The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-11
MISS STAUNlO N'S ESSAY
"The Pen Is Mighti.r Than
the Sword"

Step with me into the gallery Of his
tory and walk with me. If .ol will.
through the corridors of TIM. filed
with the marvels Of war ara tie 10 Z
Of nations. Passing through the great
halls we obse. We that sorne OF he
alcoves are dazzling with lish, which
seem to invite US to share their bril-
liarc.,. We ste? in end here a N.Y.
"a oe sunheams struggle with each
other 20 srorenac., and vie with
each other in shedding their glorious
light. Eve ything in the room seems
to rejoice in a calm silent worship OF
TIE gu roundirgs ard we ask ourselves
tie cause OF the brillianc:, but. as we
gaze u:o, tire c~eat statues in dr.
fe~ent positions in the room, the mys-
te~y Is coon solved. We are SUI rou~d
ed ~ those whose lives crowned the
world with ite greatest glory. Be.
fore ue a~e Shakespeare. Milton. Hor'-
e and Phidias. Even as grand az
ttaee are. their greatness. to me. paies
before TIE b. ill'ant M'c'S7el Angelo
ord Ranhael.
stepping across the hall into anoth-
or apa trent as beaut fully carved and
oh'eelled ar tire one we ave .ret lef'
With the gilded ceiling and tinted
windows. our first feeling IS one of
depression. Though we see the sun
20 hide as 4 1t wished for another
ground on which to play-seemirg &c
know that It's brill;anc. Is smothe ed
and lost ard the massive portraits
on TIE walls soon tell us the cau~e OF
depression for before us are the famous
war io~1s-those who have caused SO
ruch sorrow and ~bloodshed In the
sosiJ. FIRST. w. recognize the PR
raft Of Alexander the G eat. that
Macedon' an, who conquered the world
[ a time when thee We few. bu;
mighty dom Mons to conquer. Furth.
: DOWN the aisles OF time we find the
pot ait OF the mighty Caesar. the
:. eatest man that home has yer pro-
duced and one OF the --latest the world
las ever seen. He WIS the fl st gen.
u al LII VI IIS = oIio
he conquered the wo. Id at a time when
It's doninions weie twice as e eat as
at Alexander the G. eats time nj
Tia. de to conquer. II has been said.
Alexander left chaos behind him.,
aesar left Europe" As we gaze upon
he r port. ats we shudder to thinh
# the suffer ngs and mise.y these men
here caused. Passing ia. Their down
le aisle w stand Defo.e Napoleon
1onaparte. p.oud and majestic. VIII ,
; .eeognixea by the world as the & eat
ISL wo.rlor.
Gon.pa. ing these two 1:coves-;he
LIES of one rejecting swee. ness AM
an. those In the otne. casting gloom
.Nld dep. ession, we real re that fact
as u.eir port. ants eject in the galley
So tLeis Ives influence the void
AS we turn and look MO this aicove
again AT Napoleon Bonapa tie. mis- lie
passes as a panorama Defo.e US.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the
ISLAND OF Corsica. As q child he was
ns tn. ally reese. vod. due p1obably ID
the act hat he was iidiculed on ac-
count of his poverty. 70. his pa ents
Nere 700 people. While even We y
young his desii e to become famous was
.'lwtys .,eu M aut
Napoleon's histo y naturally adapts
itself to Illustration. His whole career
cas- p cto. ial. His meteo. ic course
evealed itself In scenes, each of which
seemed more Brilliant than it's p. EIDE
cessor.
The pictures of his progress from
Corsica to the throne and + ON the
throne to st. Helena produce a pam
rama unequalled in the annals Of the
wo. ID. The life of Napoleon was g
I. agody which had the whole of Europe
TO. a stage. Napoleon 70. the stal>
kings. queens m warriors for subor-
d nate actors and 70. an audience a
dazzled void. Act after act of this alb
sorbing drama was performed. yet still
hun an ty looked on we wonder. The
inte4 est never waned. Nc one cou d
possibly divine the end. What seemed
az one time an incomca able climax,
became the next day by ison a
con -monplace event: as a bright star
Of dawn is lost in the refulgence OF the
Using sun. Even when the uag.siy
drew nea. It's end and the colossal
back-g ound of the stage was black
with gloom. Napoleon's dramatic deeds
such IS his duel with united Europe,
his .astw,ll I H. Imperial Qua, !
at Ftitant lear h MAJ velous return
t. ON Elba-the stroke Of destiny II,
Waite. loo and the Wild deaths ,e,,e
on the tempest peaten rock Of 81.
Helena-lit up the heavens with a
supernatu. al b.illiancy. mucn az we
scee a landscape outl ned by successive
CLEANS of lightn ng on an inky sky.
1t would be natu. al. thereto. e. to
suppose h q Bonapaites would lie the
best kn wn f'gul. il elong d. ocession