Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-03-24

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had to make awful sacrifices. A short
time after his famous conquest the
English commander wrote TO n dear
friend as follows: what do you think
OF the total defeat OF Bonaparte by the
British army? Never was there in the
annals OF the world SO desperate or so
hard fought an action or such a defeat.
II was really the battle of the giants.
My heart Is broken 10y the terrible loss
i have sustained, of my old friends and
companions and my poor soldiers" In
the battle OF Waterloo, I'm which you
have TO struggle for n good name, you
will have to make many sacrifices, as
did Wellington. But. as u rule, you will
not have TO suffer poverty, hunger,
homelessness and cold. A good name
is won by industry, frugality, purity,
honesty and doing with all your heart
and mind what your hand finds to do.
These characteristics OF man, earnest
ly and faithfully followed through life.
will inevitably land n man in n better
place than the poorhouse or potter's
field. 1t does not follow because you
are financially poor that you are holy;
it does not follow because you live In a
palace that you are n rascal. Beau
Brummel died a pauper; Peter Cooper
lived in a rich mans mansion.
But good name does more than pay
your butchers and bakers and grocer's
and clothier's bills. It does more than
give you n title deed TO the house In
which you live. 1t offers to You the
most priceless gift ON earth, next to
the gift Of Jesus Christ. the love of
your family and your friends and the
love and respect Of the community in
which you live. There Is an old prov
erb which says: "a man cannot live
on love alone. When poverty knocks
at the door love flies out OF the win
dow" Poor proverb that The richest
home on earth where love is not is
poorer than the poorest mans hovel
where love dwe:ls. The love OF a COM
munity is yours If you viii! earn 1t with
the deeds and loves of a good man.
IL you were q great man, n truly
great man, l could not say this. One
of the heavy prices Il truly great man,
as rule, has to pay for his greatness
is TO suffer misrepresentation and SIAN
der and hate. Most of the contempo-
raries Of John Milton never could APP
preciate the true worth OF the blind
sage, who In the black exile of national
contempt had to go to his study for
comfort until his blinded eyes saw
more OF the glories of heaven than the
two eyes of any inspired writer have
ever seen since apostolic times Many
a sOiled statue i'm Westminster abbey
could be washed as white as the driven
snow it it were only possible to col
lect all the tears which once fell from
the eyes of those whose bodies are now
sleeping under yonder cold marble.
Those tears were shed in the days OF
neglect and ostracism and poverty.
Only the other day 1 ran across an ed
itorial written by one Of the most IA
nous of northern writer's, who after
ward became one OF the greatest eulo-
gists OF our martyred president Abra-
ham Lincoln. This editorial was writ
ten in the heat of the civil war. "Any
man who would go down 10 Washing
ton and shoot the stupid fool In the
White House would be comforting an
inestimable service on the American
people were il not for the fact there
was n bigger blockhead in the vice
presidential chair" All, yes, the bit
terest OF excavations were hurled at
Lincoln when he was alive, as the most
fulsome Of eulogies are given to him
now he is dead.
The Injustice Of the Public.
Though the world often has been I'M
just and bitter TO the great men, 1 have
always felt that this persecution and
this bitterness were not due. as n rule,
to the innate meanness OF the human
race, but rather to its inability at GER
tain times to appreciate the heroes and
heroines who were sacrificing their
lives for the good OF their fellow men.
But, my friend, you need not be afraid
that the world will be unable 10 appre-
ciate your good works, IL you are doing
any good works. You are not a great
warrior, great statesman, a great re-
former. You are only an ordinary man,
living an ordinary life In an ordinary
place. Therefore IL you are kind and
loving and gentle and forgiving and
helpful to your fellow men they will be
Kind and loving and forgiving and gem
tie ana helpful to you. Why? Because
each day OF your life you come into
personal touch with your little world.
and the friends and the people OF your
community see you just rs you are.
Would you not like TO be loved by the
people OF the community in which YOU
live? When you go TO sleep tonight
would you not like to feel that some
tired, sick woman who Is tossing
around on her bed unable to sleep is
smiling over the good cheer you brought
her this afternoon by your visit and is
saying, God bless you, vsod bless
youF Would you not like 10 have peo.
pie always speaking your name and
saying, mo one Is ever in trouble. but
he Is ready TO help them IL he camp,
You can win this love IL you will.
Come, get good name for kindness
and love. Come, make the people by
whom you are surrounded love Won.
The love OF those with whom we come
In contact is one OF the most priceless
boons offered TO man, whether he lives
In palace or hut
Taking another step forward in INV
subject, / declare that n good name "a
the most glorious OF all inheritances
which man can leave to his children.
-AOANb IUun
gold 1t means more than fame. more
than social position, more than landed
estate 1t means more than anything
else on earth that you can give. Most
or US want to leave our children the
best we can. We must not forget to
give them this treasure, which Is of
more value than great riches"
The Greatest of Inherst.ue.s
How can parents financially poor
leave to their children the greatest OF
inheritaDces? Let me explain more I'm
detail The adjective good" comes
from the substantive God" To be
good" in the highest sense means TO
be "goodlike" or like Christ" There
fore, when father bequeaths to his
son good name" he gives to him, in
the highest sense, n Christian example
well lived. He seems to step to his
boys side and put his hand in his boys
hand and say: my son, want you to