New Orleans, the capture of the city, and the opening of the
Mississippi River through its entire length was one of difficulty
unprecedented in the history of naval warfare."

Danger or death had no terror for the brave sailor. Before setting
out on his hazardous enterprise, he said: "If I die in the
attempt, it will only be what every officer has to expect. He who
dies in doing his duty to his country, and at peace with his God,
has played the drama of life to the best advantage."

The hero did not die. He fought and won the great battle, and thus
executed the command laid upon him,--"the certain capture of the
city of New Orleans." The victory was accomplished with the loss
of but one ship, and 184 men killed and wounded,--"a feat in naval
warfare," says his son and biographer, "which has no precedent,
and which is still without a parallel, except the one furnished by
Farragut himself, two years later, at Mobile."





HE AIMED HIGH AND HIT THE MARK

"Without vision the people perish"


Without a high ideal an individual never climbs. Keep your eyes on
the mountain top, and, though you may stumble and fall many times
in the ascent, though great bowlders, dense forests, and roaring