Be kind to all things, girls and boys.
"There's nothing so kingly as kindness
And nothing so royal as truth."
And watch carefully that you may not be a cruel girl or boy to any person or to any of God's creatures.
XVI
COWARDLINESS
If there is any one in the world that a boy or a girl admires, it is a hero. You are all hero-worshippers.
You know how big you feel if you ever get a chance to shake hands with a great man who had made a name for himself, and if he is a great national hero and he speaks to you, why you never forget it; and you blow about it to all your chums!
When the Prince of Wales was in Vancouver, a little girl presented a bouquet to him, and I fancy she felt so big that her dress-waist grew very tight as she swelled up.
When I was a little boy, I had a very learned and eloquent minister; and I used to watch him, and made up my mind to be just like him, and to wear a gray silk hat some day. He was my hero.
It is a fine thing to be a hero and to love a hero; and one of the things we all believe our heroes possess is bravery.