The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-03-03

AADEhA Win q EftaN price, Cth4Nu
E Bryant said: "A part Of that pric
! was paid by Washington and his fel
! low patriots At Lexington and Con
cord and Valley Forge and in tn
blood-stained slopes Of Bunker Hill
Another and a heavy installment o
that price was paid by our fathers a
Gettysburg, at Antietam, in the vii
deness and on a hundred other hard
won southern battlefields. Paid ami,
the roar and smoke Of cannon and thu
awful carnage Of battle.
"And what Of the price that thii
generation has been called upon q
pay in the cause Of liberty on the
blood soaked fields Of France and
Flanders ?"
1 Speaking Of "Crecy's Is Decisive
Battles Of History" Senator Bryant
said:
Sometime in the distant future an
other historian may perchance rewrite
this book, and if so there, first and
foremost, written in letters Of gold
upon pages of silver will appear a
record Of the undying glory of inn
mortal deeds done by American sol
diers at Chateau Thierry and the For
est Of Argonne." (Applause.)
"As | read history, the two dom
mating characteristics Of Washington
were high motive and self-control. By
high motive is not meant simply a
passive desire for the triumph Of good
over evil, but an earnest enthusiasm
and a compelling desire for the adj
vancement Of some worthy purpose.
A man may be good enough-to make
angels blush for their shortcomings
but without enthusiasm and compel
ling desire It does not get him any
where in the way Of achievement.
"But we are not 20 forget that en-
thusiaism for a high and worthy
motive must be coupled with self-con-
troll High motive without self-con-
troll is like a dynamo without a gov
ernor History furnishes many ex-
amples, as for instance John Brown Of
Harper's Ferry fame"
Taking up the question Of what
constitutes true greatness, Senator
Bryant contrastcd Washington and
Napoleon. Pointing out that the name
Of Washington is reverenced every
where, while that Of Napoleon, outside
of France, is "execrated as being syn
onymous with selfish ambition and an
unholy lust for power" the speaker
quoted Laimed that ain estimating
greatness we must consider three
groups Of faculties, first the ethical
second, the rational-and lastly the
dynamic-the ability to achieve re-
suits"
Napoleon, according to Larned, was
"a prodigy without greatness"
Declaring that all good sermons
close with a moral, Senator Bryant
said that "a man to attain success
must needs have a worthy motive in
life, earnestness in its prosecution and
self-control TO guide and regulate his
efforts. His motive does not need to
be the founding of a new nation, but
whatever it may be, IL he is thus
equipped he may fare forth into the
activities Of life with assurance Of
success. He can endure prosperity
with compliance and meet adversely
with a calm serenity Of soul. He may
face the world with courage, look his
fellow men squarely in the eye and
;ay to his own heart in the burning
words of Henley's Invictus':
1T matters not how straight the gate,
How charged with punishment the
scroll,
am the master Of my fate
I am the captain of my SOUL"
Long and renewed applause greeted
Senator Bryant's closing words .
Senate bill a., establishing a State
Teachers College at Burlington in ,
with the University Of Yer !
mont, was reported in favorably by !
he Senate committee on education !
nd educational institutions Thursday. !
he report was signed by Senator
bryant for the committee on education
nd by Senator Kingsley for the com {
aittee on educational institutions.
The vote on the bill in committee Il
rs nine to three for a favorable re- Q
ort Senator Chafee leading the op- {
osition. II is understood that the .
ther two senator's who voted in the ;
iinority are not unalicrably opposed T
b the measure. but would favor Some S
mendment and ihry mev, with rcser- q
afions. vote for the b.ll on is pass ?
ge 10
A great deal 81 time hrs been spent 4
p thc committee i1 getting iaforma- 81
n on aH Stiles cf this terrher-frain- @
q proposition. Three public hear g
rs on this measure and the stearns' 2.