After all, what does size matter—except the size of the 15
heart and of the soul?
The great Mississippi, the mystic Amazon, the majestic
Hudson, the wide Danube—all mighty in power and commerce!
The Yser, the Aisne, the Oise, the Somme, the Marne—little 20
streams of France; old brooks as precious as Thermopylæ
or Bunker Hill!
Tiny are they—and so was Bethlehem!
—Red Cross Magazine.
1. What three rivers are discussed? For what does each stand?
2. Explain the French schoolgirl's letter. Which party, to her, represented justice?
3. What great general is called the "Hero of the Marne"? Why?
4. Why are Thermopylæ and Bunker Hill "previous"? Name some other "precious" places in the world.