But still
he never departed from the loftiest ideals. On any question
involving righteousness or freedom you would as soon have
had doubt of George Washington's position as of his. He had
no duplicity, no indirection, no diplomacy. He was frank,
plain-spoken, simple-hearted. He had no faculty for swimming
under water.
His armor was his honest thought
And simple truth his utmost skill.
The Apostle's counsel to his young disciple will serve for
a lifelike portraiture of Justin Morrill:
"Be sober-minded:
"Speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
"In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works:
in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity;
"Sound speech that can not be condemned; that he that is
of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing
to say of you."
If you wish to sum up the quality of Justin Morrill in a
single word, mind, body, and soul, that word would be Health.
He was thoroughly healthy, through and through, to the center
of his brain, to his heart's core. Like all healthy souls,
he was full of good cheer and sunshine, full of hope for the
future, full of pleasant memories of the past.
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