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cause of the Allies was the cause of humanity, the cause of humanity
was the cause of Christ. He would have had the marching hymn of the
Americans "Onward, Christian Soldiers." His Master was not a shrinking
idealist, but a prophet unafraid. "Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto
thee, Bethsaida! . . . It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
in the day of Judgment than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art
exalted unto Heaven, shall be brought down to hell . . ."
"I am too old to go myself," the old man had said, "but I have sent my
sons. In the face of the world's need, no man has a right to hold
another back. Personal considerations which might once have seemed
sufficient must now be set aside. Things are at stake which involve
not only the honor of a nation but the honor of the individual. To
call a man a coward in the old days was to challenge his physical
courage. To know him as a slacker in these modern times is to doubt
the quality of his mind and spirit. 'I pray thee have me excused' is
the word of one lost to the high meanings of justice--of love and
loyalty and liberty--"
Stirring words.
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