From the drawing by the eminent French artist, Iyiicien Jonas 



THE RAMPART OF VERDUN 



Those who held the pass at Thermopylae; the Old Guard, which died but never surren- 

 dered; Horatius and his comrades at the bridge — the deeds of these and of many other heroes 

 of the past quicken the pulse of youth. First among the immortals of history now stand 

 the defenders of Verdun, who said : "They shall not pass." 



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