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There is no reason why any accident should occur. Daily in Europe millions of men handle firearms in the most deadly way. Yet by the use of a small amount of care, accidents--in the sense of self-inflicted casualties--are almost unknown. With the same reasonable care there will be no mishaps next week...
More probably the explanation of this ready appreciation of an unfamiliar tongue is in the nature of the subject and the lecturer. Bravery speaks in every language with but one speech. French of Paris may be to us unknown, but the French of the battlefield, of Verdun and Vimy Ridge, is a tongue we may all talk, and understand...
Other flags, sheltering and honoring other men, will follow that first flag, and Germany will see the Stars and Stripes flying at the forefront of armies. Yet some measure of sanctity must be accorded that pioneer banner, adventuring out on unknown fields against a people which we have never before held...
Tremendous things will happen within this century. What they will be we do not know. But we may hope from those events this free government will emerge splendid and great. History is being written, as history is generally written, unknown to the writers, although they may feel some deep stirring of the pen that records. Knowing that the past is dissevered from the future, our young men of imagination might well be exalted to lofty and far-reaching hopes for their nation...
Despite the familiar material utilized, the book is interesting and its story is coherently told. The plot centers on the attempts of the gallant and worldly-wise (and, as usual, much in debt) Captain Poildeau to find "The Beautiful Unknown," and gives in the running of its course opportunities for various characterizations in both serious and comedy fields. Charles Purcell as Captain Poildeau sings and acts in his usual manner; Miss Follies as "the daughter of the regiment" is dainty and sings prettily; and Miss Odell does an excellent bit of acting in the bazaar scene. Although the comedians--Messrs...