| Character 
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| Lessons to 
. Train Youth 
By JAMES TERRY WHITE. 
ht, 1909, by the Character Devel- 
opment league.] 
XV.—Fortitude. — 
ENERAL A. W. 
GREELY 
when a_ boy 
was at one time 
playing ball, and in 
order to catch a 
ball that went out 
of bounds he vault- 
ed over a_ picket. 
fence and caught 
* his arm in such a 
= manner as to break 
it below the elbow. 
Faint with pain, he 
was placed in a 
7 chair, while some- 
ae body ran for a car- 
Hage to take him home. The excite- 
ment attracted the attention of a pass- 
Ing surgeon, who came up, when young 
| Greely with indomitable spirit insist- 
ed that the arm be set right there and 
then. He gritted his teeth and never 
| winced during the operation, while all 
the boys wondered at his nerve. 
Fortitude, courage and heroism are 
' sometimes considered as synonymous. 
_ They have an element in common, but 
there is a real difference which distin- 
guishes each from the others, although 
as they are so mingled together in the 
_ game character it is difficult to draw a 
_ gharp distinction between them. For- 
_ titude, derived from the root of fort, 
 earries the idea of ability to resist at- 
tack, of possessing strength to defend. 
‘Fortitude endures pain in silence. 
Fortitude is the virtue of the stoics, 
and every one should be enough of a 
_ gtoic to bear a certain amount of pain 
without flinching or outcry. This self 
command really lessens pain. The 
person who is determined not to lose 
| his self command and orders his nature 
to hold out never suffers half as much 
as one who lets suffering have its way. 
Little Abe Lincoln was very fond of 
reading and once had borrowed a book 
which he sat up and read by the fire- 
- light because there was no candle in 
the house. One night he fell asleep. 
and when he awoke the snow had 
made a poo! of water just where the 
book had fallen, and it was ruined. 
The boy tried hard to keep back the 
tears, for the book was a borrowed 
one and he did not know how to re 
place it. 
The next morning he set out to walk 
across the snow twenty miles to the 
neighbor's farm. He had great holes 
fm bia shoes and be waa cold and 
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very wretched. 
neighbor he showed the spoiled book 
and told his sad story. The man was 
very angry and demanded that little 
Abe pull fodder corn for three days 
to pay for the book. 
Little Abe said, “And then will the 
book be mine?’ “Why, yes, of course; 
you will have earned it.” said the 
man. 
So the boy went to work, and for 
three days he pulled corn while his 
back ached MHe was very tired, for 
such work was entirely unsuited for 
such a little boy. But he was over- 
flowing with happiness, for the book 
was to be his. 
What was that book which was so 
highly treasured and cost so much 
toil? It was the “Life of George 
Washington.” And when the little boy 
became president of the United States 
he used to tell the story and said, “It 
was that book that made me presi- 
dent” 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
[He was inaugurated president fifty years 
ago March 4. This picture was made 
five days before he was assassinated.] 
Practice.—Let each child charge his 
mind with the resolve that he will 
bear the next bruise or cut without 
making a fuss about it. Grit your 
teeth together and endure. 
Literature. 
Be strong! 
It matters not how deep intrenched the 
wrong, 
How hard the battle goes, the day how 
long, 
Faint not—fight on! 
Womorrow comes the song. 
—M. D. Babcock. 
Not in the clamor of the crowded street, 
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the 
throng 
But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. 
—Longfellow. 
Every task we master adds to our 
reserve fund of strength and spiritual 
force Every task that masters us de- 
pletes our spiritual force and decreases 
our strength of character. — Dorothy 
Quigley. 
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