Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-17
.,cfarlna COURAGE,
-. Daily which Requirs

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o.s ,rs oe an rs strength.
az. - Is that quality Of mind
Tpe e0 s,es one to encounter danger
,shh enap ,,,ss with firmness, or with
i iea ! u :, battle without a quiverlng ing
b 'hoss .s =, the trembling OF the limbs l.,,,s
tths nerves N,,s0ing Of the lips. y will
tbe sni'. 10 cannon's mouth, or to
prs p Ip's y ii, bayonets, with no "a. ~
be- gea .na step or sinking Of the
sdng p :. !, ~ not Indifference 70 danger,
sa. y = ~ yalor that faces itwithout
sdptins occurred by frequent expos
D Dot ~ man may become care
~ PERI. .esence Of danger to life or
:, 10 1eng familiarity with y, a. work work
spb y nov 0owder mill, or in . mine oiten
~ p fre-damp, come at last 70
SaEeaa, VIZ W. - the ever present menace,
v ness, .ss NAV have in it none OF the
tfle'sns - true courage. This quality
1snfns forms. and these are distin-
.,,sd By different appel .as msicb 0 en-
ans' Hanger and endnres pain and
al'ei' a u a steadfast and unbroken
Ard'hlp ID va call it fortitude. II it
sriL sau with a high and cheer
sdfs u" we name it gallantry. II
y ieso's !. danger hand to hand in single
ns with impepous onset 1t IS chris s,.
an y h,ayery. 1t is valor on the nela
ss ssl, ps I. is intrepidity when no sud
a'n, .m or unexpected assault can
y s, ~ armness, and it is aroused to
h'tsi 's.m with each new peril. But
''lu'. .aser form of action, it is always
s .s.mness Of spirit and swell OF soul
w. un aaets danger without fear. 1t is
tlls Y. a., . but of all the hypocriti-
a Y a.stenses this is the most easily ex-
Z Pr, Thetest betrays at once its unreal
~ ,.sr and the timid nature hiding in
n uS,,s akin is soon unmasked. 1t is said
a.,H the numbers were courted there
w. .o,s Of the race who have physical
40 and endurance than possess
p '.,l courage to be true to their convic-
~. Il is customary to ridicule the
S slnb obstinate man who will not agree
w, ro,aiet with the eleven OF his fellow
mon hut a little more backbone OF
ss.a,tis wanted in our world. We would
'. snbstitute stubborn idiosyncrasy
! attachment to high moral principle,
l, tbe tendency to follow multitude
hevil.r which was SO marked in the
n If the great Lawgiver that a special
auto was directed against it, is alto
.,,her TOO common in our day, and when
Il .many wrest Judgment" the pro-
VI If those who see the wrong is alto
..ber too feeble. 1t requires more
~. courage for boy to kneel at his
tddde and say his evening prayers in
II Dresence Of soothing room-mates than
stee battery. A man becomes rich
money by means that the law can not
,,ish but which pure morality can not
ugoye. Only here and there is there
,Vordecai that will not bow down as
GOES sweeping by to his palace feasts.
lima beroism need not reserve its dis
,hy until the next conflict OF arms, for
as,e are occasions daily which require
n rs strength. There are so many
no are ever more longing for some
Md like the 'Cloth of Gold" where
asy NAV win the applause of admiring
rovds by feats of chivalry. The feudal
aw will not return, but there are hourly
Hoanters with evil passions and with
stacles to holy living that task the
sErsge to the utmost, and call for more
s,nness of spirit and resolute persist
tae than were hidden under the armol
dsny old-time knights. Many woman
rho would faint, perhaps, at the sigh
allowing blood, has faced the shock o.
He's battle in the struggle for bread, Oh
aesfort to reform profiigate husband
h to train to better things waywart
aia with as much real bravery as wa.
eger shown in the conflict of clashinl
rua The shouts of trumpets, the
nving palms. the white robes to which
many look forward, are not giver
None or chiefly to those who have stood
mistaken amid the roar of cannon ant
necrossing of swords, but to those wht
fiw passed through the tribulations o
as present time without compromising
slh evil. He that overcometh" is tn,
hampton received with loud acclaim OF
d other side of the dark river which
must cross; but the victory may b.
ined by struggle so silent and in
qae'e SO obscure that none of the an
'asoi earth may chronicle the hero
'ane Inc evil is within as we'll a
iaout and the irresolute must wea
" badge Of defeat. The crown is TO
y conqueror, and they who will ma,
We such help in the struggle that the,
MI win the prize. N. Y. Journal 0
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