In the year 1793 when the French armies were laying siege to the Mediterranean fortress of Toulon, Napoleon built a battery in such an exposed position that the other officers said he would never get a soldier to man it. But Napoleon set up beside it a large sign with these words, "The Battery of Men without Fear." And he was never at a loss for volunteers to man it.

Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the one-time Head of State in China, was visiting America some decades ago and was invited to deliver the commencement address at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. She closed her remarks with this little verse:

Life is mostly froth and bubbles;
Only two things stand like stone:
Kindness in another’s troubles,
Courage in your own.

What quality do we most admire in another person? Certainly w…