The political parties will never be able to catch him with their worn-out phrases.  Politicians had better begin to remodel their speeches.  The iniquities of the other party will not do.  There must be a breaking-out of new roads—­old things have passed away!

The returned man will claim, above all things, honest dealing, and for this reason the tricky politicians who “put it over” in the pre-war days will not have so easy a time.  “Guff” will not be well received.  The leaders on the battle-field have been men who could look death in the face without flinching, so the political leaders at home must be men of heroism, who will travel the path of righteousness even though they see it leads by the way of the Cross!

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There is a hard road ahead of us, a hard, steep road of sacrifice, and in it we must as a nation travel, although our feet are heavy and our eyes are dim.  The war must be won; human liberty is worth the price—­whatever the price may be!

We do not travel as those who have no hope, for we know, though we cannot see it, that at the top of the mountain the sun is shining on a cleaner, fairer, better world.

THE END