The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-05-24
GENUINE COURAGE.
HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH
DISPLAY OR BRAvADO.

Mere Combativeness Not an Uncommon
Nor an Exalted Quality-The Bulldogs
of Every Day Life.
Courage, i'll any genuine sense, does not
wantonly court danger. On the other hand,ss,
it docs not shrink from or avoid danger, u
when there is any occasion to meet it. 1thas4
q worthy purpose and adhercs to it unswerv
}ingly;Tnot counting cost Or consequences.
More mental and moral than physical, it has
nothing i'll common with display or brayado.
1t is SO quiet aud modest that it might be
mistaken by surfnce secrs for want of conf
dence, even for timidity. 1t runs no risk for
the sake OF risk; it wastes no ammunition to
make noise and smoke; it burns powder only
to speed tho ball to its mark. The most
courageous do not advertise themselves be-
forehand; they calmly await the test, willing
that it should speak for them. They, are sell
dom imagined to be what they are under or
dinary circumstances. They keep their own
secret, which they may not suspect them
selves until requirement calls it forth. They
are devoted to duty; where it commands
they follow against fearful odds, leading for
lorn hopes, charging in the face of death,
sustained and stimulated by conviction of
right.
Many peoples, Anglo-Saxons notably. at
tach undue Importance to what they esteem
to be bravery, meaning combativeness in
general. In our own country we are con.
tinually hearing the expressions, "He will
fight" "They are fighters" "They won't
give it up without flshting," us if combntive-
ness We're the highest human endowment,
as if its possession would compensate for tho
olts n.,f. x.;rt,
iveness is not an uncommon nor an exalted
quality. 1t belongs us Il rule to all savages,
it is n physical trait of undevclopment. The
tiger is neither noble nor Intelligent, but in
fighting powers he is not surpassed By any
beast. ,.,..
lDIocT OF THE BULLDOG.
The bulldog is extremely rcpulsve in ap-
pearancc, and SO supcrlatiycty stupid that
he Is generally regarded us II canine idiot.
But lie has not ;,n equal i'll the animal king
dom us to lighting propensity, being as desti-
tute OF fear as he is of brains. When he
seizcs anything with his teeth his jaws often
cannot be pried apart. He has been known
to suffer death without losing his hold. He
actually has not intelligence enough to de-
sist from what he is doing. His instinct is
absorbed and exhausted by pugnacity. He
hns been praised for his readiness to attack
any animal whatever its sizo and strength.
The i,nnal,;ns, .eapcv ia M. ho1d,,cc hut
;diocv Rv tbo con,,non oct;un+a ha sho,,1a
be chosen I;no of hnosts Man who ara nor
petually prating of their pugnacity, and
their joy in showing it, would be like tho
bulldog if they were not generally poltroons.
They resemble him minus his ferocity.
Bravery-tempcramen disdain of danger
or dcath-nuy be, probably is unusual, but
courage belongs to nearly all educated men,
is with them mn astonishing arcant;on In.
stead of l.ino hcroic II ;s raallv general
yn ,,ust o1wnre ;,d,o ~ o,rr,,,o ,,T -. ~
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rcoro of ,,onorate battles havn ,,r;,-n+ol,y crn
fessad tb,t thoy ware ,f+o, +;r,;a Thn,
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