy and his fellows enn pos sibly In return feel 1 for him The very fact that the boy should be manly and ablo to hold his own that he should be ashamed to submit I to bullying I without instant retaliation should In return malco him abhor any form of bullying cruelty or brutality bulhg |
