THE BLOOD OF THE NATION. 



IN PEACE. 



" Over trench and clod 

 Where we left the bravest of us. 

 There's a deeper green of the sod." 



H. H. Brownell. 



In this paper I shall set forth two 

 propositions : the one self-evident ; the 

 other not apparent at first sight, but 

 equally demonstrable. The blood of a 

 nation determines its history. This is 

 the first proposition. The second is, 

 The history of a nation determines 

 its blood. As for the first, no one 

 doubts that the character of men con- 

 trols their deeds. In the long run 

 and with masses of mankind this must 

 be true, however great the emphasis 



