Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1878 — Essay on Virtue. [ARTICLE]

Essay on Virtue.

One of the speakers at the late Oberlin Commencement related a little incident which he said had been more useful to him than many profound lessons in moral philosophy. In one of the schools which,, when a student, he taught during the winter vacation, an ungainly but stalwart youth refused for weeks to comply with the rule of the school requiring him to write compositions. It was impossible to excuse him, of course; and, as he was larger and stronger than the teacher, a contest seemed near at hand. Fortunately, however, the stubborn scholar concluded to obey the law, and produced a large sheet of foolscap containing the following thoughtful production: “ About Virtue.—Virtue is a good thing to-get a liolt of. Whenever a fellow gets a holt of virtue, he better keep a holt a sentiment worthy of daily remembrance.