Licking Valley courier., 1922-11-09

Wales, from the States of this glorious American
Republic, from all the Islands of the sea, from
Wherever live the sons Of the glorious race that
speaks the language Shakespeare spake and
thinks the thoughts that Milton thought, and
dreams the dreams that Tennyson dreamt-of this
race which stands and has so long stood in the
foremost files of tlme'-in they came trooping
to the rescue Of ravished Belgium. of torn Serbia,
of bleeding France, of expiring democracy with
eyes front and Gods unseen hand on their
shoulders driving them forward in high emprize
to do or to die They proved in the cid land
and In the new lands that those had cruelty
sandered them who had said their religion was
the idolatrous worship of dollars, pounds, shill-
ings, and pence. They demonstrated, on tie con-
trary that they had not changed in character
courage heroism, or endurance from those Of
their ancestors who demanded liberty at Runny-
mede, or stood with the Black Prince at Crecy and
Poitiers or followed Richard of the lion heart
on the deserts Of Syria and over the hills of
Palestine, or summoned up their courage with
heroic Prince Hal at Harfieur and Agincourt, or
from those who fought and won religious liberty
with Drake and Howard as their shiIs met the
hosts OF the Spanish Armada and with the help
Of Gods winds sank II in the North Sea, while
their glorious queen, Great Elizabeth hurled
proud scorn at Philip and at Spain; or from those
wh0 under Havelock, bearing the white mans
burden under the heat and glare of an Enst
Indian sun, entered Lucknow to the martial
strains of The Campbes are coming and saved
Its wounded men and furnishing women and chill.
dren; from those who climbed with Wolfe the
Heights of Abraham and by his victory at Que
bee completed the dedication Of this continent TO
the English language, English literature, and Eng.
lsh law, making II today the most priceless Jewel
In the crown Of the races possession These bows
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from those who wrested our coasts and noun.
tans and valleys from savage men and vet more
savage nature, and made Of this continent the
broadcast domestic hearth on this earth around
which the sons and daughters OF the race cnn
now gather; worthily sprung from those who later
at Lexington fired the shot which was heard
around the world or with Washington starved
and died and endured and prevailed at Valley
Forge or, finally with him at Yorktown cnrried
to final victory the cause OF American and English
civil and political liberty inherited from their
ancestors across the sea and reasserted by them
here not only for themselves, but as Is now
clearly seen, for Engllshmen In England Itself
and in every English colony; worthy of thelI
fathers who won with Sherman and Grant OF
lost with Jackson and Lee, greatly falling with :
falling state and leaving fadeless names ant
unconquered renown for themselves and the
cause, Our boys, the descendants of Nll these
your boys and mine-proved the metal of the
pastures at ChOteau-Thierry, on the Somme. n
st. Mlhlel, and in the Argonne, and proved tha
they had in them the blood of all Of these. thel
glorious slres, and like them knew no count o
self when duty or country or liberty or jdstlc
or civilization called"
What is now the spirit Of Armlstice day 4
American This, at least, can be answered 1
part Its outward and visible sign" Is honor
the unknown Dead"
This is of course symbol for many thing
Read into It the things you and yours did {,
your country and you have at least part of l
y meanlng--lf you and yours did your best.
!, The spirit Of the day is In no small part
: glorlncation Of the "Fightlng Yank" But no /
/. stellgcnt lover Of peace need shrink from thI
To be ready to fight for his country is the crow
ing touch Of that service and sacrifice which
the foundation Of society and the salvation of n