Definitions Of Pluck

gome timo ago the London Tit-l'.us offered a príze of two guineas for the beet definition oí the word -Tlm-k." The definUion is: Figülting witli tlie s-.-abbard when thle srword is 1) roken. Tlie following are snme of tilo liest definitions sent in: Moral iHK-kbone. Silent endurante coupled with elieeríul energy. The power a man has to say "No" wüilen tóe know bis wlíe wants him to say ",Yes." TlK' 1)v írom whi'-h are sliot the arrows ot' tueroiem. Tlne qvmlity oí mind in our soldiere generally pewarded witíi a tree ward in the woirkhouee. Pluek i tüi'at spirit in a man wliicli fail.s to onderstand tliie roeaning of despair. Fearlessly free trono fo-olhardiness. Tiu' ("hivalr.y of Xature'.s Knight íiood. That whioh enables oaie when flghtíiik against adverse circumstances and knocked down, to rise a.nd try another round. The heart of a lio.ii in the body of a man. The best reuwdy of dispair. The floree whieh converts an ordinary man lnto a. hero. Hoiiest daring witbxwt caring. An Iroo tonic for invigorating tli ne r ves. Tlie alísense oí fear in the presonce of danger. Uritannia mettle. Tlu'.Ktuff that héroes are made of. The coua-age to do the riglit thing at the riglit moiment. Irrepressible Htomtiieartednegs. The inOontitable '-I will" before which the ínountains of fear become moleinilln. Tlwit which keepa a man up when 'he's down. The pulse oif enterprise. The oftspring of courage and the mother of Kii.tr.". Moral grit. Bot t led ■ciiergy, oeiie(l by the oorkscrew oí emerjsemcy. The spur wtoteh drives the stecd of resolution tlwoiiffh the battle of life. That quality of mind whieh, while not minimizing a diíficulty or dÁnger, unflindlilngly and rewolutely meets it. The p:rit that despides all odds alik. The resohitiOTi to conquer diffkulty. ar to die fiifhtinK. The oouraR-e wbich lives when hope is deal. Tlie n.up])lanter oí "can't do it."' A dieregard oí odds. Tlie inutant response of the soul to the cali of duty. Ooncentrated essence of "I wlll." Nerve in einei'K'noies. The maister oí fear. Tlint qnality of mind which makes a man like an Indiaru.bber ball: the harder toe i hit with tronbles, the better he sprlngs p with ftreater deternvinatioii to conquer. The stieam wlilch ena'bles the human engine tio get through the tunnel of (Hfflctfltiee. Tlie clay froin which héroes are modelled. Swear oft - Parrots. Flyiing viits- Bats. Perfect terrorw - Ghtosts. W'hat all re-lie on - Bds. A fa-miily affair- The vault. SoTneth'iniK ïor all time - Blocks. All an the sturface- Water lillies. Belteve, im tibelr rites- HírIi ehurcb men. Do luiiness on a small gcale- Druggiwt. Hias bookkepers, but keeps the Iedícw- (ï. W. ChlDftl.