In War 



shell destroys the clown and hero alike, 

 and the machine gun mows down whole 

 ranks impartially. There is little play 

 for selection in modern war save what 

 is shown in the process of enlistment. 



America has grown strong with the 

 strength of peace, the spirit of democ- 

 racy. Her wars have been few. 

 Were it not for the mob spirit, they 

 would have been still fewer; but in 

 most of them she could not choose 

 but fight. Volunteer soldiers have 

 swelled her armies, men who went forth 

 of their own free will, knowing whither 

 they were going, believing their acts to 

 be right, and taking patiently whatever 

 the fates might hold in store. 



The feeling for the righteousness of 

 the cause, " with the flavor of religion 

 in it," says Charles Ferguson, "has 

 made the volunteer the mighty soldier 

 he has always been since the days of 

 Naseby and Marston Moor." Only 

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