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ABOUT PEOPLE.

Through loyalty shall we never feel that truth has been lessened by our cowardice, for having established its convictions, upon carefully examined premises, they have become data of assured action. Loyalty never shrinks from its own statement; it feels its truth is the only truth worth living for, but it does not rush towards instant fulfilment, for, while believing, it is willing to work and wait quietly. Loyalty stands by the falling friend, while liberality understands why he falls. Loyalty takes Recognition for its motto, clings fast and sees wide. Because it is the reverent worship and advancement of the true, it feels deference towards others' reverence; yet


"It yields no step in the awful race, No blow in the fearful fight;"


and still,


"The hidden river runs, It quickens all the ages down, It binds the sires to sons."


The river of human sympathy, of liberality.

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