Republican farmer., 1918-06-14
JOAN OF ARC
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FRENCH celebrated yesterday the anniversary of the
 hero maid Joan of Arc the Maid of Orleans, the Maid Domremy The Maid of Orleans belongs to France but the and competes estimate of her belongs to America ana to Connecticut Among the hills of Reddng on one of the o te of them, stands the home of Mark TWaln, Tn which he died landmark in this part of the country It was Mark Twain gave the world after profound study the story of the maiden general who died at the stake many centuries ago.
 Twan language in the preface of his book Joan of Arc Is reproduced here in part to revive in the minds o Times readers appreciation of this wonderful girl soldier who freed people, when their hopes the lowest and their de- structon seemingly accomplished.
 The character of Joan of Arc is unique It can be ured the all times without misgvng appre hension to the result Judge by of them judged by all of them it still fawess is still ideally perfect it still occu- pies the oest place possible to human attainment lofher one than has been reached by any other mere mortal
 When reflec; ;s century the brutaest the wickedes the rottenest in history since the darkest lost in wonder at the miracle of such product from such soil.
 "She truthful when lying the speech of men, she honest when honesty become lost virtue she keeper of promises when the keeping of expected from she her great mind to great thoughts and great purposes when other great minds wasted themselves upon pretty fancies upon poor ambons she modest and fine and delicate when to be loud and might be said to be unversa she full of pity when cruelty the seadfas when stability unknown honorable age which had forgotten what honor was; she was a rock of conviction time believed in nothing and scofd at all things she unfang v true that false to the she maintained her personal dignity unimpared in age of Awnings and serv e she dauness when hope and had pershed in the hearts of her naon she poesy and body when society in the highest places foul in both-she all things when crime the business of lords and princes and when the highest ages in Chrsendom able to asonsh that infamous at the spectacle of their atrOcous lives black with imaginable treacheries, butcheres and bestalies."
 Such the maid brave, gentle wise and holy. She is model upon which the French soldier has founded him. self He is today the French fighting gentle he is courageous!
 to the veres concerning this maid they beyond doubt Her story is the only story of human life which to under oath the only which from the witness stand"
 the trial of 143l and of the mobilization 9 later the archives of France They tell the story of loans life
 As to loans standing general she victorious leading cowed and beaten people, She is in respects and perhaps in most the greatest of all generals.
 Said Louis Kossuth Consider this imposing distinction Since the writing of human history began Joan of Arc is the only person. who has held command of the m tary forces of a nation at the age of seventeen"
 The British and the French fight side by sde with Amer ca nternked bond of unity and friendship maid whom the French honor is honored by a shining vision the centuries that have passed splendid ideal for the gallant leaders of Allied Armies