Show ole dlo in the last ditch to die in the last ditch has become one of the commonplaces of proverbial philosophy tho the words were originally used by william of orange during the dutch war ot of independence when he was asked it if he ha did not see that the commonwealth was ruined 1 I shall never son sen the ruin of my country replied the tha prince stoutly 1 I shall die in the last ditch animated by such a spirit and led by such a leader it la Is not to be wondered that the tide soon turned and that the necessity for such heroic measures never arose |