The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-16
Paine's Celery
Compound
Cured Her.

splendid memories Of triumphs IA the
past, but Ii is a shameful thing for a ma.
ton il these memories stir il only Z
empty boastings, 70 a pride that does not
shrink from present abasement, to thai
self satisfaction which accepts the high
resolve and unbending effort Of the father
as an excuse for effortless ease or wrong.
~ directed effort in the son. We of the
present. il we are true to the past. must
show by our lives that we have learned
Alright the lessons taught by the men who
did the mighty deeds OF the past.
We cannot afford to lose the virtues
which made the men Of 81 to Is great
in war. No man is warranted in feeling
pride in the deeds Of the army and NAYS
Of the past If ne does not back up the
army and the navy Of the present If We
are farsigbted in our patriotism there
will be no let up in the work Of building
and of keeping at the highest point Of
efficiency a navy suited to the part the
United states must hereafter play in the
world and of making and keeping om
small regular army, which in the event
Of great war can never be anything
but the nucleus around which our volun.
teer armies must form themselves, the
best army Of its size to be found among
the nations
So much for our duties Ia keeping an.
stained the honor roll our fathers made
in war. Il is Of even more Instant need
that we should show their spirit Of pa.
triotism in the affairs Of peace. The du.
ties Of peace are with us always; those o.
war are but occasional. and with q nation
as with d man the worthiness Of life de.
Ponds upon the way in which the every.
day duties are done. The home duties are
the vital duties The nation is nothing
but the aggregate of the families within
it's border, and If the average man Is not
hard xtfds.lkfanr I'm nd r.ss
dealings with those about him then oul
average OF public life win Ia the end be
low, for the stream can rise no higher
than its source. But IN addition we need
to remember that peculiar responsible
ity rests upon the man IN public life we
meet In the capital Of the nation, in the
city which owes its existence to the fact
that 1t is the seat Of the national gov.
eminent.
Dishonest Officials Denounced.
And SO it is we'll FOR us IN this place
and at this time to remember that ex.
actly as there are certain homely qualities
! the lack of which viii prevent the most
| brilliant man alive from being a useful
soldier TO his country SO there are certain
homely qualities for the lack of which in
the public servant no shrewdness OF. abil
ity can atone The greatest leaders
whether IN war or In peace, must Of
course show a peculiar quality Of genius,
| but the most redoubtable armies that
have ever existed have been redoubtable
because the average soldier the average
officer. possessed to a high degree such
comparatively simple qualities as loyalty
courage and hardihood. And so the most
successful governments are those in which
the average public servant possesses that
variant of loyalty which we call patriot
ism, together with common sense and
honesty. We can as little afford to toler.
ate a dishonest man IN the public service
as a coward in the army. The murderer
takes single life; the corruptionist II
public life whether he be bride giver OF
bride taker. strikes at the heart Of the
commonwealth. In every public service