Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-25


teach 10. 81 b. that of superiority of
the moral force in the universe. Pow
crful empires are founded and shat
tered Mighty nations are born and
perish. kiugs rule. achieve glory and
pass away. hut the moral. the spir-
itual lives. Truly. not by might and
not hy power but by spirituality. b.
national as well ~ individual great
ness lCqired and and sustained, Il is
often said that knowledge II power.
and SO 1t is The faculty of any kind
carries with II superiority So also
richcs 10 puwcr. and .gouhis has q
irnnsroudant mn uf mastery. uv"f
men.
But higher, purcr. better and mo-
bier than all these more consistent la
IT'S influence and More lasting in It's
sway. - the power 81 character. that
power which eliminates from q lofty
mind ana q pur" heart
There is profound moral la the
iIir 81 General Washington ana his
place iu the worlds history Here is
30 simple ,tl1,u. hy birth q quiet c"uu-
try ernlom vino wins triumphant
success Zoo ono ut the most memorable
of modern wars. ami Yields into q ma
liuu scattered body ut colonists. so
that within % hundred years they are
grown Co Doe one of the largest. richest
most progressive people that ever cx-
listed on this earth No wonder he "
to-day an object of generation Co a.
hundred millions.
Vet his influence was not of might
nor Of power. but rather ~ spirit. lie
Nus uu Alexander or Caesar. no Char
Irmapuc ur Napoleon tie Was NO
puru soldier bat made himself 70 war
iiur by dut of uu iudomilabir nature.
| lio was not dictator. such as man
Kind bow down 90 ns more than man.
| The grand endowment of Washington
was character not imagination, judy
| ment not sublety, not brill1ncy. but
wisdom The wisdom of Washington
was the genius OF common sense, glor-
lhcd into unerring truth ~ view. lie
had that true courage. physical and
moral that purity of soul, mat cool
Judgment which is formed only IN the
noblest figures Of human kind.
We are often prone 60 forgive
shortcomings 10 genius. lnstead nj
| cXHcting from it a higher standard
even rnau that of an ordinary man.
we too often uud an excuse for the
wrong doing OF genius. George wash
ingtou vap one ot tho few who has
| passed through a career beset with
temptations. p,uls and dilemmas.
without once giving way to @ single
act OF folly, one deed ~ injustice.
meauess or passion. tic thus became
the TRANSPORTATION oi the stalwarL
just truthful and prudent citizen.
! having that essence of good sense
which amounts 90 true genius that
perfection at cour1ae which is true
hcroism. that transparent unsclnsh-
ness which appears 10 M as the spcc.
ial mark of the saint
The American common wealth was
| made by the halo of virtue. honor and
truthmlncss which seemed 90 radiate
from the very soul OF us FIRST prcsi-
dent ana this lis the reason the result
OF his work has been so rapid, so col.
ossai. so muitifarlous that history
contains ro parallel For character
is stronger than might n Is char
acter which creates nations; u is
character that makes heroes, NOR"
than genius u is character around
which nations rally when stress comes
upon them und confusion looms Ia
their midst. u is character. unselhsh-
ness. honesty and truth that la the
long run rule the world ana determine
lts dcsuncs II may often be- obscur-
ed and u may be- long cre d is fuzzy
revealed hut sooner or later II must
ho recognized. 'rhe life stoFy of
great man like Washington must,
therefore. Inevitably Impress tfs with
the truth that it lies Within the prov
ince of every enc ~ ms Go bec0ne
great Great. not IN outward might
and power, but what Is inAniteiy