During one of the hill campaigns in India some years ago, a
British general was disgusted with the unsoldierlike attitude
of a young Indian rajah who accompanied the forces. He would
only condescend to ride, and never attempted to share the toils
and labors of the march. One day the general decided to give
him a much-needed lesson. Riding with him on a very hot day,
he pointed out some soldiers on ahead pushing a gun up a long
white road. “Do you see those men?” he asked the Indian rajah.
“Yes, I see them.” “Well, one of them is the grandson of your
Empress!” It was gallant Prince Christian Victor who delighted
to share the burden, and who laid down his life later on in the
South African War. The young rajah took the lesson to heart.
Queen Victoria’s grandson thought it not undignified to help his
brother soldiers in the weary labors of the march; henceforward,
he, too, would help to “bear one another’s burdens.” (Text.)
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The ancient Romans were accustomed to place in the vestibules of
their houses the busts of their great men, that the young might
be reminded of their noble deeds and illustrious virtues.