It is an automatic safety-first device.
It has saved more women than all the knights of chivalry.
It has kept millions or young men from going over the Niagara Falls of drunkenness, profligality, and passion.
It is the updrawn portcullis and barred gate of the castle of self-respect.
It is the dragon that guards beauty’s tower.
It is the high fence that preserves the innocence of the innocent.
It is the thick wall of the home, keeping the father from folly, the mother from indiscretion, the boys from ruin, and the girls from shame.
It is the one word you can always say when you can’t think of anything else.
It is the one answer that needs no explanation.
The mule is the surest footed and most dependable of all domestic animals. No is the mule-power of the soul.