Posted on 10/11/2001 9:10:10 PM PDT by Pokey78
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:03:47 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
From the ashes of Sept. 11 arise the manly virtues.
A few weeks ago I wrote a column called "God Is Back," about how, within a day of the events of Sept. 11, my city was awash in religious imagery--prayer cards, statues of saints. It all culminated, in a way, in the discovery of the steel-girder cross that emerged last week from the wreckage--unbent, unbroken, unmelted, perfectly proportioned and duly blessed by a Catholic friar on the request of the rescue workers, who seemed to see meaning in the cross's existence. So do I.
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I embarrassed a nice man who was attempting to help a lady. I wasn't lady enough to let him. I bet he never offered to help a lady again.
Don’t worry, Peggy – If he was a real man, he just thought you rude and gave you no further thought. And he never stopped being a gentleman because of you.
He’d probably be very happy to learn that you got better, though.
THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN; FROM AMERICA'S GREATEST MAN:
"The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman. The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly-the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it when the case admits it, will show the gentleman in a plain light. The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others." --Robert E. Lee
They get in girly arguments with women, they cry like women, and they demand "sensitivity." New York used to be their breeding ground, I know because I saw it when I was there.
You were just going to the wrong bars. Try any of the dirty old saloons in Hell’s Kitchen next time. (Don’t wear a suit.)
We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
- Robert E. Lee
P.S. If you care to read an extraordinary essay, and for all I know, it may have already been posted here, take the time to read her piece, "There Is No Time, There Will Be Time" republished in the WSJ a week or so ago. I first read it in Forbes ASAP three years ago and have never forgotten it. It is one of the most prescient and profound essays I have ever read.
It really bugs me when some buffoon is profaning a true lady as Peggy Noonan.
http://www.mediawhoresonline.com/noonan1.htm
A tip of your hat to those ladies is in order, gentlemen.
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