We may be sure then that Italy, plucky and staunch, will "carry on" through hardship to renewed prosperity. With the sympathetic assistance that is her due from the United States, there can be no question of the future. Italy's firmly booted leg will continue to kick its sturdy way down into the "warm waters" that Germany so desired; her fair domains will continue to enjoy that "place in the sun" that Prussia so imperiously demanded. With all her advantages of land and sea, Italy must "come through" and find plenty in the wake of peace.
W. D. Moffat
NEW YEAR GREETING
The Mentor receives friendly messages from its readers daily, and, at the turn of the New Year, many cordial greetings come in—for all of which thanks! full hearted and fervent thanks! These messages are a great encouragement and inspiration to us. With such endorsement of past accomplishment we look to the future with joyful confidence. The shortest, pithiest, and most expressive message that we have received came over the phone one morning not many days ago: "I like The Mentor because it is absolutely unique. The Mentor has a genius for making knowledge human." Think of it, making knowledge human! That is a new phrase, and it pleases us mightily. To many people, knowledge, while much desired and sought after, presents an imposing and awesome front. To many, knowledge means toilsome and tedious study. If The Mentor has succeeded in making the halls and chambers in the Temple of Knowledge bright, sunny, and attractive; if it has made the pathways in the fields of research alluring and easy to pursue—in brief, if, as our reader says, it has "made knowledge human,"—we shall feel that we have accomplished something well worth while.
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