The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-25
Markleville, Ind, Box 1873.
COURAGE.

Its Various Phases Discussed by ''Hoosier
Bob in an Interesting Manner.
DEAR II. L. C. FRIENDs.- the many
virtues that make up the character of a
perfect man some are more essential than
courage. and the absence of this quality is
more direful in its consequences than OF
anv other.
A man without courage is like an en-
CINE without steam. He may have all the
requisites to do a great work but the
power that enables him TO do il is lacking
He may be active. he may be intelligent,
he NAV have all the other qualities of a
perfect man, and ii he has not courage to
control and direct them they will profit
him nothing. He will live and die and
the world will be be no better for his hsv-
ing been in it, But we must not fail to
distinguish between true courage and
mere foolhardiness
Foolhardlness is courage uncontrolled
by judgment. 1t rushes blindly into dam
ger simply for the sake OF opposing il. Ii
does not stop to consider the reason for
the act, but does it from impulse man
who rushes into a burning building or
caps over a precipice without consider.
ing the expediency of so doing may be
brave or daring, but we would hardly call
| him courageous. Courage is something
| higher and more practical than that. A
| truly courageous man does not rush
| automatically into danger, but he
/ carefully considers every obstacle and
every opposition, and If duty calls,
| he unhesitatingiy follows with the
| determination to conquer or perish in the
attempt Another thing that distinguishes
courage from foo hardness is that the lat
ter is always seeking DOtoriety. The fool
| hardy man does not consider whether II is
| his duty to incur the risk. but whether it
will gain him popularity among his com-
| psnIons. On the other hand, courage
| thinks not of favor nor of honor nor even
| of self. but of duty and of the good and
happiness of his fellow men. Foolhardi-
ness seeks popularity but courage receives
| it.
Courage does not consist alone in oppos-
ing danger. but also in bearing without
| murmuring that which we caunot over
| come. Ii requires more courage to bear
an injury without anger than 70 ayenge it /;
and many who can face great dangers
successfully often succumb to the con
| tinued pressure of the lesser ones. True
courage not onlv enables us to encounter
| danger cody and successfully. but also to
hear with fOrutude every adversely. 1t is
| the source OF iesrlessness in danger, OF
| patience in gu ering, of forbearance under
| injury ana OF magnanimity in victory.
But the grandsst, the noblest and the
most God-like courage is the courage that
! sustains us in the battle that the right Is
/ In
hearts. Ii is THE courage that enables us
when the clouds OF sorrow and care gather
black and threatening over our sky, when
the lightly pillows OF despair all roaring
and threatening to Overwhelm US, when
tile awful storms of envy and hate and
malice are believing and raging
around us-it Is this god
like courage l say that en-
ables us TO fight on in hope, and finally to
come off more than cOnquerers. Ii j. this
courage that enables man to steadily fol-
low the right in spite of the taunts and
ieers of the multitude and the opposition
| OF the whole world. 1t was this courage
that enabled the cary Christians 10 bear
firmly every form OF torture that the fer
tile minds of their fendish prosecutors
could devise to make them renounce their
religion. Ii is this courage that makes OF
man hero. q martyr. and almost a god
And now for some personals: MARK,
why are you so long silent? Dou YOU
ever think of Danvile? "Iyen w Fern, y
now do you like Danville? 1 spent two
pleasant and profitable terms there. M.
+. I" Ida :. "PompadOur" where are
YOU? Evening Star" FRANK and
"Hawkeye," write now. We would al
like TO see our brilliant Comet" appear
more often. | would like to mention
many more. but space forbids. With kind
regards to all, am "HOoSER BOB"
Austin. Jan. 20, 1893.