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serve Grecian liberty and reads from
1t the words:
60 Listening stranger. and to Sparta tell.
nat here,4 UDedient to her laws, We fell.
Never since the days Of ancient
Greece, and Rome were greater deeds
CT courage displayed, than on American
battlefields. OF this the bloody scenes
of the Revolution, the fiery ordeal OF
the Rebellion, and the triumphal OUT
come of the Spanislh-American war.
bear ample witness.
Courage has nerved the heroes of all
times to perform daring and illustrious
deeds. 1t was courage that led Judith
into the camp of Halofernes, that led
Regulus to the Cartha ginians, Horatio
TO the bridge, Hobson into the strait of
Santiago and the immortal Dewey into
Manila Bay.
Heroes in defense of all they held
most dear have encountered tyrants
and been trampled in the dust, by con-
quering hosts tine noble cause for which
they died expiring with them. Many
a courageous deed has never emblazon-
ed the page of history, and the green
grass is the only monument on many
an unmarked hero's grave.
Amid the changes of time, the mo-
notony Of events and the injustice of
mankind, there is always accessible to
the poorest that one draught of enjoy-
ment-danger. Life is sweet, but it
would lose some of it's sweetness with
out the occasional relish of peril and
the luxury of daring deeds. 1t is this
danger that makes the fascination of
war so bewitching although war in it
self is an evil greatly to be deplored
Still there is another kind of courage
greatly to be esteemed, praised, and
admired which is called moral courage
or that power which prompts individ-
uals or nations to do Justice unto all.
even the most lowly. Moral courage
ever champions and maintains the
cause OF the poor, of right and justice
even against the thunderbolts of pub
ilc opinion, is no respector of persons,
and cries down that oft time paradox
ical saying that Might makes right
Courage and resolution though inti-
mately connected must not be confused.
for what the former undertakes. the
latter sustains
Courage which arises from a sense
of duty acts in a uniform manner. Thus
it Is that the Irishman is superior to
the Englishman in courage, while the
Briton surpasses the high-spirited Celt
in resolution.
Being incompatible with personal mo-
tives, courage looks for no praise or
reward. 1t springs from the heart, as
the name itself implies and is matured
by reflection and strengthened by de-
lay.
The man who has the courage of his
convictions and reduces that conviction
into sound practice is a true hero. Once
thoroughly convinced of the soundness
of his opinions, of the business of his
cause, and of the sacrednees of the
right which he upholds and maintains
he moves on to greater deeds to the full
ffllment Of which, he believes to be his
duty with a f1xedness of purpose, an
unalterable and firm resolution which
no minor consideration can alter and
with a determination which even the
horrors of grim, cold, icy death cannot
shake.
OUR NAvY."-ESSAY BY JOSEPH
F. QUINLAN.
1t has ever been the ambition
Of all nations to leave behind
them as legacy to posterity
the record of their existence, of
i. their wealth, their splendor, their glory.
Through history we are enabled to
live in the ages of the past, to behold
extinct nations, as they once were, to
contemplate their conquests. estimate
their power. admire their glory, their
policy, their national institutions which
made them what they, were.
When America triunphed SO signally
after the eight years of the bloody rev.
olution, she leaped into greatness among
the nations of the world and was
thenceforth to demand the attention of
the universe. The success of American
arms, both on sea and land during our
brief national existence is the wonder
and admiration of all nations.
Most potent among the causes of our
national glory and success is Our
Matchless American Navy" Scarcely
more than one hundred years old. this
institution furnishes to us story of
soul-inspiring interest-an institution
that has overwhelmed the fierce at
facks Of the heretofore invincible Brit
ish navy, forced the naughty 'Dey to
respect our commerce. has fathered and
protected the rights or the American
citizen even in the remotest climes and
has upheld the rights and ameliorated
the condition of suffering humanity.
From humble beginnings our navy
has risen to be one of the finest and
best equipped in the world. Its begin
ming was humble inasmuch as the ships
were i'll adapted to the work they had
to perform but its beginning was great
inasmuch as the heroes Who manned
them have shed halo round this first
period of our country's history which
the shadows of time cannot dim nor
the grandest achievements of after days
eclipse.
At the very beginning of its existence
our navy drove back the English from
our shores and carried war to the very
door of the enemy. Later on. it chas-
tised the impudence of the Rarbary pi-
rates, and the insolence of the English
endeavoring to search our ships, and
finally in our own day. it has shown
Spain the inability of her fleets to cope
with Uncle Sans ironclads.
To America her navy has brought i'm
perishable glory and renown. from the
time that s'Saucy Jack Barry flew his
colors from the masthead of the Lex
ington until the fearless and gallant
Dewey entered Manila harbor the
American navy has ever been the de-
tense of our shores. the terror of our
fees and the bulwark of our liberties.
Ever dear to the heart of every true
American is the memory OF the world
renowned achiev vernents of the Amer
lean naval commanders. With What
feeling of national pride do we behold
the flag of our country held stainless
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