To you from falling hands we throw
The Torch—be yours to hold it high!
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
—Col. John McCrae.
From the volume “In Flanders Fields,” copyright, 1919, by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Printed by permission.
CHAPTER I
THE RECKONING
Our Duty to the Soldier—Our Lasting Quarrel With the Foe—The Story of the Census—No More Traitors—Shutting the Gates Against the Huns—The New Patriotism for All Americans.
Vox populi, vox dei is a fine phrase. But fine phrases often half-state or mis-state facts for sake of the half-idea’s sound. Many popular conceptions are wide of the truth.