In War 



" I've heard the lilting at each ewe-milking, 

 Lassies a-lilting before the dawn of day. 

 But now they are moaning on ilka green loan- 

 ing, 

 For the " Flower of the Forest" is a' wed 

 away." 



Ruskin once said that " war is the 

 foundation of all high virtues and fac- 

 ulties of men." As well might the 

 maker of phrases say that fire is the 

 builder of the forest, for only in the 

 flame of destruction do we realize 

 the warmth and strength that lie in 

 the heart of oak. Another writer, 

 Hardwiek, declares that "war is es- 

 sential to the life of a nation ; war 

 strengthens a nation morally, mentally 

 and physically." Such statements as 

 these set all history at defiance. War 

 can only waste and corrupt. " All 

 war is bad," says Benjamin Franklin, 

 " some only worse than others." u War 

 has its origin in the evil passions of 

 men/' and even when unavoidable or 



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