The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-05-25

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us lace 10 face with the faith q
our foreiathers; introduces MS I,
literature sublime aad beautifl
inspires 10 afreSh with that spir
II OF purity and freedom that en-
tered into the making of thoS,
harder elements of American
manhood and womanhood of 10
day.
In the old English story Of
Beowulf, the Teutonic folk epic
We find a story that should be
familiar 10 all English speaking
races. He who tells the story
10 adult or child, must find some.
thing IN the story that is vital
70 hls own spirit, else he cannot
tell II. Beowmf is history of
the inner life and foresladowed
The spirit OF the race. Here We
mud the strenuous life nj its
source, 30 slay the monsters of
evll and oppression in our land,
rs well MS in the land of others
The spirit % endure, TO suffer
aud grow strong for the right
Whm We give the child this
story, we arr feeding him on the
mothermilk Of tie race. fitting
ham Tor the world-ordcr. which
Is one Of the activity, and fire.
.qucntly elfsacr.fcmg ACTIVITY.
What the monsters were, whether
Hire, storm or flood, does not
concern MS here BE true to
hie's experiences when We fight
enc battle there is another u
light when We climb one noun
tain, there is still another Lie
Is eternal struggle and aspiration.
therefore the story is moral
tome. II the object OF education
Is the making of a certain life
and spirit, then this story con-
tributes much 10 that end. From
the standpoint of literature We
have related the child % a great
masterpiece, the very beginnings
OF English literature, the first
tirst great epic in the language.
Some stories stand Ike cen
tal suns IN the world S lpera
ture, says Frederic harrison. III
" read the great story we have
read the smaller for thousands
OF lesser stories reflect the light
of a greater story. Such story
We ind in llomers Odyssey
Like central sun II has shot
tho beam OF It's lights down
through The ages; Virgil reflect
ed It in his story of Aeneas
llUmers Shadowland became
Dante Purgatory; Milton was
influenced by it; TennysUn IN
his r" Ulysses summed up the
story Painters have told il a.
gain and again on canvas, Sculp-
tors carved II IN stone, poets
sung il in verse, while thousands
ri references are made 10 il ov-
cry day in art, in literature and
N life. One soon tires of telling
"a light, trashy story but not 80
with a great classic like tins
Each time It brings new meaning,
new life and Inspiration, and the
two hundredth time il tells bet
ter than the first IL never fails
10 warm the heart and fire the
mind, and as We tell IT, 1t brings
10 the voice a sOullulne>s and
tenderness 50 important in telling
the story. And We will find IN
this story something that calls
Tor our highest and best; Some
thing as great as job, Dante or
in Shakespeare
The teacher who viii start
with the early Hebrew heroes,
and one after another tell their
life story, will be giving the child
that which will interest HIM,
most 10 his mind, and
lay the best foundation for life
and its work. Starting with
Jesus birth and boyhood. HIS
home among the poor, lis work
ut the carpenters bench and then
linking in orderly development
HIS deeds; His healing the sick,
feeding the multitude, trial, trans
figuration. death and resurrection
it would make one OF the most
powerful and TRACE stories. All
the charm and supernaturallNm
Of the fairy story are there
while literature and history eN-
haust themselves 10 find a great
e. hero. The master artists
o. all ages have furnished IN the
greatest abundance material Tor