The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-13


science that is not calm or clear. The
truly brave heart Is not the one that,
with gusto and bravado, fiaunts its Prov
ess and defiance before the world. Rath-
er is IL manifested In a spirit of abiding
and unfaltering faith In all things-a
faith in the rightness OF things. a belief
that a mind diviner than ours plans and
| z hand mightier than ours executes the
affairs OF life. Such a faith from the in
side leaves In its wake a field OF calm, a
mind that has no trepidation for the out
come of things, resting secure in the con-
sciousness that one has at all times given
OF ones best self
Would you avoid fear? Hold a star
1 chamber" session with yourself; adopt a
constitution and bylaws for the we'll con-
| duct OF life. Abide by those laws. De-
clare unconstitutional whatever impulses
conflict with those rules, and as q result
q state OF mind will be yours that will be
/ free, frank. serene, trusting. and fearless.
/ Conquer yourself. Think right. act right,
| live right and you Will have fear no
| longer.
80 live that when thy summons comes
to Join
| The innumerable caravan that moves
/ To that mysterious realm where each
/ shall take
His place in the silent halls of death
| Thou go not. like the quarry slave at
night.
scourged TO his dungeon, but sustained
and soothed
BY an unfaltering trust, approach thy
grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his
About him and lies down to pleasant
dreams LOUIS wEINBERGER.
| Fear is that painful emotion excited by
: expectation Of evil or apprehension OF
danger. 1t is found in greater or lesser
degree in all forms OF animal life. and in
lower animals ii is rightly termed nat
ural instinct" by which they are directed
and governed in their various movements
without the employment OF reason.
/ In human beings the same rule is ap-
( plicable so far as the animal nature is
/ concerned; but humanity is endowed with
the faculties of reason and judgment. be-
/ ing far superior to such forms OF Gre
alton and therefore are not so prone to
/ fear
/ The best way, then. for avoiding fear
I is 10 know the reason for tear before ven
turing; to know whether there is any ac-
tual or constructive cause or reason for
becoming alarmed or terrorized. and If
there Is none no evidence OF fear should
exist.
/ To go to a place where ghosts have
been seen" yet no one has ever been
harmed by them. should give no occasion
! for fear until there Is known TO be some
real danger to actually cause the fear.
/ For person to try to ford a stream
where others have been drowned when
the water was more favorable does not
show an absence of fear. but It does show
want Of proper reasoning in the matter.
for oftentimes fools rush in where angels
fear to tread.
So II is really impossible to avoid all
fear. but the greater part OF Il can be
avoided by cultivating the habit OF al
ways carefully reasoning out the facts
involved in every case. and when neees-
sity calls. even though in the face of dan
ger, answer without fear, Here am t.
VICTOR p. HAMMER.
Is man void of manhood, he peddles
bravado with a yellow streak: he shows
the black side OF red heart and. turn
ing tail to, runs like hydrant; he is the
antithesis of clever conduct; a climber
on the ladder of doubt; secret scoffer
righteousness; he is a liar married to
Treason. and wastes his soul to save his
spouse: he is on his way to hell by
creased highway, and, Ike his chosen
Idol. crawls on his belly, licking the dust,
damned Of all men by his own tongue
In HIS lust for deViltTy he hangs his fiddle
on Misery's peg the while he scents the
sulphur of Tophets tomb; he rides the
chariot Of Malicious Mischief, and delves
to the depths OF certain sin with the
abandon OF a cruel corsair Aye, marry
he is wretched. and FORGETTING his honor
dies to livei
CHARLES ALBERT BREwToN.
From childhood on through the sue
ceeding stages OF existence the rule
stands, life shall be nodded by thoughts:
Il shall be happy or II shall be sad; II
shall be hopeful or ii shall be full OF
fear. governed always by the perspective
In which medltations are cast. Each In
dividual is king with sovereignty over
the domain of self. Each person may
forecast the weather OF the day. making
It cloudy BY gloomy thoughts and pleas
ant by reflections on happy moments.
thoughts Of the present and OF the fu-
ture must take their place in every mind,
but when the lesson is learned TO make
the most of the existing moment, TO drink
IN all its beauty and enjoy all its bless
ings. then fear will become as a myth, a
fable, legend; courage viii become so
real thing and fear such foreign ele-
ment that life VIII stretch on from day
to day, month to month"; and year to
year as sweetly as the strains of a SYM
phony, as jOyously as the song of a
thrush in the hedges, and as quietly as
the river flowing on to meet the sea.
LOUIS VARNUM WOULFE
The sense of fear is largely a matter OF
cireumstances-fron shock or from being
frightened IN childhood or a shrinking
from pain or grief. Brave men have ac-
knowledged that before q battle they
We're terribly afraid, but never once
thought of yielding TO the feeling. Faith
is the antidote to fear.
If one can say with Browning. Gods
In HIS heaven. alrs right with the world
he will fear fewer ills and go about his
daily duties with drawer spirit. "Con-
science does make towards of us ALL"
Hamlet says. and If one listens to con-