The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
Chips o. Life
Bits Of knowledge Gathered by Experience on
Journeys Along Lies River Of Time
By III Trssasm
By III Truss,'s
The Lesson of the War

The o the War
Peace returned to the it's people,
human but there thing do not want to
confuse with peace
The war has not ended The muderous
ceased the has left the hearts of mill
peoples will their and mend
in all this
means-but the war has not ended
end-or should In the hearts and minds of
be fought and continually long
life e the anguish sacrifice daring bravery noble
SERVICE all such will have been vain
It not for nothing that humanity pain
gigantic There the earth but has been
touch In this fact lies the deepest sig
the for touched and influenced all humanity
human being who should not take deep and lasting
from it.
It has not been for nations alone No group people
profit experience unless each individual holds his life the
behind These truths these lessons
undoubtedly there hem and each should be
diligently sought and earnestly learned.
But there should fail take their hearts
and lives keep there for by its humanity
proach the visions that deals have had
This highest this truth of the lies
that fought neither the motives that
individual national the that
have developed through the days
the Of this catastrophe for there
lies great e need
What the That will be mooable question that all
future will cherish Never will and puzzle the
minds of men.
highght correspondent ngeniouy
death of Gagged bird the home the the arch
duke Francis Ferdinand and his wife!
More dreadful aamies happenings incidents
than this have had their beginnings trivial things
than death of Bird and perhaps this correspondent
ingenious al we'll ingenious
But that of the theories facts WILL advanced
the of the Others will be lacking Every phase
human thought and action from politics and religion ambition and
passion will be shaped until they have the
There be fact and truth made but the
fact the absolute truth is that this with all its fright
full was because and nations ignored
the experience furnished humanity by the
Of all the sadness that have known,
Witnessed there addest ac the persistent of the
stored the histories of the world Therein lies the
the individual well the should learn the
Experience shows that founded the predominant
soldiers and long Where Babyonia
Persia Egypt PArthia mighty Rome Spain
the hopes of French of but
ago. Nothing of any such hope o ife
Our nations continued and the
and equality that endure.
be said. then, king government
eratey launched this had
have given humanity?
Nor entirely
The responsibility shoudered
ton however convenient that be- All united ndvdu-
ally have ignored the experience of which speak,
History shows that when building
of their first and chief
sale forth into the world ugae
people.
fact 9 indispuable and inevitable.
Yet Prussia devoted and perfectng
machine with which
Again. possible that this had
the deocra enlightened the earth
perence the have given us
The obvoust
what would
There could have been
the affairs of the world according the wisdom held
experiences
But overtaken by suffering despair
faith
the fair land
To all outward the oahsome tender
beautiful reigns in it's stead.
But the day when this in hearts
of men Day by day. hour lives
Only the lesson of experience find place
ves and this has lmmovab the
in vain
Experienced! That the alive to the
recorded
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