Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-31
COURAGE IN BUSINESS.
People Who Possess II Genarally
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It Is a remarkable fact that th'
sportsman who comes from the jungle
where he has encountered without
tremor the most deadly Of animal foes
upon his return home with the trophies
of his prowess, has been known no
infrequently to show himself a mar
who does not dare to oppose the wront
fad of an hour or popular politica
belief.
England. the nation Of sportsmen
gave a strange exhibition Of this trai
of humanity during the Boer war. Blu
very few men. at the head Of whom
stood the prophet, w. T. Stead, daret
to antagonize the lingo cries. Aftel
mobs had smashed windows in th'
houses of few of the most outspoken
here was Immediately noticeable
throughout England the absence o.
men who cared to encounter the oppro.
brium Of advocating unpopular justice
and the condemnation Of their enthu'
siastically warlike neighbors-wh'
were quite willing to go in large
crowds and make demonstration
against single individuals.
In France during the revolution, We
had another curious phase Of courage
There were men, and many of them
who did not dare to set themselves ir
opposition to the dictates of their class
(:hough they might have saved Francs
by timely exhibition Of their belief.)
who, later on, marched from the pris-
on to the guillotine with a light-heart-
edness and insouciance that showed
physical courage Of the highest type.
SO confusing are these contradictions
that we come almost to wonder what
the word courage" really means.
Perhaps its vagaries are best exhi-
hited in that cartoon Life" which
shows a lion tanner, who has returned
at late hour and fears to encounter
his spouse, going into the cage Of the
lion for his nights rest, and, being dis
covered presently, hears the woman
looking through the bars. exclaim:
"Oh, you coward!" And this cartoon
is founded upon not rare idiosycrasies
Of courage.
We then reach a point where we
ask ourselves:
Am a brave man. or am I a cow
ard?
II brave, to what extent, In what d.
rection?
For instance: Does my courage ex-
tend to the point of telling the truth
when lose advantage by such a
course: or do I prove myself a liar
through cowardice?
II I see a fellow man drowning. am
I sufficiently brave to risk my own life
in his rescue?
II I am in society where an opinion
that 1 hold to be based on truth Is
vigorously denounced. have the cour-
age to defend It?
Or do stink? Stink is good word,
although not very nice one. It Is
not pleasant to imagine oneself as
slinker.
And II a fire were occurring In the
adjoining house, would be willing to
incur the risks Of suffocation in order
% rescue a woman who might other
wise perish? And IL I did this, would
on the next day give my smiling as
sent to the suggestion Of my employer
that I should vote ticket which be-
lieved to be not for the best interests
of the community.
II / have a long-founded belief
which has been disturbed by argument
am of that mental calibre which
bravely goes to meet demolition Of my
views, preferring to encounter shock
o those conceptions? Or do I men
tally stink and carefully run away
from disturbing thoughts?
In other words. am coward?
True courage Is a component part OF
so many things that It is worth our
while to examine.
For instance. no man can be truly
gentleman II a coward. He may
have the exterior marks Of a gentle
man-the veneering-but at heart he
Is lacking. he lacks in courage.
There can be no such thing as true
manliness or true womanliness, II there
is lack Of courage.
Courage Is the first component OF
character.
Courage Is the first essential Of sue
cessful business life.
Courage is an essential in the ad-
ministration of a household-the gov
ernment Of servants. II mistress Is
cowardly. her servants quickly discov-
er her weakness and trample upon her.
Courage makes the difference be-
tween the clergyman. noble. devoted
and useful and the mere time-server-
that most pitiful of men, who draws a
salary for rendering service to his fel-
low men, and sinks through life avoid
ing his responsibilities.
Courage not only makes the great
editor of a great newspaper. but Its
absence kills the investment of the
stockholder In that newspaper, so sub
tie Is the public mind with reference
to the characteristic Of courage, and
so instantly does II discover whether
man set over great journal to
guard the public interest, has the
courage necessary, or whether he is
sinking along. trying to avoid every
important issue.
Courage equally distinguishes the
man in public life and makes of him
the parsonage: or, in its absence, al
lows him to dwindle into an unrespect-
ed obscurity.
Courage in a wife rouses her to
meet the greatest emergencies OF life.
She becomes a heroine In the face or
unexpected calamity even before the
loss of fortune. II puts her upon a
pedestal, above the"ills and losses Of
life, where her husband and children
may worship her or. for the lack of 1t,
allows her to dwindle into the slattern.
Courage distinguishes the young boy
just entering upon his career, and
marks him out for promotion. He has
the courage to stay by duty until per-
formed, to speak the truth, to sacrifice
pleasure to his mental and business