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COURAGE.1.»I
Our Dictionary defines, Courage as,"That quality of mind wi ch enab
es one tc encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without
fear, or fainting of heart, valor, boldness, resolution." Courageous
people rre not necessarily tood people, but we usualy think of courage
as belonging to virtous,unselfish, public spirited people, sc e people
who are not at all public spirited are still courageous end will pursue
some task that is entirely selfish and even inhuman by nature, with all
of the intensity that the T,alourohs, hero,does on seme good deed.
Then there j.s two kinds of courage that we frequently see that are
common in daily life; First we have moral courage this is the kind of
court ■ e that usualy becomes the most difficult to practice, usualy it
is centered in the mind and spirit of some individual, who believes
that some cause is in3t,or that certain conditions must be changed, or
that a certain course of action is necessary to secure peace are justice
in some par* of life for himself and others. Frequently this individual
must work alone o’, without much viseble supoort oecruse his friend0 and
associates xuck the1 courage to give outwore1 support to his if as, T o
crowfs cheer this type of lender on,usualy, and it is only aft; r the
battle is won that other- people who have benifited by this person’s
courageous action, r cr.ou ledge that his wisdom was good and no;;'they
too,try ^o shore in the public reclaim. Usualy those with sufficient
moral courage to do big things, are very tolerant of the shortcomings
of their friends, because they relire that courage is someth!" that
people either have or don’t have and that it is very difficult to
cultivate courage if oncV-nature is not adapted to it.
History records last as many persons of groat moral courage, as those
of great physical courage, most of our great founders of r'ligeous
and political movements have been of this type often suffering brutal
treatment from the hands of those in authority at the time, v o were
motivated by selfishness, or a horror cf any change because o?<their
conservative ' or reactionary nature, however when the eood idt-: ’s cf the
new leaders were advertised and understood by a large and sub tantiul
numb ;r,then th: new loader was acclaimed,and the persecutions, corse.
The path of the man with moral courage is seldom straight and there are
many dis'appointments and sometimes it even leads to death or m'.itardymf
ofton almost as bad as de^th itsself.
Physical courage is the mere common type seen, and it is far loss
difficult Tor most p ople, mili'ca.ry herons,heri5caand winners of sport
ing contests come in this class, often this class face death fearlessly
and it is soon over, quickly must they decide anc' untold risks r re in
their course, hut it still requires a lot of courage and the acclaim
usualy given them is '/ell d<served. Some people with great physics 1
courage are net too strong on moral courage however and as the result,
they some tires meet obstacles that require moral courage and try to
use pays3 cal courage to overcome them and usualy fail, becans ~ physical
courage dosorit always ^olve moral problems. People with great physical
courage sometimes try to bluff or intimidate those who disagree with
them, but this system can never solve problems of ri<_ht and wrong.