Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1905 — The Art of Self Defense. [ARTICLE]

The Art of Self Defense.

A young man who came to hi 3 pastor©witli the inquiry: “If It would be unwise for hint to learn the manly art of .self-defense,” was somewhat surprised when the good man answered promptly that he considered such knowledge a most excellent thing, and that lie had himself acquired it in his youth, and had found it invaluable. “Indeed,” said the youn# man much interested. “And what system did you learn?” “Solomon's.” replied tie clergyman. And then seeing an expression of perplexity on the face of lii i companion, he added, “You will find li laid down in the first verse of the fifteenth chapter of Proverbs: ‘A soft answer turnV eth away wrath.’ It is Ike best system of self-defense of wMch I have ever heard.”