Show THE TIlE RECORDS OF MEN HEN An eastern journal has an article on The Unlucky Un Un- luck lucky Words Vord of Candid Candidates and cites many in instances instances instances in- in stances when a chance sentence has been turned to to defeat a candi candidate ate Among the rest it cites the words spoken by Mr Taft at Grants Grant's grave gra in which he referred to the fact tact that General Grant when young oung I was vas given to di dissipation but had the strength to mas- mas cr ter his appetites when great responsibilities came upon him We never thought those were unlucky or I ungracious words An engine cannot run without a boiler To do all the work that an engine is capable of requires a boiler of equal or greater capacity When Grant was out of work the boiler within him blew lew off steam When armies were charging when the fate of a nation hung upon a battle the imperturbable le soul of Gran- Gran never ver lost its steady balance Well before those trials rials were put upon him that power within him I found vent in other lons and as the mile four-mile race ace horse when confined kicks down the stable just through brough his desire for a free field so Grant in his youth may have been dissipated It was not strange History is filled with parallel cases I Ithe Saladin the magnificent who equalled Richard the be lion hearted in valor and put to shame his I vaunted western chivalry was a holy terror in inis his is youth in his dissipation But when the day came that bat the fate of an empire hung upon him he ceased to o kick down the stable and taking the track distanced distanced dis- dis all competitors and finally left a name which is s a synonym of all that is splendid in peace or in war And generally the man who is strong enough to subdue his own wild passions and appetites is the thene theone theone one ne who writes his name highest on the roll the names upon which are immortal |