The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-18
WE HAVE THE BETTER WAY

spirit in the English revolution thai
gave kingship rude backset, and
set the rights of the plain people
further forward than they had ever
been before. During the contest
England was divided much as the
United States was divided in 81
for though the lines OF cleavage were
not marked off geographically as in
America, they were as distinct po-
Utically. Cromwell triumphed, but
after his death his party was defeat
ed 1t was held in subsection for a
number of years, and tho it is prob
able that most Englishmen have
done Cromwell justice in their
minds, his country has never for
given him officially for his successful
revolt against its government
Cromwell was one of the greatest
OF Englishmen, both as soldier and
the battlefield. and while he ruled as
lord protector his country was
governed we'll at home and entirely
respected abroad. No one of Eng
lands kings was greater than this
ecommoner, and very few have equal
ed him
but. after his death, Cromwell's
remains were desecrated and his
name reviled, and there is not in all
England today any official tribute to
: mis- merit, tho the wings, and later
. the liberals, who were and are the
legitimate successors to the party.
: ne founded, have ruled Great Brit
ain more than half the years since
iJhe died
Fifty years ago, we had an upheav-
Ell greater IN extent though shorter
period than the English revolution of
1850. The most important figure
ON the losing side in this revolution
WAS Robert E. Lee, whose military
skill fooled his opponents in dozen
battles compared to which Marston
Moor and Naseby were skirmishes.
Burt a few days ago, the govern
qment against which Lee fought Of
ficia1ly accepted the charge of a great
movement to the memory of Lees
comrades. And Wednesday, at the
sonthern university of which Lee
WAS the head after the war, and in
which he taught in peace and secur-
(which he had drawn his sword,
Nigh official of that government, the
secretary of the navy, in making a
speech at the commencement exer-
,cises of the school, said:
IF / had one wish more than an
other for the young men of the
South, it would be that double por-
ton os the spirit of Gen. Robert E.
Lee should fall upon them and that
those who lead should receive his
mantle and worthily his spirit So
declared Secretary OF the Navy Dan
iels in an address at Washington and
Lee University's annual commence
ment exercises. The secretary's
earnest message to the students was,
<'Get a hero and he urged them to
choose Lee as their examplar, point
ing out that their future would be
marked by the sort of heroes they
choose.
1--WE are all hero worshippers-or
WE should be-and / give you the
example of the perfect product of
what worship of the noblest hero
can produce in urging you to choose
Lee as your examplar, as Lee chose
Washington, said he.
81 cannot tell you the alchemy or
che fransmigration by which one who
-wUrships a great man comes to par
take of the qualities of the object OF
the worship"
Secretary Daniels said that he had
recently received in response to let
tiers to former students of Lee theil
estimates of the man which he sai6
gave him a better insight into Lex
as a teacher and comrade than al
The histories and biographies
Those old boys" said he, .wht
syrote me saw Lee that not ever
his soldiers saw.
Declaring that the biggest thin,
I'm going to college was not what I
student gets out of text books o
from lectures, the secretary express
~sE the belief that students in tn
awge colleges were not receiving tn
inspiring comradeship and leader
ship of that class of teachers VIII
give more of themselves to thei
classes than they give OF the books