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dier turned at once to the task of earning his own 

 livelihood. But he carried within him memories of 

 inestimable benefit to himself, and he bequeathed to 

 us who come after him the priceless heritage of his 

 example. From the major-general to the private in 

 the ranks each came back to civil life with the proud 

 consciousness of duty well done, and all with a feel 

 ing of community of interest which they could have 

 gained in no other way. Each knew what work was, 

 what danger was. Each came back with his own 

 power for labor -and endurance strengthened, and 

 yet with his sympathy for others quickened. From 

 that day to this the men who fought in the great war 

 have inevitably had in them a spirit to which appeal 

 for any lofty cause could be made with the confident 

 knowledge that there would be immediate and eager 

 response. In the breasts of the men who saw Ap- 

 pomattox there was no room for the growth of the 

 jealous, greedy, sullen envy which makes anarchy, 

 which has bred the red Commune. They had gone 

 down to the root of things, and knew how to judge 

 and value, each man his neighbor, whether that 

 neighbor was rich or poor, neither envying him 

 because of his wealth nor despising him because 

 of his poverty. 



The lesson taught by the great war could only be 

 imperfectly taught by any lesser war. Nevertheless, 

 not a little good has been done even by such strug- 



