resolutely set about putting the governmental departments in order for his successor. He took special pains that as little inconvenience as possible (and detriment to the country's interests) should be experienced in the transfer of power. How differently he might have acted but for his distinguishing patriotism! Washington once said: "It is of little consequence that my closing days be embittered if only the liberties of my country be conserved." (Text.)
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Patriotism, Early—See Loyalty.
Patriotism, Emblem of—See Memorials
of Patriotism.
PATRIOTISM, LACK OF
A significant punishment was administered
recently to a man in Hoboken, N. J., for an
act of disrespect to the Stars and Stripes.
He was returning from an entertainment
in the early morning hours, when he noticed
a large flag flying from a pole in a citizen's
yard. In a spirit of mischief he opened
his pocket-knife and cut the halyards and
the flag came fluttering to the ground. A
policeman saw it fall and promptly arrested
the man. When asked by the recorder before
whom he was arraigned why he had done
the mischief, he had nothing to say but
that he objected to see the flag flying at that
time in the morning. The recorder answered
that it was right to have that flag flying at
any time, and he would pass a sentence that
would teach the offender a lesson of respect.
He ordered him to climb the forty-foot pole
and replace the flag, and instructed two
policemen to see that it was done. The
news of the sentence attracted a crowd and
the man was jeered as he clumsily climbed
the pole and put the flag back. It is a curious
fact that the man who cut the flag down
was an American, but it was flying in the
yard of a Frenchman, and the arrest was
made by an Irish policeman, and the recorder
who pronounced sentence is said to be of
English descent.
Every one has a contempt for a man
who lowers the symbol of his nation's
honor. But it is too often forgotten
that dishonorable conduct and unprincipled
trickery do more to dishonor the
nation to which a man belongs than any
insult to his flag.
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Patriotism Scorned—See Memorials of Patriotism.
Patrons Cared for—See Deportment.
PATTERN, PERFECT
We must not look for truth from men and women whose souls are out of sympathy with truth. The trouble with us all as human beings is that none of our natural virtues are wholly sound and perfect. There is at least a little untruth in all our truth, a little jealousy even in our best praise, a little pride even in our piety, a little superciliousness in our forbearance. Jesus alone could properly claim to be a type for all human character.
In a bullet foundry the first anxiety does
not concern the bullets themselves. Of course
it is absolutely necessary that each one should
be perfectly spherical in shape. The essential
antecedent condition is a perfect mold.
If the bullet-mold is deformed, every bullet
will share its deformity. Therefore the first
need is to make the mold right, and then
every bullet will share its rectitude.
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PATTERN, THE DIVINE
"Tapestry Weavers," the poem by Dr. A. G. Chester, on page 535, has been translated into Japanese and published in the leading magazine of the country, which circulates over 50,000 copies, and the lines have also been printed in its English form upon large cards, which are distributed throughout the schools of Japan.
A returned missionary from China, who was recently introduced to Doctor Chester, remarked: "I am delighted to make the acquaintance of the author of 'The Tapestry Weavers,' a poem I have loved and admired and used by way of illustration for many years."
In connection with a fair lately held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, for the benefit of the Home for Crippled Children, a number of copies of the poem, printed upon tinted paper and bearing the author's autograph, sold readily and realized a handsome sum.
