Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-10-06

skinned savages. You may be afraid
of them, but am not. You have never
been trained In one of the great Brit
.sh military schools. l have some or
the best soldiers of his majesty's army.
They can defeat any body Of soldiers
ever gathered together In these west
ern wilds" SO he went ahead In his
blind folly. On he marched with his
banners flying and his drums beating.
: And what was the result? At Great
Meadows. the present site Of the city
! Of Plttsburg, suddenly the woods be-
! came perfect hallstOrm OF bullets.
Fall in, fall inw cried Braddock.
"Aimi Fire! Chargew were his orders.
But where were his troops to aimF AT
what body of men were they to charger
| The enemys fire seemed to come from
everywhere, and yet not an enemy
was in sight Edward Braddock, with
scores and hundreds of his bravest or
ficers and men, fell mortally wounded
or were instantly killed. They were
ruthlessly slain because their COM
mander, with egotlstIc folly, deliberate
ly shut his eyes to the strength OF his
foes.
Chief Cause of the War.
"What was the chief cause Of the
civil war;" | asked an aged southern
gentleman some time ago. without
any doubt" said he, ut was due to the
ignorance of the two sections in re-
spect to the strength of each other.
This fact was never better demonstrate
ed than in the life Of Senator William
Yancey. He used to be neighDor or
mine. and | knew him well. He was
born and brought up In the south. lie
knew practically no other region than
the south. He was one of the most
eloouent men I have known. He was
bitter partisan and went up ana
down the southern states delivering his
inAammatory speeches until the whole
south was In turmoil. But after he
had ignlted the fires Of rebellion ana
famed those living embers into con-
flagration, about year before the war
broke out, he took q journey north. lie
Travelled through New York and the
middle states and on toward the west.
He saw then with his own eyes the un-
limited resources of the northern peo-
. ple. and he knew that the effort TO gam
; southern independence was doomed 10
, failure. He came back home from tnat
; trin dislllusloned and chagrlned ana
, never opened his mouth as puDilc
sneaker again. Like an incendiary WHO
had ignited the fuse Of powder mag
, azine and could not put it out, all that
no could do was to sit and watcn the
, awful carnage approach as the civil
war came nearer and nearer, consclous
, that the appalling sacrifices of human
' life and property that the south was
making would be useless Inls court
" southern gentleman said to me WIFI
!, ouaInt smile. mo matter how strong
o n man may be, 1t is always well 1oi
r him TO find out beforehand II MS ene
O NV IS not as strong or even a httl'
!. stronger before he takes OH MS Goa
4 and begins to fight" There Is inlnit'
4 wisdom In that remark. 1t is Away
i vol for every man TO realize the am
o cuIties which are ahead of him Defor'
@ he enters the struggle OF life.
O DON'T Re Egotistic.
d "Oh." saws the egotlstic lawyer, "tner'
d Is no need of my making much prepara
d tion for my case. am one OF the mos
Q brilliant and ready speakers at tn
a bar" All that he says may be true Du
n Goliath may be slain by little Da'l'
r II he leaves even the fraction OF al
D inch exposed between the Joints OF I'll
r ormor Many an ordinary lawyer ma
=. won his case from q brilliant attorne.
e hocouse he had carefully and thorough
q " prepared his case and the otner ha
Il not, "Oh," says the brilliant preacnel
% "vhat is the use Of my working 5
1t hard upon my sermon? have the gii
n of sneech and l can always talk. 1e'
le come ministers can always talk, put
is only the minister who realizes I'll
enormous difficulties which cohlrol
10 the pulpit In the preparation or MS Sc
h | r,ons who is the man able to dellVe
IT, each Lords day a true message ~
IS cod Young man, you may be smar
IN people may say you are very Driiiian
c. hut 7 want to tell you there are nos
m Of people Just as smart as YOU ~
Is thermore | care not how smart yo
ge nav be remember thls-it Is only u
re nlodder. the hard worker, the man VII
n dav by day and week by week, reaiiz'
to tho difficulties which are ahead and u
/ struaules which must be made, VINO
er the end will triumph. Natural ahlil'
Id will never accomplish much In I'd
he world unless it Is REINFORCED ny u
be seyerest kind Of work.
h, The blinded egotlst rarely measur
of the altitude of the mountains OF u
ss. dcultv he has to climb. He commits
ed worse folly than that He deliberate
TO- shuts his ewes to the mental and pm!
X ical and spiritual infrmities with whi
be ha Is handicapped. He seems 10 Sd
"Recause I am strong in one charact'
W. istic Of nv nature therefore l q
rs, strong In all characteristics" he
1e- like Frederick the Great OF fruSs
ed He was a great warrior and, sins
so. handed, contended with and defeat
led the greatest military powers OF Eurol
ger hut he thought be was a great poet a
sse a great philosopher. He invited
las greatest literary genius of all Euro
re- Voltaire, to come and be member
eer his royal court and praise his 81 81
Vili verses. He may be great actor Il
elr Edwin Booth, but he will be foolish
no. he says: Because l am great trage
ag an and can interpret Alright Hamie
MS solIloquy therefore l must be gr
asst comedian and a great singer and
leo great playwright and great music
on and a great business manager. 81
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