THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE
'•(General,' said a stranger, 'don't you remember how you saved my life at the battle of the Wilderness ? '
The General at once became interested, and he called a <gjroup of comrades over to listen, saying : ' I saved this man's life once. How was it done, .-old comrade ? '
'It was, this way,' was the response. 'We were on a hill, and the enemy advanced steadily towards our entrenchments. A veritable hail of fire swept oiur position. Suddenly you turned '—here the auditors were aibsorbed and excited — ' and ran, and I ran after you. I tfaSnik if you hadn't shown the example, I would have been killed that day.'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 20, 21 May 1908, Page 37
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111THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 20, 21 May 1908, Page 37
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