The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1919-01-30
Some Lessons from History
Carry or.
WILLIAM = F2EELAND
Garry or.

that gwen US 0Y the In, IN SfN't7V
during the present war. Wftn ore
them fell 10 the high tide Of battle and
a comrade stopped to give him such
aid as he might the stricken one
would say Garry cr," Il simply
meant 20 on with whatever task you
are doing and give to it the bsst that
is in you. l have given to the limit
Of my life, leave me for the du'y that
is years.
Sitting in the shadow Of grief that
chains even the very tears that seek
to come we think ci what the last
message Of our leader would have
been had death given him the dpe TO
speak. Yet it was entirely needless
that he speak, we who have followed
him because his heart was true and
his wisdom sure know that his whole
life spoke the parting message OF the
stricken English soldier.
Theodore Roosevelt has gone upon
THE Great Adventure" we can not
DOW look anxiously for the time when
full Of new experience he will return
10 awaken US to duty. We sorrow,
not in doleful sadness but 10 tribute to
the greatness Of our dead, Nor do we
grieve for friend merely but rather as
a child in darkness bereIt Of a father
and faced by what dangers il knows
not or as an army with is leader
stricken while wandering in an un'
known land.
Americans had leraued to lean upon
him so much, TO trust to his quick per
ceptiou Of danger that new he has
gne we must rise to meet the crisis
we too must Cary on 1t is
said that experienced generals who
fought the great Napoleon estimated
his presence upon the battlefield as
equivalent to reiniorcements oil forty
thousand men. The presence oI
Theodore Roosevelt was a reinforce
ment OF millions to righteous cause.
We followed him because he gave
form and expression TO the ideals that
we're in our hearts. We gropsd after
these ideals and sometimes cried in
anguish because we could not make
them coherent and understood. They
were the still born children OF ouT
hearts In the hour Of our travail he
came TO US and behold the the child
lived.
So often had he come to us when
hope seemed gone and by the great
ness Of his understanding and prsciica
common sense saved US that we haC
come to feel that no great disaste
could overtake US during his life
When we we're foolish he rebuked US
we hear his stern voice calling US Il
beware Of the sirens who while entic
ing Us to ruin sought to deceive US b,
the sweetness Of their words. Whsi
we seemed upon The point Of placiDi
the safety Of our chiidrc in the hand
Of these same sirens he broke tn
lhrall that held US and we heard tn
roar OF the breakers mingle with tn
music and forced the helmsmaD to a
ter our course. When we were lost !
selfshness his rebuEe was 50 full
contempt that We were ashamed
When We we're becoming fabbY an
eherva,td be plu, sed US into ic
water aud We came on; splnter'ng bI
full oil liie and zsa'. Because v
knew he would see our weakness or
warn Us in time we went our W;
feckiug little Of what we might eI
counter in our journey, he was the
and would tell us when danger Dire
near
This is not intended as a review
his life, that would be grataituou
Rather it is TO speak just an humb
word Of hope that every one Of US "
Cary on" He leaves us Just VII
the thunder aud lightnings Of t
storm had ceased TO rock ihe earth
its foundation, Just after the huuica
had passed ana lett the wcrid stre'
= with wreckage and before the clou
have broken and The sun come iOrt