Trench and camp., 1919-01-23
PATRIOTISM

Aver, Mass.
"BreotJsss there the man lWth so~l so
dead zUho mevey to himself hath said.
This is my o1Us, my ndtiye IdndT
We all love the land of our birth.
That is natural. And it is right. To
Americans the great Republic of the
West stands for the loftiest motives
and actions among the affairs OF men.
The names of Washington, Lincoln
and all the old pioneers of new world
freedom, mean something more even
than the names of heroes.
The Statue of Liberty, in its calm,
majestic silence, seems to have mys-
tic life too deep and real for express
sion in sound or words. It i3 SYM
boil of something really grand to ev-
cry true American heart, reflection,
let us say, of those inspiring senti-
ments, which have actuated the noble
soldiers of humanity to carve out OF
the rough mountain stone, OF rugged
intelligence and powerful purposes,
new country dedicated to the high
ideals of responsible self-goverAment
and personal liberty.
Love of country is carried with US
all, through life, to age, and abides
with us in the most solemn moments
of our journey upon earth, and the
whisperings of genuine patriotism
are borne across the seas to those far
from home. It is song, heard above
the thunder of the guns or the roar
ing of the Atlantic gale.
To love ones country truly is to
love the world of which that country
is daughter, bound to all mankind
by ties Of blood and culture which 90
back into the mists of the past, which
make the highest and keenest patriot
ism and love of country but coun-
terpart and exemplification OF world
citizenship embracing the sons Of all
lands wherein mankind may leave the
by-paths of racial pride and national
jealousy, to set foot on the high and
breezy pathway Of heroic endeavor.
The bonds which held the thoughts
and actions of men and nations In
the narrow grooves of narrow patrf-
otism have been severed by the hands
of heroes-heroes from the East
and the West-from the North and
from the South. The world stands
before its new day of opportunity
with a fuller comprehension, let as
hope. Of the brotherly love which the
Great Soldier lived and died to bring.
Love of home and country is some
thing almost sacred in its universal
manifestation. In its true interpre-
tation it Is love which does not re-
uuire for it's expression the hatred
and distrust of other peoples, or dis
regard for their nation and aspira-
tions. There are to-day interests and
principles in the modern world above
all national and racial feeling, the
principles of humanity" When these
are disregarded the composite whole
Is the loser and sufferer. When tha
equilibrium of world peace is OYER
thrown in the grasp for world do
minion, then the eternal laws of right
and truth are thrust aside in the fam
lily of man.
Can we not hope that in the dawn
ing light Of this morning of peace
that the citizens Of America will lead
the way to the goal of the higher aud
the true patriotism-as they have
been in the vanguard in the mighty
labors OF the years of struggle?
How grand will it be for US all to
stand in the concert of the free, in
the company of the sublime heroes
who have lived and labored for their
fellow men, and preserved for gener-
ations yet unborn the gem OF the
higher life, the left which leads ON
men and nations to the promised land
wherein justice ana peace find the
highest consummation they can know
upon earth.
BY each bringing honor to the
cause OF right, we shall hasten that
day, and humanity's heart will be
warmed by the embrace of brothers.