Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-16
RARELY COMBINED.
PHYSICAL AND MORAL COURAGE SCI
DOM FOUND IN ONE PERSON.

Meaning Of Physical Courage it, re-
wards and Demand. Loitier Motiyc ~
Moral Courage aud tile ndury That 1t
onen nring. Upon II. po.sc..or.
II Il rarc thing 10 meet q person,
either man or woman. who combines in
oifc both physical aud moral courage.
Mental courage IL n frequent thing-to
dare TO have opinions, 10 dare to follow
out their Consequences In ones mind
and It's absence ~ always pihablc whore
"thn poor heart would fain deny. hut
dare not" But moral courage Is TAR
urcr quality, and Is ~ much higher
| thnn physical courage ~ the soul "a
I higher thantho body Physicnlcourngc
/ Is indeed the cummonost Of tho virluCg..
/ Most soldiers have 70 who 10 into battle;
most mothers have It ~ they approach
the great gates Of maternity; the child
has It who goes 10 bed In the dark; the
boy who challenges tho bigger boy "
fight. the girl who drives tho cattle
home.
II i true there IL something that passes
for physical courage which IS not that
at all, and which, II 1t Is not exactly
moral courage either. Is "a courage that
deserves name ~ it. own--a disregard
Of ones lower self. pride Of ones loft
tier sell. that Is farnohlor than any more
fearloSness, which dog can share
aud that Is the experience OF deadly
terror before any act, but the doing
It nevertheless. conccaling tho terror
aud achieving the result. There Is the
hcruism in that wlAh takes one 10 tho
stake.
Physical courage "a mp; TO demand ap-
plausc, but moral courage leaves every
consideration but truth Ia the back
ground, and Is moro l1sely'to bring ono
ostrucism thnn admiration. with moral
courage one speaks ono's mind. one goes
forward TO ones conception OF duty, ono
treads ones chosen way without the
thought, and 40 without the fear, Of con.
sequences, or oven II with tho fear, s,ill
treads it just the same.
One docs not pause 10 measure tho
possible effect upon ones self. one does
and says what right aud the moment ~.
quirc. Ono is not intimidated hy the
frown, tho brutal word. the threat. the
blow. the probable loss Of prestige, the
force Of any contrary opinion. public or
private, the possible deprivation Of o.ilce
or of position. Ono has what has long
been known rs the courage Of ones con.
yictinns, aud does what one thinks 4
right or best or even only expediant.
without regard TO fear or favor.
The moral courage that daros to con.
tradiot the village bully darcs no less to
tell king that he IA IN the wrung:
darcs TO arrest the wretch who. whip In
hand, abuses his beast--bcing moro
beast than the other; darcs, too. TO
shield the culprit from the strong arm,
TO intorpose ones self between the vie.
tim and the opprcssor. whether the Viz.
tim le n child In school or whole poo
pie; dares always 10 resist tyranny. It
has been physical courage OF conrse
that has fought the great battles II tho
,world-battles, probably, that the world
could MS well have done without had ar.
bitrution been known-but 1t l. moral
courage that has instigated and carried
forward every reform, and done away
with every oppression that has already
vanished.
After all, moral courage does more
for ats pOssessor than for any one else.
The brutcs OF the field have physical
courage. but the other belongs only
among the altitudes-iifts. and expand.
the soul that has 1t and that uses II. aud
makes II, one dures to think, only IN
tie lower than tho angels. They that
have il never know when they are beat.
en-; In fact, they camotl'e beaten. They
return 10 the attack wiihall the pristine
vigor Of the first onset with all the
force that irst impolled them.
Women, with their feeble bodies and
insufficient means OF protection or Of rs.
sault, aro VIGOROUSLY deficient in ami.
NAL courage, that valiant courage and
undaunted spirit moro than in woman
commonly Is secni' but they are Just ~
VIGOROUSLY rich In the opposite direc.
ton, and possessed Of great moral cour.
age-that is, the women of the noblcr
sort. II is they that uphold tho hands
OF others, they that never falter In their
purpose, they that will die for their
love or their belief-not they alone, but
they in the greater number. And II is
they that, by handing this trait down 10
their sons, will lift the race constantly
to greater heights OF righteous will and
strength. Harper Bazaar.