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(Continued from Page 6) pounds, and was a magnificent athlete. Many stories were told of his prowess, perhaps the best known being his reputed ability to throw a silver dollar across the Potomac River. He was a very human fellow, loved dancing, cards, billiards, horse racing, and many other social diversions. His father married twice, and George was the first son of the second marriage. When he married, he married a widow.

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Thomas Jefferson said of Washington: "He was liberal in whatever promised utility; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all unworthy calls on his charity." Jefferson likewise said of him: "George Wash, ington set the example of voluntary retirement after eight years. I shall follow it. And a few more precedents will oppose the obstacle of habit to anyone who, after a while, shall endeavor to extend his term."

And here is a remark ;"J;*rngton, himself, made, that is rather pertinent, "Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike for another, cause those whom they actuate to.see danger only on one side, and serve to veil, and even second, the arts of influence on the other." flowever, I imagine that even the calm Washington would be "agin" Messrs. Stalin and Hitler, were he here today.

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Truly George Washington, Father of His Country, was a leader in the list-

"Of those immortal dead who live again, In minds made better by their presence." ***

Two weeks ago in this column I boasted that the famous British historian H. G. Wells had named Abraham Lincoln in his list of the six greatest men that ever lived. I failed to name the other five of Mr. Wells' selection. Very promptly many friends have wanted to know. One guy accused me of holding back the list, just as the publishers of serial adventure stories always terminate the installment at critical moments. Fact is, f was so interested in boiling down a story about Lincoln that I entirely forgot to mention Mr. Wells' other five. They were Jesus, Buddha, Aristotle, Roger Bacon, and Asoka. {<**

I know that brings on more talk, because while most normal readers will be well posted on the first three, the average man will ask "Why Roger Bacon, and who on earth was Asoka?" I'll answer those questions in that order. Roger Bacon was an Englishman in no wise related to that other Bacon, Sir Francis, who carne several hundred years later. Roger lived from l2t4 to 1294. Read up on him. He was SOME guy; sort of a prophetic scientist who had a genius for seeing into the future of the scientific world. He was one of the world's most original thinkers, yet only in the last few decades has his greatness been recognized. That Wells puts him on his list in place of all other scientists, shows how great he was. He did not DO a great deal; but his thoughts roamed centuries ahead, and pointed out the great things to come. He taught that the world was round; he constructed a telescope; he understood gun powder and the magnetic needle; he predicted horseless vehicles that would travel at high speed over the earth; he predicted flying machines, powerdriven ships, and was farther ahead of his time in his thinking than any other man that ever lived with the possible exception of another on Wells' group, Aristotle. Bacon was surrounded by bigots and barbarians, and because they could not understand his mighty thinking the Franciscans imprisoned him for many years, and he died shortly after being released from prison. His end proved, as did that of many others, that it does not pay to be a wise man in a world of fools. ***

Now, who was Asoka? Six hundreds years before Christ, Buddha, born a prince in India, founded the religion called Buddhism, which, with its various branches, covers fndia, Arabia, Persia, Turkestan, Tibet, China, Japan, Mongolia, etc. You could lose all the Christians in the world in the hordes of the followers of Buddha, and have a job finding them, so greatly would they be out-numbered. Well, Buddha was the founder of the religion. But, like Christianity, it required a great salesman. What Paul was to early Christianity, Asoka was to early Buddhism. He was the Emperor of India. He was the greatest and mightiest monarch of his time. With sword and force he conquered all India and brought it under his heel. Then he became converted to the gentle beliefs of Buddha, and he became a great evangelist, preaching, teaching, and practicing the Brotherhood of Man. FIe conquered India all over again, the second time with kindness, helpfulness, and brotherly love. He became horrified at war, and banished it from the world he ruled. So skillfully did he handle his new weapons of brotherly love that when he died he left behind a reputation close to the sublime. History says he handled his total power more beneficently than any other ruler that ever lived. There seemed no guile, no hypocrisy in his later life. So thoroughly did he demonstrate that he loved his fellow man, that there were no scoffers. Even the great Roman, Marcus Aurelius, pales beside Asoka. Such is a brief history of Asoka, the gentlest, kindliest, most loving man who ever held mighty TEMPORAL power. And that is why Wells saw fit to list him with the others.

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