"He's true to God who's true to man; wherever wrong is done,
To the humblest and the weakest, 'neath the all-beholding sun,
That wrong is done to us; and they are slaves most base,
Whose love of right is for themselves, and not for all their race."
De Tocqueville, years ago, reproached his own nation with being willing to fight only for its own liberty, while to the Anglo-Saxon the liberty of his neighbor was also dear. Since then, France has developed. To her, also, is the liberty of her neighbor dear. May it ever be so to us!
Perhaps the whole content of this little volume is gathered up in Edwin Markham's splendid lines:
"What do we need to keep the nation whole,—
To guard the pillars of the state? We need
The fine audacities of honest deed;
The homely old integrities of soul;
The swift temerities that take the part
Of outcast right—the wisdom of the heart;
Brave hopes that Mammon never can detain,
Nor sully with his gainless clutch for gain.
"We need the Cromwell fire to make us feel
The common burden and the public trust
To be a thing as sacred and august
As the white vigil where the angels kneel.
We need the faith to go a path untrod,
The power to be alone and vote with God."
THE END
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GO, GET 'EM!
By William A. Wellman Maréchal des Logis of Escadrille N. 87 The True Adventures of an American Aviator ofthe Lafayette Flying Corps who was the OnlyYankee Flyer Fighting over General Pershing'sBoys of the Rainbow Division in Lorraine whenthey first "Went Over the Top." Cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated, $1.50 When a young Yankee athlete makes up his mind toplay a part in the most thrilling game which the worldhas ever witnessed—war in mid air—the result is certainto produce a heart-thrilling story. Many such tales are being told to-day, but few, ifany, can hope to approach that lived and now writtenby Sergeant "Billy" Wellman, for he engaged in someof the most amazing air battles imaginable, during thecourse of which he sent tumbling to destruction sevenBoche machines—achievements which won for him thecoveted Croix de Guerre with two palms. Maréchal Wellman was the only American in the airover General Pershing's famous "Rainbow Division"when the Yankee troops made their historic first over-the-topattack on the Hun, and during that battle hewas in command of the lowest platoon of French fightingplanes and personally disposed of two of theenemy's attacking aircraft. His experience included far more than fighting abovethe firmament. He was in Paris and Nancy duringfour distinct night bombing raids by the Boche andparticipated in rescues made necessary thereby; he,with a comrade, chased two hostile machines far intoGermany and shot up their aviation field; he was lostin a blizzard on Christmas Day; he was in intimatetouch with the men and officers of the Rainbow Division,and was finally shot down by anti-aircraft gunsfrom a height of 5300 metres, escaping death by amiracle, but so seriously wounded that his honorabledischarge followed immediately. Sergeant Wellman's story is unquestionably the mostunusual and illuminating yet told in print. | ||
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