The Washington times., 1918-02-22

This is Washington day. He rests behind the iron bars
at Mount to be there undoubtedly He would
not thank you to take him and ask him to solve the Boil
Shevih problem.
There many ways of making the great that gone
useful to little living.
You may stir the imagination by telling how wonderful
Washington was. Daniel Webster said Of him:
America has furnished to the world the character Of
washington And our American institutions had done
nothing ee that alone would have entitled them the
respect Of mankind"
That is true. -
With moving eloquenCe you stir the heart and make
this extract from Edward Everett Haie Grafton on Wash
ington, delivered at Mt. Vernon
"NO glded dome swels from the lowly roof to catch
the morning evening BEAM but the love and gratitude Of
united America settle upon it in eternal sunshine From
beneath that humble roof went forth the intrepid and
selfish warrior the magistrate who knew glory but his
oOuny good to that he returned happes when his work
was done
glory and peace.
While stands the latest generation of the children
Of America will make this pilgrimage to it as to shrine
and when 1t shall fall If fall must the memory and the
name Of Washington shall shed eternal glory on the spot
You can also encourage and inspire the living by point
ing out the fact that the greatest dead and buried were not
miracle workers. not free from weakness and discourage
en but men that went on doing their best IN SPITE Of
e defeated that he went from failure to encouragement
and from discouragement to failure We taught to
think Of him only cOnQuerng hero but his program was
one retreat after another.
he raised an army of men, and they left him when they
were discouraged He raised another army and they left
The great thing was that HE KEPT ON
Washington wrote to his brother disappointed and dis
Outraged:
81 was employed to go journey in the winter which
believe few none would have 1ndertaken-and what
did get by it? My expenses borne was then appointed
with tring pay, conduct handful of the Ohio
What did get for that? Why after paying myself the
siderable expense equppng and providing necessities for
che company went out soundly beaten, and had my
commission taken from in other words my command
reduced under the pretense of order from home then
went out and volunteered under General Braddock and lost
all my horses and many other things have been the
SINCE
This letter was written after the Braddock campaign
For long time after that everything Encouragement
Washington might well have continued saying have been
on the losing order
Young men and old observe that all the discourage
men complaining and failure OF the average life entered
into Washingtons career
STOP HIM
He had eternal tenacy When he failed he began over
again.
You might have picked out any one of dozen episodes
IN Washngtons and that condemned him, with
apparent justice, a failure
Now he is dead safe in his little vault at Mt Vernon
his reputation and glory beyond reach for all time
You the whole the entire career and you realize
that the whole array of disappontments retreats defeats
built up into final and permanent reputation
based on INDEsTRUCTIBLE COURAGE.
Washington is the man for leaders of men to study
today.
whole world and other great discouragemen undoubtedly
coming.
A dozen Kaisers could not have beaten Washington,
for while he knew how to complain vocferousy and retreat
and fail HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO GIVE UP
Let hope that the qualities that made Washington the
greatest American still live in America.
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