Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-12
MEN OF PERSONALITY.
Great Mems Records Show that Sue
cess Must Lie Along the
LINE OF NATURAL lNCLlNATl0NS.
The Will Power of Napoleon, Washington.
Lincoln and Grant.
Mr.. BEECHER'S TRIUMPH IN ENGLAND
lNE OF NATURAL VACCINATIONS.
Mr.. BEECHERS TRIUMPH IN ENGLAND
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Napoleon Bonaparte said: Impossible
is word only found in the dictionary Of
FOOLS" and he boasted that he made his
Generals out of mud. When he was told
that the Alps were in his way, he ex-
claimed: "There shall be no Alps" and
he made a road across them. He had a
tremendous personality, did this little fell
low with the STOPPING shoulders and the
stolid looking visage. Not until he met a
man as strong as himself and a soldiery still
stronger than his in power OF will and bull
dog energy and pertinacity, did ne bite the
dust of defeat.
Impetuosity, and exuberant, dashing and
daring bravery are sometimes the mere froth
of temporary effervescenee, but will to
do and a determination to succeed which
calmly takes every phase of a problem into
consideration, is what men most admire.
The pages of modern history are aglow with
pictures of the dash and squirt of the mo-
ment but the lusser of their glory becomes
dim in the more Majestic splendor of we'll
planned and carefully executed achieve
ments. America has been prolific of men
of personality, and she seems to be ever
pTcSudub Will IucH ISCuClC5. W loh-
ington, Lincoln and Grant were men of very
different Compartments and individuality, but
how nightly each filed his station and prose-
cuted his mission. Washington could enthuse
the Continental army as no other man could
There was q certain something about him that
gave men confidence in his Judgment and
prowess. There was no hesItancy IN following
where he led, and Washington did not stop to
enjoy the fruits of his victory but sped Oh, fol-
lowing up the advantages he had gained.
There are too many men in the world who
daGh opIr rRTrr vTa NwtFrN "a Rn1UT
too willing TO drink in the present elation and
not carry on to more glorious consummation
that which they have in hand. Lincoln's per-
sonality was cast in different mold. but it was
essentially just what was needed for the times
and the positions Grant filed place
in the economy of Gods providence, which,
possibly, no other man could have occupied
What personality he had. There was very
little Of martial swagger about him, put MS
will was like iron, and his determination was was
as strong and as robust as that of any man who
ever commanded an army.
Mind and Body.
1t lisa well known fact that the mind has
a wonderful controlling influence over the
body. Aaron Burr, while suffering from
dangerous and lingering fever, arose from
his couch and defied it, to follow a military
| expedition. Douglas Jerrold, when told
that he must die, declined to do so and lived
for several years. Caesar declared, in the
midst of storm at sea, that no ship could
sink with him on board. His personality
entered into the sailors and their renewed
energies saved the ship from laundering.
Wolfe was suffering from a fatal disease
when ne captured the Heights OF Abraham
and defeated Montcalm.
When Henry Ward Beecher went to En-
gland during the war in 1862, ne gave one
of the most magnificent demonstrations OF
the personality for which he was so famous.
His first object was 10 Tecuperate his shat
tered health, and after spending few days
in England, resisting the influences brought
to bear upon him to make public speeches,
he went to the continent. Returning in
little while, thoroughly restored to health
| and in prime condition, he found that the
Union cause was on the wane, and that the
blockade runners and certain element
in England, spurred on by Southern
agents, were creating a still stronger
feeling against the Union. During his absence
| on the continent arrangements had been made
for Beecher to deliver series of addresses.
. | He did not finch. A gang Of toughs had been
organized and he was threatened with physical
danger. This did not deter him. When he
arose to speak he was received with such a
, storm of Kisses and opprobrlum that would
have seated many brave man. Not so Beecher.
He knew the key to the heart of the toughest
Engllshman. and he used it. He suggested q
| little 'sfair play" Among all the vices of the
rougher element of the British isles is this one
good quality, they do believe in Civ
, ! pealed to this national characteristic, and in
| that one sentence won his audience. In one
hour he was master of the situation Southern
agents IN different parts of the vast hall kept
| firing questions at HIM, in accordance with r
| preconcerted arrangement but he had ready
answer to every one OF them. He was master
time. When that notable speech was ended
the people cheered him to the echo, no one
more loudly than the rougns engaged 10 rous
him. SO much for American personality.
Talmage and His Work.
Now there is Talmage. a man than WHOM
none is subject to more criticism from those
who are engaged in the same work. As a
rule ministers do not like Talmage, and yet
his life is such that no scandal has ever
! touched him. To hear him speak is inspir-
ing beyond measure. His wonderful per-
sonalIty is not, however, confined to his
speaking alone, but it enters into almost
everything his pen touches. Millions OF
neonIe read his sermens every
!, week. No wonder so many OF
. the yeak-kneed and unsuccessful men IN
his own profession are jealous OF him. With
; such man to will is to do. Question his
, methods as you will, he is a success. If he
were to sink his personality and try to be
, and to do just what some people think ne
ought to, he would soon become vapid and
stale, A man of talent should follow the bent
of his own individualisn and heed not the carp
ing criticism of those who stand afar OH, and
in their wisdom condemn that about which
they know so little
! William Lloyd Garrison said: 81 am In
, earnest; 1 will not equivocate; l will not ex.
cuse; will not retreat a sihgIe inch, and will
be heard" Was he not heard, and heard to
! some purpose TOO? What carried Stanley
through Africa, supported him in the midst OF
danger death looking him in the face on every
. hand? 1t was the mans determination, and
i his personality. He was god in the eyes oi
, some of his followers. He dared to say and tc
I do. Phil Sheridan's ride to Winchester, and
7 its results show the power of personality. That
determined march through Georgia. which
pave to Sherman an immortal name, was an
| other instance one among many more that the
, reader can readily find by perusing the pagei
l of the worlds history.
2 Lessons From the Great.
! Now, what deductions can we draw from
these facts? What lessons for the rising
generation, and the times in which we Live
-. ,or,atimea afraid that the oonffaIizinf