Show l I Cour Courage g J By JOHN BLAKE The wishes of or all the world w went nt with AmUndsen when his planes disappeared on th the northern horizon hori lion zon All An Anthe the world was shocked when day after atter day passed and he did not return And when n at last the news came that he had return d there was a universal feeling of the thankfulness thankfulness thank- thank ulness akin to that felt b by men when those dear to them return after a long absence Why Not because the world cared particularly whether Amunds AmUndsen n reached th the poleTo pole To most people the scientific value of ot ex- ex nie nothing N But the world loves courage And this man who has all his life Ufe braved danger anger for or the sake or of adding to his own and nd his fellow fellowmen's fellowmen's fellowmen's mens men's knowledge of the planet on which they live has always had their theix admiration They have tollow followed d him through the newspapers on his voyage through the Northwest passage They have read of ot his discovery of the south pole and hi his casual three weeks' weeks stop there to tomake tomake make nake observations although his lila food supply was waslow 10 low ow and he could not be quite sure of getting back to his country in safety They have seen him with the true scientific spirit adopt a new ew and swifter mode of tr travel vel than other men have devised to take the place of ot ships and to o make mako It the means of attempt to go goto goto goto to one of the ends of the e earth rth And because he lie set et hi his work above his life because be because because be- be cause he did not know fear and troubled little a ato ai aa aito to what might become of ot him they have admired and applauded himAs him As long as the hum human n race endures people will love ove courage Th Thu story of an art an individual case of heroism In war var will interest them f far r more than an account of ofa ofa a do great battle battIe The sight o of a fireman going up a ladder to find in in n the blinding smoke helpless ss women and children and bring them back to safety ty will give them a thrill The courage of others makes us feel that this is not such an n nevil evil world after all if it life which is the most precious of all possessions can be staked for the good of ot others And It is is n not t a bad world For cour courage ge is far more common than it 1 Is reputed to be N Never ver a Et day passes pases but some man does not quietly risk his own life that he may do something for others Few are are th the homes In which some heroic woman womans Is s not ready to lay down her het own life Ufe for her chil chil- dren We Ve may be at most times selfish perhaps selfish perhaps cowardly cow- cow ardly i but at least five out of ten men and women have enough courage to face danger and death If it need be for those they love And at least one In a hundred will do the same same thing for the sake of a cause to which he has given their thoughts and arid hopes Amundsen has d dOne ne more good in the world by this dash toward the p pole le than if It He had actually gained his objective For Tor he haa baa t taught others that courage is still a gr great at force and that when a man believes that he lie has important work to do in th the world his own life may be as nothing to him Copyright 1925 by th the Bell Belt S Syndicate Inc |