Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-02

rect1y as any the beauty Of a life in
spired by sense of duty, and it is a
life which may be we'll studied by
those engaged in shaping the charac-
ter Of the young.
The very keynote Of his philosophical
system was based on duty. "Unsere
Welt list das versinnlichte Material un-
serer Ptiicht," said he.
| This idea-that our world is but the
material incarnation of our duty-he
taught, and, what is more, he practiced
i what he preached.
One preacher who practices his
preachings thoroughly is worth many
of the other kind, no matter how elo-
quent the others. And Fichte prac-
ticed his beliefs. When he was poor
and young tutor, he set a good ex-
ample to every teacher. AS tutor he
made his living, but he knew that his
duty to the child intrusted to him was
the principal thing He knew also
that every child is really formed in
character and morals by the influence
OF it's parents.
Fichte kept n journal devoted to the
attitude Of his employers toward their
child-his pupil. Every week he told
them the mistakes they had made and
held them accountable for spelling the
child through t1attery, too much kind
ness. i'll judged severity or in what
ever way. Strange to say, the parents
actually put up with this for two
whole years. so great was their adj
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character.
Duty well ingrained in the soul will
keep man on the right path in easy
times and in hard times. Fichte is
quoted here because no man better
than he proves the power of sense
Of duty. In small things duty guided
him. and it guided him at the end.
He was just past the half century Of
his age and had been gloriously sue
cessful. He had been called to the
chair Of philosophy at Berlin and no
teacher Of truth had ever been more
loved or more admired. On a certain
day he was to lecture. and he had cho-
sen DUTY" for his subject. His coun-
try was at war and threatened with
invasion and absolute humiliation of
her liberties.
Fichte, who had talked much of the
little duties Of life, talked on this day
OF mans duty to his country. The
sound of drums calling for conscripts
frequently interrupted his lecture. He
told the listening young man that each
mans duty Is to lend his individual
strength and life to his country in
time Of danger. 1t was a marvellous
address, and it ended well.
For at the close he said to his great
crowd Of admiring students: This
course Of lectures will be suspended
until the end Of the campaign. We
shall resume them in a free country or
die in the attempt to recover her free
DOM"
Fichte left his lecture platform to en-
list as simple soldier. and. needless
to say, his students followed Lis exam
pie in crowds. That was at the be-
ginning of the campaign of 1918. but
the example is good enough to last un-
til now and for many hundred years
to come. A year later. aged fifty-two.
he died. He caught the fever while
caring for those afflicted. among others
for his own wife. who had gone with
the army as nurse
Make duty a strong part of your
child's or your pupils moral educa-
ton. A sense Of duty impels men to
struggle on and do their best even in
the face Of failure: sense of duty i'm.
pels the successful man to make good
use of his success. The hideOus. emp
ty, selfish lives of the self indulgent
class are based upon utter lack Of the
sense Of duty. In the education Of a
child moral teachings should come
first: in a child's mental equipment
moral qualities should be first consid-
cred. BY example. precept. argument
and through history impress upon your
children the fact that without sense
of duty they are unworthy Of the op-
portunities that iife offers to men In
this world.-New York Journal.
Asked and Answered.
Female Lawyer-How old are you?
Female Witness-YOu know as wei:
as do that I'm just week younge:
than you are; but. if necessary
Female Lawyer Cha stily)-Eever nina;
it isn't necessary.-ChicagO News.
Every man should profit by his own
mistakes, but most of us would prefer