Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1919 — DEEDS RATHER THAN WORDS [ARTICLE]

DEEDS RATHER THAN WORDS

Accomplishments, Even Though Great, Lose Much of .Their Merit When Made Subjects of Boast.

The habit of boasting Is not a sign of merit It is rather the reverse. A really brave man allows his deeds to speak for him, and they always will if they are groat and strong enough, remarks the Ohio State Journal. These are great days for boasting, for there is much to be proud of. We are proud of our country, of our sacrifices, of our privations, of our sorrows, but they are apt to lose their merit by our boasting about them. The testimony of a worthy deed is not expressed tn words but in a quiet and noble life. We hoard a man tell of a heroic deed in which he was the hero, but one wouldn’t know it from what he said, and yet somehow in his very tone and his praise for others one could easily see whoso was the honor of it There is one phase of boasting which is very distasteful, and that is the sort which makes ourselves the greatest people on earth. Of course we are, but wo don’t know it from what the boasters say; We only know it' by hearing of tiie acts of our heroes, who are apt not to mention it at aIL We learn of our own nobility by feeling it in our hearts and''not- b> ending it In the newspapers or hearing the orators tell it