"But, Tor the moment, those are entirely secondary considerations. 
All out efforts are strained for one end, one sacred end?- the safety 
of the fatherland. Later on we shall have the tine to estimate our 
loss, and to mourn out dead. All thowe whom age, sex, or ill-health 
hinders from going to the front are determined to make themselves use¬ 
ful for the common meal. I am employed os director in the management 
of s hospital. And here is >»her- I on writing this letter. ”v beloved 
daughter-in-law, who is a Doctor of Medicine, liVre mv. son. is ccenrol ed 
in the same hospital. She hns a ward of 100 beds, all occupied at this 
moment. And hor courage’, her devotion, and her untiring energy win 
the admiration of all". 
So much, it seems to the writer, is of interest to dl BryoloftistP. 
A great fellow worker, a man of rare scientific, and artistic, and lit¬ 
erary ability, and withal ofunusunl kindly end gentle disposition, is 
brought to ruin. This all through no fault whatsoever of himself add 
of hie fellow citizens. '-Then this bloody debacle shell Subside, when 
the needless destruction ordeal for stricken Belgium *nd France is over, 
' / 
I stand ready to rehabilitate my friend with the ha]f of my library dnd 
my collection,-— provided he still has the heart to moke another begin¬ 
ning of his scientific labors. And,— T wonder—, will other members 
of the ,Sulliv«nt does Society wish an opportunity to heln ’if, C*rd©t 
on hio feet!! 
subjoin another extract showing the consuming patriotism oft 
this our French fellow-worker, and of all hie countrymen. Tie r-vor- 
"No one in France, nor yet in England, doubts the final triumph 
of civilization ; over : prufecian militarism. But, at the cost of what 
ruin, of whei b@re»vjemente, will this victory bo bought,— this victory 
of right and .justice over barbarism. My dear friend, I assure you 
with most solemn vows that'not one person in Franc's wished the war. 
Many of us wer*e but toe eager to lend a willing ear to pacificist 
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