Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1910-04-27

readiness 10 eritieise work which The
critic himself never trics 10 rpSyform.
an intellectual aioefness which viii
not accept contact With HES realities
all these are marks, not. as the NOS.
SCISSOR would fain think. OF super;o,itv
put OF weakness. They mark the men
onnt 10 bear their part msnfully in
tne stern strife Of living, who seek.
IN the affectation Of contempt for the
achievements Of others, 70 hide from
others and from themselves their own
weakness. The role is easy; there is
none easier, save only the role Of the
man who sneefs alike nj both rriti.
cism and performance.
Critic Does Not Count.
II Is not the critic who counts; not
the man who points out how the
strong man stumbles, or where the
doer OF deeds could have done them
better. The credit belongs 10 the man
Who 10 actually In the arena, whose
face 10 marred by dust and sweat and
blood; who strives valiantly; who
errs, and comes short again and again.
because there 10 no effort without
error and shortcomings; and who does
actually strive TO do the deeds; who
knows the great enthusiasms, the
great devotions; who spends himself
IN worthy cause; who NJ the best
knows in the end the triumph of
high achievement, and who at the
worst, IL he fails, at least fails while
daring greatly, NO that his place shall
never he with those cold ana timjd
souls who know neither victory nor
defeat. shame on the man Of cult.
waited taste who permits refinement to
develop itno a fastidiousness that un.
fots him for doing the rough work Of
worksday world. Among the free
peoples who govern themselves there
10 but small field Of usefulness open
Tor the men Of clustered life who
shrink from contact with their fellows.
still less room IL there for those who
deride or slight what Is done by those
who actually bear the brunt Of the
day; nor yet for those Others who al.
ways profess that they would like TO
take action, IL only the conditions Of
life were not what they actually are.
The man who does nothing cuts the
same sordid figure In the pages Of
history, whether he be cynic, or fop,
or voluptuary. There IL little use for
the being whose tepid soul knows
nothing Of the great and generous
emotion, Of the high pride. Of the men
who quell the storm and ride the
thunder. Well for these men IL they
succeed; well also, though not 80 well,
IL they fail, given only that they have
nobly ventured, and have put forth all
their heart and strength. N Is war
worn Hotspur spent with hard fighting
he Of the many errors and the valiant
end, over whose memory we love 10
linger, not over the memory Of the
young lord who "but for the vile
guns would have been n soldier.v
France has taught many lessons TO
other nations; surely one Of the most
important Is the lesson her whole his.
tory teaches, that n high artistic and
literary development IN compatible
with notable leadership in arms and
The brilliant gallantry Of
the French soldier has for many cen.
these same centuries at every court in
Europe the "freemasons of fashion"
have treated the French tongue rs
their common speech; while every art
ist and man of letters. and every man
of science able TO appreciate that mar.
velous instrument Of precision, French
prose. has turned towards France for
aid and inspiration. How long the
leadership in arms and letters has
lasted is curiously illustrated by the
fact that the earliest masterpiece in
a modern tongue is the splendid
French epic which tells Of Roland's
doom and the vengeance OF Charlie.
magne when the lords Of the Frankish
host were stricken mt Roneesyallcs.
Masterful Qualities.
LEI those who have, keep, let those
N ha huye naf stIiye In attain n hiQh