THE SWAR.W 



mor.il force or gTeatness of .i people or 

 r.iee. w^e li.ive bu: one sT.ind.ird of meas- 

 urement — the diii'nity .md perm.mence of 

 their ide.il. .md the .ibneg'.ition wherewitli 

 the\" pursue it. H.ue we often encoun- 

 tered .m ide.i! more eonform.iWe to the 

 desires of th.e uni\^erse. more widely m.m- 

 itest. more disi;iterested or sublime : h.t\'e 

 we often. dis:o\ered .m .ibnegition more 

 complete .uid heroic ? 





Str:mi;'e little republic, th.it. for .ill its 

 locic .m.d i;T.U"ity. its m.itured conA'iction 

 .md prudence, still f.ills \-ictim to so \ust 

 .md prec.u-ious .1 dremi '. Who sh.ill tell 

 us. little people th.it are so profoundlv 

 in, e.irnest. th.it luive fed on tiie wimith 



