Tárogató, 1941-1942 (4. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1941-0 -01 / 3. szám
14 TÁROGATÓ soul? Or what, shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Britain made her choice and kept her soul whatever it may cost her. And while the soul lives courage lives. And that is the world’s hope in this dark hour of tragedy. Looking across the Atlantic to that little Island set in Europe’s western sea, and witnessing the spirit of a reawakened people, one can say with Rupert Brooke— “Honour has come back, as a king to earth, And paid his subjects with a royal wage; And nobleness walks in our ways again; And we have come into our heritage.” —Halifax Chronicle. Man Goes On When Knowledge has pierced through the wastes chaining earth together and sea, And the bars of today are lost in the union of all that shall be, And the Brotherhood that He loved is more than a saintly thought, And the wars and the strife which we mourn are lost in the Peace He taught, And then slow as the tide which flows on, though each wave may seem to recede, Man advances again and again to the Rock of a higher creed. —William Morris Five Hundred Years Ago All nations have done wrong in their time, no doubt, but we like to remember that even when our Henry of Agincourt was riding to his lawless conquests five hundred years ago the English spirit was at work. The regulations under which that campaign was conducted are still preserved, and in them it is sternly stated that any man of the king’s army who molested priest, woman, child, or other non-combatant, or even committed robbery, should be put to death. The rule was strictly enforced from the beginning to the end of the war. What a contrast to the murderous Nazi policy in Poland, Norway, Denmark, Rumania, the Netherlands, and the others! — The Children’s Newspaper. More For Drink Than For The Navy Canadians still spend $200,000,000 a year for liquor. The Vancouver Sun said editorially in April: “These figures do not make sense. If we could cut our drink bill in half we would have $100,000,000 more for the war— the price of 1,000 big bombers, the price of 200 corvettes, more than half the price of an entire armored division. Yet twice this sum of money is used for drink—more for drink than for our navy.” IDEALS By James Allen As you think, you travel; and as you love, you attract. You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. You cannot escape the result of your thoughts, but you can endure and learn, can accept and be glad. You will realize the vision (not the idle wish), of your heart, be it base or beautiful, or a mixture of both, for you will always gravitate toward that which you, secretly, most love. Into your hands will be placed the exact result of your thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no more, no less. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. Knowing One’s Community The ancients insisted that a man ought to know himself, and this is usually a lifetime job. But today there has dawned upon mankind the fact that, while the proper study of mankind is man, yet this must not be allowed to become merely a study of oneself. The study of the neighbourhood in which we live is of exceptional importance in modern days. A man’s duty is never fully discharged when he has taken proper care of himself. He owes to his community to take
