The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-09-24
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Moral ( Courage Characteriizes
.';" the:4 PROGRESSES. off, Labor ~
r: Through ALI the Ages: i
In the Strenuous: : Struggle Of
): the Souls towards Always !
i Go To the Wall. y :;


marks the progress of the ages, and
it is pluck and bravery that stamps its
approval:o n the ACCOMPLISHMENTS that I
are made and that are the Fundamentally
principles of Such ADVANCEMENT in!
everything that. pertains tos'our daily !
lives. Without courage. maln'is worse i
than an animal and less Qualified to-
help himself inrthe battle. Of life. The
worker Of !. every .sclass must have al
stock Of it to win out in his fight; of
adversely, and the trades unionist
must be full of. atswhen he tackles the
great problems which beset organized
labor Of today. y, :. -.
ALI these are the marks of the brave
man.
: What we need in our national life
is courage-courage' to expose the
bribers who are debauching* the gov
er1tment; courage to oppose, the COM
binations that are robbing the people,;
courage to stand by principle at what
ever cost.
The people. love men. They are
tired of Weaklings, of fools, of those
who have not the bravery. to follow
the 'pro1hptings of their own ::souls.
Men who bend to circumstances have
no. business at the front. Only he
who can follow principle is worthy
,tc lead people. 49,.
We need those of the temper of the
martyrs of. old, who went, to the stake
rather than surrender a. conviction. :;
We need a courageous man in every
municipality, man who cannot be
ccwed by the machine, a man who
will denounce rogue, though he, is
the boss Of a city.
Courage is, the quality of genuine
manhood everywhere, and these are
the higher expressions of it,.
In one case it rescues a. child from
the flames. In. another it rescues'
city OR a. nation from a corrupt ring.
Everywhere it rescues men and
women from their baser selves.
In the strenuou struggle of the
souls upward the coward always goes
to the wall, as he deserves to do.
. Courage is shown in a thousand
| ways. In the fireman it dashes into
a burning building to rescue the help
less; in the soldier it overcomes the
fear Of the. heart and goes iEto' the
battle; in the engineer it stays at the
post of duty to save the passengers
behind; in the public official it stands
by .oonvictfon' despite consequences; =
in the editor it speaks It's honest
thought and ,dares ,denounce :corrup- -
ton wherever found; ih. the true
Edevotee lit follows the Christ-like;
I through all :sridicule and persecutton,5
and in every man: It: meets the battle
I Oil life unfhnching throug h. good or
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ztl1ough has its sssf6rl hat
plane. :s< Infs IT'S higher aspect. Nils a.
moral attribute. NAPOLEON described
|: that man as shaving true bravery who,
though In deadly terror ofv the fight,
yet ::held :,,his place" in front Of the:
charges: Mere fnsensfbility to danger
;is not courage. Often it is only stupid:
)ity Z But the man who swallows the
lump in his throat; who stills the beat
ing of IBIS heart and goes on, that man,
:has 'heroisrh In. his makeup =: ! =.
*'Bravado lis only counterfeit. Loud
;talkthgSis usually *resorted to in order
to cover up weakness It.is, a. bluff
But beware Of the man who says little
and says: that .qquietly.'> When you
strike him you are, next: to- the real
article. = ''
1T; takes courage: to go against the
current. It is 50 much easier to- drift
When. men asks you to" do something
that Is hurtful or that'is beneath your
manhood, ,>haye;you the bravery to re-
s1st?' If you see. "a fragrant wrong lin
|!the civic life. about you, have you the
| nerve to oppose it? If you hear .one of
your friends unjustly assailed, have
you the courage to stand up for him !?
Have you the ;1nanhoed to resist doing
! or countenanctng mean or little act ?
| Wherf'a lie. seems the easier way out,
| have you the strength to tell the truth :?
When you are offered money for be-
traying cause, have you. the stur-
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