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Show I GREAT POWER OF THE LION Only When Seen In the Wilderness Can Ono Realize Vnat a Great Beast He Is. "A very large lion I -killed stood three feet and nine inches at the withers and of course carried his I head higher than that," -writes Stewart I Edward "White in fhe American Magazine. Maga-zine. "The top of the table at which I sit is only tvo feet three Inches from the floor. Coming through the i ( door at my back that lion's shoulder would stand over a foot higher than half-way up. Look at your own writing writ-ing desk; your own door. Furthermore, Further-more, ho was nine feet and eleven Inches in a straight line from nooe to end of tall, or over seven feet along the contour of "the back. If ho were to rise on his hind feet to strike a man down he would stand Eomewhere between seven and eight feet tall, depending de-pending on how nearly he straightened straight-ened up. "He weighed just undor 600 pounds, or as much as four well-grown specimens speci-mens of our own 'mountain lion.' I tell you this that you may realize, as I did not. the size to which a wild Hon grows Either menagerie specimens arc stunted In growth or their position and surroundings tend to belittle them, for certainly untjl a mn see's old Leo in the wilderness he has not understood what a fine chap he Is. "This tremendous weight Is sheer strength A lion's carcasB when the skin Is removed ' a really beautiful sight. The great muscles He In ropes and hands; the forearm thicker than a man's leg. the Htho barrel banded wj,th brawn; cho flanks overlaid by the "long, thick rausclbs. "And this power is instinct with tho nervous force of a highly organized being. The Hon Is quick and Intelligent Intelli-gent and purposeful; so that he brings to his inteii8er activities the concentration concen-tration of vivid passion whether of anger, of hunger or of desire." Have an Ideal. If our minds are resolutely set on an Ideal good, and If we follow thle with an Inflexible patlenco and per. sistency, "then, though we may often blunder in our choice of ways and means, somehow the grace and sweetness sweet-ness of our Inner life will pass Into our children's hearts. J. "W. Chad-wick. |