The Days of a Man 1917 



"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own 

 mind." 1 



The die once cast, our nation became a unit in the 

 effort to bring world order through victory, and, as 

 already implied, the friends of peace fell back on the 

 second line of defense, the protection of individual 

 freedom as guaranteed by the Constitution. But 

 Successive "military necessity ' : ' soon paralyzed that venerable 

 s document, and only the third line remained. This 

 was the effort to use war, after all, as an agency of 

 freedom and justice. History shows few records of 

 success in such attempts, but the great republic 

 might be able to write a new page. A way to this end 

 seemed to be blazed by the lofty words of Mr. Wilson, 

 who saw clearly what the outcome ought to be, even 

 though to secure it after four years of bloodshed 

 proved a task perhaps transcending human capacity. 



1 Emerson. 



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