The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-26

con that none would ever have daret
cross without the consent of the Ro
man senate. and he said. The die i.
cast" and he leaped in; aad that ac,
changed tia history of the world
What do we care Tor Julius Caesar
What do we care for Alexander the
Great and that he won his first battle
when he was eighteen; tina. he was
King OF Macedonia when he was TWEEN
~. and sat upon the shores Of the
Aegean set and wept that there were
not other worlds to conquer; crept
into his grave. the conQueror of the
then known world. when he was only
thirty-two years old?
What do We care IL Napoleon Bona
parte made the thrones OF Europe
trenble and made and unmade the
maps OF the world: spent his last DAYS
upon St, Helena's barren rocks. and he
sleeps tonight upon the bank of the
Seine in his magnificent home?
The world today does not care for
those that have ruled II, but we will
never forget those that have served Il
We will never forget washington---
First IN peace. FIRST in war. and first
in the hearts OF his countrymen.'
We will never forget Lincoln, who
said: Il hope it may always be said Of
me, that plucked up a thorn and
planted a rose wherever = flower will
grow"
And we WIN never forget Florence
Nightingale. In 1887. $4,000 British
soldiers went to the Crimean war
England subscribed 100000 to care
IT'S the work of woman" So
Florence Nightingale went to the front
with her retinue. and. ~ she walked
down the halls. men would arise, and
with their dying strength salute her.
and fall back dead. They counted II
an honor to kiss her shadow a. she
swept by in her ministrations of peace
and to alleviate their sufferingy.
At the close OF the war they had
banquet for the ofiicers OF the
army and navy. and Lord Stratford
arose and gave each man a piece OF
paper and asked him to write on that
piece OF paper the name Of the man
or woman that they considered had
done the most for England; and when
they gathered up those slips OF paper
there was hut one name written on
them. and that was the name of Flor
ence Nightingale!
When she was seventy-ei years
old the Lord Mayor of London gave
her the freedom OF the city, and the
King and Queen sent her autographed
letters OF congratulation. We will
never forget those that have served.
Word and Deed Moves.
] know OF man who would come
TO church and tell how much he loved
the Lord. and he would spend more on
tobacco In one year than he gave to
God in ten years It's the word and
deed that moves the world!
Out In Western city there's a gang
of men that will stand on the street
corner and they will preach ini1delity
tinctured with anarchy It's very
subtle, though. The police would ar.
rest them II they would openly as
sault the government that gives them
their bread and butter and a pillow ON
which to rest their unworthy heads
and place for their miserable car
casses to exist; but they'll say:
"Oh, II God gave His Son To al.
for this world, God was a murderer:
He's not At to love-"
A Bible isn't fit to have In fhetr
homes. / wish some of those black.
hearted degenerates would 20 int.
some q. A. r. post and tell the Ola
father that gave his boy to die thai
he was such. wouldn't give much
for his old carcass after ne rot Ct
of there.
Now, when the war broke ont 4
man out West had son, and the son
said: Father, must enlist"
The father said: Il need you hone
But the SON enlisted. and he en-.
PACK wounded. and he died 1t homA
treasured keepsakes or that faminr
Another child was born: - - "A
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