Fortitude

In November, 1915, the papers told of the death, at Saranac Lake, New York, of Dr. Edward L. Trudeau, who was not different from many another young man until after his physician told him he must die of tuberculosis. But he did not lose courage. He went to the Adirondack wilderness, not because he thought the air would help him, but because he longed for the joy of the out-of-doors life. The air and the exposure were what he needed. As he began to recover his strength he thought of other sufferers whom he might help. During the next forty years he became one of the worlds leaders in investigations as to the causes and cure of tuberculosis, and he succeeded in building up a great sanitariums for sufferers from the disease, from which thousands have gone with new hope, the first of hundreds of similar institutions, whose builders took their inspiration from him. The secret of his success was optimism, which with him was another name for faith in God. Because of his faith he was able to work with joy, in spite of the slow but steady progress of his desease.

John T. Faris