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Show L ... . . JGQi)iil3ll OUR VALLEYS OF DECISION By Louis Bromfield "This is a new kind of war, a war for which we have as yet been unable even to find a name. It marks a turning point in world history, the most enveloping and decisive turning point there has ever been, because for the first time in the world's history the entire world is involved and because be-cause the decision involves the whole future of civilization. "The future of civilization is a vague and tremendous and oratorical ora-torical phrase. Interpreted and broken down, it means the freedom free-dom of yourself and myself, whether whe-ther we shall be allowed to live in a decent fashion, enjoying liberty and prosperity and human dignity, involving the future of the very house we live in, the happiness and well-being of our children, the opportunities op-portunities of young people and all the comfort and security of the old. It affects how we shall worship wor-ship God, and how and whether we can live in decency with our neighbors. We can help, all of us, by fighting, by working, by keeping keep-ing our courage high. We can help, too, enormously, by lending to our-selves our-selves the money which is necessary neces-sary to win this .war, by testifying to our confidence in our own country, coun-try, our own battle. War Bonds and War Stamps are weapons exactly as tanks and guns are weapons. wea-pons. Buy now, not tomorrow or next day, but now to save what God gave us and what we have fought for since our country became be-came a nation BUY WAR BONDS." (U. S. Treasury Dept.) |