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command and he confessed that he
would have given anything then to
have been back in Illinois.
Nevertheless, he did not turn and
run like Frederick. No, but he modest
ly says that he did not flee because he
did not have the moral courage to halt
and consider what to do; he kept
right on, and in the end he learned
valuable lesson. He found that the
enemy had fed before him and then it
occurred to him that General Harris
(the confederate commander) had been
as much afraid Of him as he had been
of Harris. He says this was view of
the question that he had never taken
before, and that it was one that he
never forgot afterwards. From that
event to the close of the war he never
experienced fright upon confronting
All enemy, tho he always felt more or
less anxiety.
Lighthouse Harry Lee is another
soldier who had to acquire his courage
by experience, for In the early part of
the revolution Washington was moved
to command him in chilling irony for
his prudence" His reply was 81 shall
undertake to show you, sir, that I
possess no more of that cowardly vir-
tue than you yourself" And 1 do not
believe that any member of this circle
who has read the history of the United
States, and especially that part per-
tanning to the Revolution, looks upon
Lighthouse Harry as model of pru-
dence or caution.
There is far greater difference be-
tween bravery and courage than we
allow for in our common speech.
Quite often we lose the distinction en-
4 tirely and look upon the two quail
jtBIss 49, 0zs s1Bes Grant
showed no bravery in the instance to
which reference has been made; but
he showed courage.
That policeman in New York was
not brave when he lodged behind q
door and took to his heels at the ap-
pearance of the woman with the re-
volver. If, however, he had not stayed
behind the door, but had summoned
up the resolution to face his duty, he
would have been courageous and not
lost his badge. Fear itself is not 3
: shameful thing, but it is shameful to
yield to it. Napoleon was afraid of
mouse, but he had the courage to
> face Europe armed. Fear is physical;
courage is moral quality.
The psychologist can put his finger
on the physical symptoms of the one,
= but the other makes no outward sign.
We can tell when we see anyone snf-
q fering from extreme fear His mouth
q flies open; that is because his muscles
q are so weakened that his jaw falls
down. He sWeats and his breathing
r is interfered with. His heart beats
s faster and his face becomes palIid
q He trembies, from his muscular de-
8 rangement. His voice is shaken,
Il sometimes until he cannot speak at all
IS In spite of this sudden and violent
{. emotion, if his moral nature is strong
g courage will override his fear and he
IS will not give away to it.
It Henry Ward Beecher probably ad
q dressed more audiences than any Of
?. his contemporaries, yet, by his own
q testimony, he never faced one of them
is braveIy. He was subject to ''stage
Dr. fright" all his life. His courage, how
70 ever, enabled him to be one of tn.
It most powerful speakers of his time
le and to face and cow hostile mob. q
y he did more than once while defend
ing the cause Of the American uni5I
70 before British audiences. 80 ~ q s =.
ID John Brown could wsssz W1s tes
2. ingly to the scaffoid, althO 80 stepnes
to back from an innate fer 90 pssl
~ when his foot touched an ssii1pel
Or place; he had the courage te de. 81
Do he was afraid of sprainill ola enGis
ne General Butler employs. fer Is
at measure of defense when e vas
y, New Orleans during the sertOs az
~ summer of 1862.
MS Jefferson Davis had issd "a 4 l-cegs
p nation, declaring Butler satlaa
re which was q license for spy cue s
at assassinate him. The frsf man "a
lie dertake to kill him was derecte4 81
70 on his way to New Orleans and va
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