The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-19
THE ROLL OF HONOR.

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THE ROLL OF HONOR.
: The newspapers abound in encom-
! iums Of the brave men on the II
tanic who stood aside while the wom-
4 en- and children were being helped into
the life boats and who went down
4 with the ship. All of the tributes are
4 deserved and some of them are so
beautiful and touching and inspiring in
sentiment that there is strong tempta-
ton to attempt to reproduce them in
\ full. AS that is clearly impossible our
readers will thank us for extracts
from few of the many. Under the
heading, THE Anglo-Saxon Man." the
4 Burlington Gazette says in fine spirit
and fitting words:
History does not tell us of nobler
example OF heroism than that OF the
men aboard of the Titanic, who cheer
fully gave up their lives that the
women and children might live. In
that narrowing moment millionaire
and sailor were just men, plain Anglo
I Saxon men, men in whose VEINS
i flowed the same red blood which for
centuries has sacrificed itself for the
advancement of mankind and the pro-
lection of the weak The COURAGE &
the Titanic's men was sublime.
will be found when the first story OF
the disaster is at hand that the cour-
age of the women folks was of the
same high order. The anguish of the
! parting OF husband and wife and chill
dren is too horrible TO speak of, but
+, it is good to think that he was true III
his heritage and that she accepted the
sacrifice so that his last hour might be
t happier in the hope that 3 Divine
/ Providence would safely guard his
loved ones and bring them safe to
shore" y,
The men on the Titanic We're brave.
They We're heroes. They persisted that
the babies and women might live.
dren into the boats. 1t was their last
i act of loving devotion They saw the
frail boats pushed off, and the fare
we'll waving Of hands. and heard the
last good-byes. 1t took exceptional
4 courage to remain on board sink
cape move away. Then came the final
catastrophe, the settling of the great
steamer as it began its plunge down
ward through two miles of water
With these things in mind the Gales
:. lnrg Republican-Regis well SAYS:
in that hour there must have come
to all those men the solace that thei,
loved cnes had been saved from {
like fate Gne can conceive of NJ
IN, h 3,
that of the survivors They must al
, ways hold that deed in grateful recol
; lection and look ON the men who wen
ito the bottom as the embodiment O
devotion and true heartedness. Let III
pay tribute Of sympathy and affec
ton TO these men. They did not figh
like wild beasts to save their owl
| lives. They resigned themselves Il
death that others might live. This Il
the acme of human fidelity.
The men went down with the ship
This is their glory and this entitle
them to eternal remembrance
The Davenport Democrat appropri
ately calls the list of the strong me-
who sacrificed themselves that til
, women and children might live tn
Honor Rell. which. it declares. stand
, for degree of fortitude in the yer,
face of death itself that should be al
inspiring force as long as memory er
{ dures' The Democrat Is glad to be
after the crash came, there were n
E rich or poor, no high or low, excep
as those were rich and great VIII
: counted their lives as lost that other
might he saved. It was moment tina
sifted the geld from the dross. TIL
2 strong stood aside that the weake
might have their chance Wherefor
3 it is moved to say in eloquent words
: I'm these days when it has becom
e quite customary 10 accord few virtue
4 to the wealthy, it is we'll that We sc
p the rfame Of Astor on the Roll {
, Hcndr-eeAnd there is Guggenheim, an
!, Butt gand 1stead, Strauss, Millet an
! FutreHe. eWtdener and Behr-me
whose names are household words fo
: their prominence in finance, business
journalism, letters, art and athletics.
tNoblesse oblige. the French calle
1.-THE obligation of rank. Nobilit
constrains us The sinking Of the T
l. tanic has shown that the old proven
v still lives
: Ser should the nameless heroes b
5. forgotten. Heroism is no more col
4 fined. to first cabin than to secon'
i, In such crisis it comes from wheI
: least suspected The crew, we al
:. sure, met the crisis with the highel
e courage.
n There were some hundreds in tt
s list of survivors, and nearly twis
IS their number on the Honor Roll. It
4 an inspiring comparison.
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