The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-10-08
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IN an interview with Henry NJ STAN
ley. the great African explorer, during
his recent visit to this country, said to
him: .'Mr. Stanley, you have achieved
much fame, and have receive many OF
its awards. and doubtless you have en-
joyed many moments of happiness in
consequence of the favors and honors
bestowed upon you in acknowledgment
of your heroism and successful services,
and on other occasions also Can you.
now tell me what or when was the very
happiest hour Of your life? Was it
when you found Livingstone, or was,it
when you had triumphantly emerged
from the dark continent, and had res
turned to civilization and your friends,
having solved problems which had
vexed the world for more than twenty
centuries-mys teries older than Chris
tianity itself, Or was it at your mar
riage, or was the supreme moment of
joy reached on another occasion?'
hurriedly recited to Mr.. Stanley the
fact that Napoleon the Great, in the
zenith of his fame-after he had had
the opportunity of drinking at every
cup Of earthly bliss he, the most
famous soldier the world has produced,
was asked the very same question I
was propounding to the most famous
traveller and discoverer of all ages.
Mr.. Stanley dropped his head in the
attitude of meditation and anxiety and
in apparent interest at my utterances;
and after moments reflection he said:
swell, now, that is matter to which
had never given any serious thought.
/ Nor do | remem Der the Napoleon fdci-=
dent to which you refer. Yes, | was
happy at my marriage, very happy in
deed. But the fact is, have always
experienced the very highest pleasures
when had the consciousness of having
best discharged my duty.
Mr.. Stanley's .'duty"-or his idea Of
duty-as he expressed it in another
connection, has been always EN- raced
in his sense of responsibility to and his
| work for commerce and civilization and
| Christianity. His reply to my question
| is the noble answer of noble man.
Here is, briefly, what Napoleon said
in response to the question, what or
when had been the very happiest mo-
ment of his life:
1t was not when he had attained to
| the consulship, nor was it when he was
proclaimed emperor, and crowned with
the most brilliant and imposing cere-
monies. and the most gratifying honors
| ever bestowed upon sovereign. Nor
was it at either of his marriages, nor at
the birth of his son, the king of Rome.
the long desired heir to his throne and
| the supposed perpetuation of his dy-
nasty. It was earlier in his life than
any of these events had occurred 1t
was when, at the age of twenty-five, as
the'victorious commander of the army
in Italy, he heard the shout of JOY from
the people in praise and honor of him
their liberator.
Napoleon's highest happiness was in
the joy he experienced ia bringing hap
piness to others-and before the gall of
selfishness had embittered his future Gu
reer of greatness.
And Stanley'p greatest happiness is
measured in his conceptions of his duty
to his fellow man and to Christianity.
The principle underlying the words
of these two famous men is the same
thing essentially, even if there is diff
ference in the expression of the idea
! che crystalization of unselfishness. M.
V. Moore, in Detroit Free Press.