THE QUEEN’S PRIZE!
The Conditions laid down by the Queen for the Prize given by Her Majesty to the Marine Boys are these:—
Cheerful Submission to Superiors; Self Respect and Independence of Character; Kindness and Protection to the Weak; Readiness to Forgive Offence; a Desire to Conciliate the Differences of others; and, above all, Fearless Devotion to Duty and Unflinching Truthfulness.
“Such principles, if evoked and started into action, would produce an almost perfect moral character IN EVERY CONDITION OF LIFE.”—Smiles.
SHAKESPEARE AND DUTY
“Come the corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them; nought shall make us rue,
IF ENGLAND TO HERSELF DO REST BUT TRUE.”
THE PIVOT OF DUTY—Sterling Honesty of purpose; without it Life is a Sham!
What Higher Duty can Man attain, than Conquest over Human Pain?