Regulus Lived 
Up To His 
Faith 
T HE self-sacrifice of 
Regulus is one of 
the great glories of his¬ 
tory. As the story goes, 
he was captured by the 
Carthaginians and held a 
slave for many years. 
Later he was sent back 
to Rome with instruc¬ 
tions to advise his coun¬ 
try to sue for peace. If 
peace resulted, Regulus 
was to go free—if not he 
was to return to Carth¬ 
age and forfeit his life. 
The supposition was that 
the old Roman would 
advertise the power and 
strength of the African town and scare 
his own country into submission. But the 
supposition went wrong. 
Regulus urged Rome to fight on. 
Naturally his friends begged him to 
stay and not return to Carthage. “I have 
given my word,” he replied, and went 
back to die. 
And yet, as Thackeray said : “ ’Tis not 
the dying for a faith that is so hard, ’tis 
the living up to it.” In every home some 
modern Regulus is living up to the faith. 
In every home someone has given his 
word. Life insurance justifies faith and 
loyalty. No man has any right to weaken 
or destroy any faith which he can not, or 
will not, replace with a loftier. 
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA 
EDWARD D. DUFFIELD 
President 
HOME OFFICE: NEWARK 
New Jersey 
If Every Wife Knew What Every Widow Knows—Every Husband Would Be Insured 
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