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Show TKUE COUHAGE. 1'realdent Hoosevelt, who lias proven hi grit In ever) walk 111 lire, thus talks to the Ikivi, about true courage A boy needs both phjsli.il nnd moral courage, he snys Neither can take the place of the other When boj a In i otue mr n they will tlml out that there arc some soldiers sol-diers eiy brave In the Held who lime proven timid mid worthiest, as politicians poli-ticians and some imlltlflans who show nn entile tcadlncss in take ihances and assume ics-mnalhllltles In ilvll affairs, hut who link Ihe lighting edge when oppiisi d lo physical danger. In each law, with soldiers and polltiiians alike, there Is but half a virtue The possession posses-sion nf the courage of tin soldlei does not excuse the lack of rouiasf In the statesman and evtn liss don the pns-aeaslon pns-aeaslon of the couiage nf th. statesman excuse Nln Inking nn the Held of battle Now, this Is lust us tiu. of Iio.ik a toward who will take a blow without loiurnlng It la n ciuileiiipllble iieqlur.., but, after all he in hardly ns lonletnptl-lile lonletnptl-lile ns th- hoy who darea nut stand up fni wlmt he deems right against tho i.neeis of his t oinpanlnns who are them-selves them-selves tvinnv Iildlcule la one or the favorite weapons of wlchednesa. and It la mint Hun s Incomprehensible how good and bravo boys will be Inllu. mid fni nil by lhc Jetrs of assoilates who have no one quality thai calls for ie-sped ie-sped but who nffett to laugh at the viry tinlu u tilth might to lie peculiarly peculiar-ly the tuusc fni pride. Tin re la no need tu bo a prig. There Is no net tl for a boy to preach about hla own good conduct lint! virtue. If he does h- will make himself offenslvo in ridiculous, inn tim u urgent need that hi should pra'tlce ilcceiioyj that hi sh aid I. i I. an and slii.l-.lit honiat mid uutliiui fa il' a i-l I- nil i as will i brav c If he can once get to a prop-i prop-i r understanding of things, he will have i. far moie he irly contempt for the boy w ho h in li gun a course of feeble dlssl-latinii, dlssl-latinii, or who li untruthful or meHn i r dlihotiest or cruel, than this boy nnd his fellows can possibly. In return feel for him The ver fact that the boy should be manly and able to hold his own, that he should be ashamed to submit sub-mit to built, Ing without Instant retaliation, retalia-tion, should In retain, make him abhor ab-hor any toini of bull Ing, cruelty or brutality. |
