The Blood of the Nation 



Another cartoon shows the French 

 peasant of to-day, still at the plough. 

 On his back is an armed soldier who 

 should be at another plough, while on 

 the back of the soldier rides the second 

 burden of Shylock the money-lender, 

 more cruel and more heavy even than 

 the dainty marquis of the old regime. 

 So long as war remains, the burden of 

 France cannot be shifted. 



In the loss of war we count not 

 alone the man who falls or whose life 

 is tainted with disease. There is more 

 than one in the man's life. The bullet 

 that pierces his heart goes to the heart 

 of at least one other. For each soldier 

 has a sweetheart ; and the best of these 

 die, too, so far as the race is con- 

 cerned, if they remain single for his 

 sake. 



In the old Scottish ballad of the 

 "Flower of the Forest" this thought 

 is set forth : 



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