The Great Crusade Extracts From Speeches Delivered During the War
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Unity — not sham unity, but real unity — is the only sure pathway to victory. The magnitude of the sacrifices made by the people of all the Al- lied countries ought to impel us to suppress all minor appeals in order to attain the common pur- pose of all this sacrifice. All personal, all sec- tional, considerations should be relentlessly sup- pressed. This is one of the greatest hours in the history of mankind. Let us not dishonour great- ness with pettiness. I have just returned from Italy, whe...re I saw your fine troops marching cheerily to face their ancient foes, marching past battlefields where men of their race once upon a time wrought deeds which now constitute part of the romance of this old world — Areola, Lodi, Marengo. We met the King of Italy on the battlefield of Solferino, and we there again saw French soldiers pass on to defend the freedom wliich their fathers helped to win with their blood. When I saw them in such 232 THE GREAT CRUSADE environment I thought that France has a greater gift for sacrificing herself for human liberty than any nation in the world.
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