The record-union., 1899-10-22
HEROES AND HERO WORSHIP
QUALITIES THAT THE WORLD
ADMIRES IN MEN.
A Glance at Some of the Heroes
Whose Names Adorn the
Pages of History.

Pages of History.
The subject of H. Weinstock's ad-
dress at the Synagogue services on
Friday night was Heroes and Hero
Worship" He spoke as follows:
Emerson said that the three qualities
which the world admires are unselhsh-
ness, the power of action and courage.
If we search all history we will flnd
that, as a rule, every heroic name eV-
cry name that commands the admlfa-
ton or reverence of mankind repre-
sents, in a greater or lesser degree, the
thpee qualities named by Emerson. 1t
was these three qualities that immor-
talized Moses. His forgetfulness of self
and his thought only for his people.
His power also to do and to bring about
results. to take into the wilderness a
race of slaves and guide and control
them until he laid the foundation for an
influence in the moral and religious
world that will live SO long as civiliza-
ton shall stand. His courage in fac
ing Pharoah and in undertaking what
seemed an impossible and superhuman
task, in placing himself at the head of
den race of Hebrews. in the hope of
uplifting and making them a self help
full, self respecting and self governing
people
1t is these three qualities that like
wise immortalized the great Nazarene.
His utter forgetfulness of self, His
thought only for the sinful and the sor-
rowing, for the sick and the needy, for
the halt and the lame His power to
arouse kindred feelings in others and
to persuade them to likewise give up
comfort, ease and profit for the moral
and spiritual welfare of those suffering
in body and in mind; His courage to
face those high in authority and to
fearlessly speak the truth whatever
consequence to Himself might follow;
His readiness to sacrifice Himself. to
act as the scapegoat and to give up His
life to satisfy Roman law, rather than
to jeopardizel the lives of His brethren.
1t is these qualities which have i'm
mortalized Jesus. the gentle rabbi of
Galilee. and have made His memory
dear to untold millions.
1t was the same three qualities that
immOrtalized the great Jewish philosO
pher Spinoza. His unselfshness in re-
fusing high places rather than to waive
his convictions; his steadfastness to his
opinions, which brought him a life of
persecution and forced him to exc out
an humble existence in a garret as
poverty stricken maker of spectacles
when he might have enjoyed ease and
cOmfOrt-his courage to submit to ex-
communication from the Jewish fold,
which, in his age, meant being cut off,
for all time. from all who were near
and dear, rather than to lead the life
Of a hypOcrite His power to write
philosOphic works. the spirit of which
has had a large share in molding the
philosophic thought of the present CEN
tury. These three qualities OF unset
fishness. courage and the power to 90
things have placed the name of Spinoza
on the list of immortals.
These three qualities have likewise
fmmortalized our own Washington. 1t
was Washington's unselffshness that
led him to decline to receive any pay
and to sacrifice his private interests for
the benefit of his country. during the
eight long years in which he served
as Commander-in-Ch Chief of the Ameri-
can army. 1t was his wonderful brav-
cry, not only in meeting and defeating
a powerful enemy, but his marvellous
courage in organizing and maintaining
an army under what. to most others,
would have seemed impossible circum-
stances; it was the courage he mani
Tested in facing what seemed inevitable
defeat and wrestling from it glorious
success. which led Frederick the Great
TO send him his portrait with the in
scription: From the Oldest TO the
greatest General in the world"
Washington commands our admira-
uon by the courage he showed in ST.
lently submitting to the most unjust
and malignant attacks made by enc
mics and by carping critics charging
him. at a most critical period in the
history of the revolution. with inactiv-
ity and Incompetence. when by a word.
he might have silenced them, but to
give this word would have meant to
expose to the enemy the weakness of
the American forces. Rather than do
this he preferred to courageously bear
in silence the harsh and bitter charges
spread against him: charges which
must have caused him great mental
anguish. 1t was the courage to remain
silent under such trying conditions that
later won for him the esteem and re-
spect of his fellow countrymen 1t was
his power to take a body of raw. i'll
trained, iii fed and ragged troops and
with them conquer a veteran army of
well clothed and we'll fed soldiers, that
made plain his power of action and
led, in the end. TO his being the unani-
nous choice as the first President of
the republic.
1t was the same three qualities of un-
selfshness. courage and power Of ac-
tion which have made the name Of
Lincoln one never to be forgotten. 1t
was the fact that. during the terrible
four years Of civil strife. Lincoln's first
and only thought was the preservation
Of the Union; the fact that he stood
ready to make any and every sacrifice
to hold the nation together, that soon
made it manifest even to his enemies
that he was Incapable of a selfish
thought. II was the marvellous power
he manifested. despite the most tre-
mendous public opinion, in steadfastly
continuing in the course which his