Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-17

Spokane Globe: A writer in one of the
Boston papers INDUCES in brief para
graph in which the opinion is expressed
that the day for heroism is past, that Is,
he believes the present age Is not OF the
kind TO produce heroes and heroines.
Never did writer make "a greater mis-
take, but when the fact is considered that
he confines the worlds heroes and hero
ines To that class of men and women who
have distinguished themselves in war or
some other great national upheavals.
where the eyes of the world are upon the
actors therein. il Is not al all strange that
he arrives at such conclusion. His error
may be attributed to this special circum-
stance, for the man who does not look
elsewhere for the most exalted heroes and
heroines never discovers them. Napoleon
gave evidence of certain kind of hero
ism at Jena, Wagram, AusterliH and
Friedladd, but II was not of that sublime
and grandly unselhsh description that ap-
proaches the Godlike and proves TO us how
some men and women can firmly march
to the altar of self-sacritce and deposit
their most cherished idols thereon. The
heroism of William Tell. Arnold Winkel-
reid and few Others of the same de-
scription was indeed grand enough to
challenge the admiration of all mankind,
but the real heroes and heroines who may
be designated as the most exalted of them
all are those who perform their glorious
work in an humble and transformations
manner. and whose noble deeds are never
known TO the world. The pathetic career
of Jean Val Jean in Victor Hugo's Les
Miserables is striking illustration of
this class of heroes. We may have them
right among US. but do not know il. and
no doubt If we should meet one OF
them on the street without
/ knowing anything about his OF
l her lite story we would contemptuously
| pass them by. Ii is a sad commentary
/ upon our boosted liberalism and philan-
| thropy that the majority of men and
women are prone to judge by appear
ances and TO condemn fellow man
without having made any eXertion
whatever to prove his unworthiness
IL is the fashion now for people to de-
precate this unfortunate condition OF
| things. but to brush il ASIDE by saying
such is the way of the world This
is evidently too true, but the wrong i:
in no respect palliated upon that account
and does not appear less hideOus tC
those who are prompted by SINGER,
and laudable desire To see a different
state of affairs inaugurated. Instead Of
I indulging in long and tiresOme discourse,
upon the various hair splitting points il
holy writ whould our ministers not ac.
complish more If they would admonsl
their hearers TO pray for more human
D V
toward each other in manner that i
calculated to convince the world that 1
still contains some real charity and broth
erly love. The most exalted heroism I
that which suffers without complaint
performs deeds of Self-sacriice without
ostentation and expects nor desires an
reward The man or woman who ad
vanceS the theory of total depravity 1
a sOured and snarling cynic whose opin'
ions are unworthy of serious consid
GRAFTON. The world, a. we say. contain
many noble men and women who possess
characters Of the most sublime and eX
allied description. but who are not promi
nent in the world because they shrinl
from ostentatious display as the mOrnini
glory does from the noontide sun. Nc
the era of heroism has not departed. no
will IL so long as the world exists. Tn
fact that the conditions now are such a
TO not produce such characters as consti
tuted some of the worlds heroes in tn
long ago does not go To prove that hero
ism is thing of the past. Hence let tn
croaking cynic continue his ominous NUT
terings. but let those who can see tn
brighter side of life join in the genera
thanksgiving that the world is not nea
as bad as il often is painted.