The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-10-04

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4 Arrears must be paid
ARE YOU WORTHY TO RECEIVE
LETTERS LIKE THESE.
Better editorials than any other editor can write
are benp written by the young men who, for an ldeal
are giving their lives in France.
! want to quote to you one or two letters from an
article published in the Atlantic Monthly. me "l'el
were ali of them boys under twenty-one all OF them are
dead. ,, hoeo,o
the war; but transformed by the war into men OF soul ana
vision Men who could write letters like these:
From Alfred Eugene Cazalis, who gave up his life az
nineteen
More and more, in the face of all those who
have struggled and fallen, in the presence OF the
! mighty effort which has been made my thoughts
turn to the France of tomorroW-to the dNihe
/ France which is bound to be- l could not fight on
if did not hope for the birth OF that France SO
[ richly deserving that men would kill one another
{ to die for her sake.
) 1t is not for death would prepare myself, but
for life For life eternal doubt but for the more
+ immediate matter of earthly life as well. When
h. war is over and go home, must be a changed
: being l shall have no right to be as formerly
/ was-or the lesson will all have been in vain
{ Through the war mankind must be reborn, ana is
it not our duty to be reborn first OF all!
grave moment is at hand. There Is to be
+ bayonet charge If do not come back, one thing
only | ask: may the tiny flame of consecrated
forces which IN me deScenQ upon CEOSe WHoln
! loved and who loved me-upon all my comrades
in faith and in toll
few days later, side by side with his lieutenant il
= bayonet charge, he died
Jean Rival, nineteen years DID, wrote this letter to
young hnswoman:
l feel within me such an intensity of life such
need of loving and of being loved OF unfolding,
of admiring of drawing joyous breaths, that can
not believe that death will lay hands on me- And
yet know well that commanding section is dead
" perious. If death should be my lot,
count on you dear j. to console my parents.
You must tell them that died facing the enemy,
protecting France with my body, and that they did
not bring their son to his twentieth year in vain,
since they have given country one more de-
fender Tell them that my blood has not flowed
for nothing and that the countless tragic sacrifices
of individual lives will save the life of France.
And this, the day before he died:
Dear j: Tomorrow at dawn we shall charge
the German lines. The attack will probably finish
me. On the evening before this great day, which
may be my last remind you of your promise.
Keep up my mothers courage For week or
she will receive no news. Tell her that when
advance is at hand no soldier can write to his
loved ones; he must content himself with thinking
about them. And if time goes by and she hears
nothing of me- let her live in hope; keep up her
courage. Then, if you learn at last that have
fallen on the field of honor let your heart speak
those words that will bring her solace
This morning attended mass and took COM
munion some metres back from the trenches. If
| die, | shall die Christian and a French
God guard be to the very end. But if my blood
God guard me to the very end But if my blood
Lord.
pity the woman who read letter Ii
that without tightening of the throat stirring de
inside his or her spiritual self
Our own boys will be writing letters six months fro
We will find it difficult to recognize the write
Ss the same happy-go-lucky youngsters whom we knt
at home. War will have lifted them out of themselv