Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-26
 MODERN COURAGE.
of the Moral order and They Who
 Have it Are Heroes.

.,. ., the Moral order and They Who Have it Are Heroes.
 I, the social changes that have ..lan plaee since the days of hand-to sand eombats, physical courage, .bonoh still appreciated on occasions gben there is opportunity for it's mani- fas+a+ion. is less valued than moral .ouraoe. Mankind is becoming less ,rntai more spiritual, and in the ,onrse of the change sets higher and L;rher values on those qualities that ..o sniritual But man is very far yet { rom being spiritual being, and there < ...o eoores of ,men who have physical q ,o,raoe to one who has moral courage. |srbare are. for example, armies of men
 .bo would die in battle without a kbouobt about the purpose of their sa aerifee if appeals should be made to s|Ebeirbrute instincts. but few indeed who Tould face the obloquy of the world .zo support an unpopular principle they Saliaved to be true. Not many men lave the courage to say II don't Know. when they are ignorant, and sewer vet are morally brave enough to Acknowledge their error when they save committed q wrong. In the new .spilization the modern kind of courage | more and more needed, and is be- yfnning to be appreciated After all, zss ;s only the courage that comes of de- s,ntion to truth. It is, perhaps. relic s4f brute instinct taking new form Ehat makes more men pretenders and bfa qgarts. Many animals swell them-
 eives up spread their bristles or utter so,ld roars to alright their enemies by anpearing more formidable than they FsallV are. And men have learned the safne trick They employed it like
 a.ntes when physical combats were sonmon, and now that the implements saf swar have been laid aside and men a,eet together in conflicts of wit, they stiil resort to pretenses and braggart il|usions.
 The lions of society are very often Iittle better than cats but for their roslr, and some Of the supposed leaders snf Thought become very ordinary mor- tals when one penetrates their dis 9nises. It requires some moral cour- noe to throw off such disguises and to apIear in ones true character, without the roar and acknowledging ones ipnoranee. But modern courage is ex- hihited in this-its absolute adher- enee to truth. The man who is guided bV fhe love of truth aad justice be- comes a positive force in the world. He may go wrong at times by accident, bnthis moral courage enables him to correct his errors of judgment. He does not hesitate to apologize even to his interiors when convinced that he had done them wrong, and the eour- age that enables him to do this quali- fes him to contend with those above hifn when convinced that he is right There are few men of this stump in the world. but they are de- serving of special honor, for they are helping to develop spiritual traits, re- moving mankind farther and farther from the brute creation There will never be any lIck of physical cou- rage while moral courage exists, bat physical courage alone is no Sign of high and noble nat ire. The days ef the areua have almost passed away, but courage and the love of 1t remain. Now, howerrss. the men of courage are those that 67.~ stand for the truth eh9 in word an: n action set themselves against a'7 sllams and preteuses, and ia their oeal-
 ngs with their fei3ow-men. though Sx
 doing so they may suffer q tenno,,e5y
 Alsadgantagc These are destined to
 heceine the heroes of new era in the
 piritual development of the human
 ace. Baltimore Sun.