FOREWORD
WHEN Joan of Arc crowned her King at Rheims, she became immortal. When Lafayette risked his all to help the struggling Americans, he wrote his memory forever across a mighty continent. The shepherd boy David in five minutes achieved with his sling a place in history for all time. These three shining names represent the triumph of youth and idealism, and we would not speak of them with such reverence today had their motives been less pure or had they ever for an instant thought of themselves or their place in history. So it was with Lindbergh, and all the praise awarded him, judged by the rigid standards of history and precedent, he has merited. He was the
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