The Dickinson press., 1888-11-17
PLUCK AND GRIT.
THEIR VALUE, IN THESE DAYS, NOT
EASILY ovEREsTIMATED.

EASILY ovEREsTIMATED.
a;cu. Under Existing Conditions, Have
More Pluck, and Women More Grit-The
Quality of General Courasa-Chincse
Gor,lon's Purc Bravery.
SEQ 10 reason why nature should have i'll
sisted Oh putting so much rough bark on her
''s,crncr sex" of the human rt On the
other hand, not II few females are discon-
Hted with tho possession of their half of all
creation. For the present, however, wc shall
have to go halves i'll tho struggle for exist
encc, So that together wo can make a better
II hit than either part could alone. Pluck and
sril will, us Il rule, be among the opposite diff
frrcntations. That is, men, under existing
conditions will have more of the former and
women moro of tho latter. You know as
we'll us need be that ;-once in the marriage
bond, women have far better STAYING quail
lies than men, but they are not III furiousy
fast for engaging in the united obligation
Sle generally begins with II No! but ends
with an almighty Ycs! Dentists tell NE that
n,n mako them more trouble than women
when having teeth pulled They have pluck
'li';:Sh till one is pulled, but not grit enough
tur II dozen, unless driven 10y shame; but a
woman will get grit from tho first pull to cn-
dare further. Ii is not quite as bad as She
i!!tGincd; it is worse than the man imagined.
an not certain but imagination plays Il
g,'rAter part i'll this matter than we llavu cs
t.nEs..d. The thinanan has lLtlc imuginl-
ZION, ami faces the stronger enemy with
r,;.i promptncss, hut he lacks staying quail
les, Courage i'll the general sense covers
L I Il
i'i:.t il his experience with soldiers this vr-
"a i'iic mental equivalent of perfect physi-
ca lg l;l,. My experience has taught mo
"A .S!i courage is generally accompanied
b.. i"llr slunltlncss." But i'll my experience
ii i no sue, thins. Tho quality of general
courage uc!cntis Oh Imagination moro than
Oh reality havo in mind three brothers.
Tiie Oldest is remarkable for seeing the posi-
bic His world is populated by his fancy,
Il d l!e is, OF was, q coward, until reason M
gned down his imaginary dangers. His next
l"othci is not unlike himself on this point,
bat his younger brother, from childhood up,
has ever been logically master Of his fancics,
and has therefore known few fears.
person of this last sort going into battle
has only Il title of the terrors that storm tho
iir7t. But You will SEQ that as soon as danger
Is fairly faced and found out and measured,
lh"ss two sorts of people ;ro quito on II
l:scl. They may be quite unequal in pluck,
but equal Ill grit. Then como i'll such other
motives rs pride. read lately the story of
y Gil'l. fought by young man who had ono
overwhelming emotion that II Briton must
neYer finch before foe, yet innatcly he was
pillful coward. Apart from tho instinct
OF British blood ho would have run away,
iil; he faced tho danger and was killed l
rln ut least conceive OF u fellow who could
not hold back tears, standing up to DO shot
down; no pluck at all, but grit, depending
on pride or shame
have seen grit save many Il life have
lad II patient who cooly said to nc, 81 will
not die" l was compelled to assure her that
she would. There was no hope for her
Doctor" she answered, "yo,l arc Il fool. l
Shall not die" Grit it was that carried her
through. a few years later she was scl;
a"'tn, and, rs l thought, unto death but
there came tho same all conqucring reply,
''N gu arc talking nonsense; shall get we'll"
And She did. This WAS repeated IL third
,!i.c, till | actually began to believe sho
would get well any way and ut all times. 1t
no,c' occurred To mo to think of her as Liable
To die. Finally her mortal sickness came, and
rE''ccted to help her up us usual, But now
81" re. Lied, 'Doctor, you can come OF go as
l''i pleased; am going to die; this is my
r. illness" "Oh no. said; eve will
r've you out in a few days" .'Nonsense,o
!iic answered: 'you arc talking what you
I,nn,Y nothing about. | shall never bo we'll
as;tE." In two days She was dead Her
grit gave out; her pluck was good to tho last
s5ie had pluck enough to face death; sho had
no longer grit to endure disease. There
l,,t l,.,. al
grit 20 with physical to sustain vitality.
y tout will wards Off the blows OF disease.
Is it possible for courage in its brightest
forms to exist withoutan cxatution of spirit,
'tader some mental view or belief: Chinese
Gordon was as good an instance OF pure
@2'iia.:c in warfaring and some other farings
= degeneration has produced. Gen Wolse-
| J hlya Of him: ellis courage was an in
a|lict, fortified by faith III God and III u
t.itnrc life. This life had no intense pleas
nrea for him; and he sran, from tho up.
prsc of men. lio did whatever camo to hi;
ii"Ad, with all Tie loyalty Of an English gen
t!e:ilan; and especially with tho carncstncss
;:i'l zeal Of /; servant Of Christ. Tho world
was to hilh II sort OF prison, beyond the pre-
c.,!ct' of which lay that New Jerusalem from
which his waking thoughts and very dreams
even never wandered. 1t was not that Cor
don was simply bravo in action, but that
d;l cr actually and positively had for him
nothing terrible about it. Death to him was
the open door toa new life, and whether he
passed through it in action or under any cir.
cunstances was all the samc'
Inc va!-ie Of pluck and grit is not to be
".-liy orcrestinated. In these days, when
physical courage is mainly subordinate to
moral courage, and to intellectual, it is i'm
po.;ant that every citizen bc prompt To face
amtasonls!ns. The demands upon us are less
frequently to face Shot or sword, but every
day increases The demand that VIC DO prompt
" face Il ,r.al Of civil manhood, trial Of
sound judgment, and political dctormina-
ton Tor what We arc convinced is right and
w.se. The test upon us in our presidential
campaigns is tar from valucless. Itis steadily
creating Independence OF character. Parties
exist with vast partisan strength; but any
moral provocation shows their ropes to DO
''Nithc5 i'll the hands Of Samson."--i. Mau.
rice, H. u. in Globe. Dcrl9rrnt