The Unpopular History of the United States
democracy of ditch digging, this fraternalism of the firing line, has glorified the spirit of a rejuvenated France. Nobody believed that France could fight as she has done, fought at the first a dogged retreating, step by step — then forward with a rush and her old-time spirit. Observant men assert that the leveling of ranks has done it.
That's just the way our folks in the country like to feel about the public service and I want 'em to know. Believe me, I trust my folks — when they know.
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