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Show "We shall neqd clothes for our bodies and weapons for our hands. We shall need terribly and without inihire supplies .and equipment in a stream that is constant and never-ending. never-ending. From you, who are our re-sour:: re-sour:: r.l reliance, who are the hear'. .:1 '-ope of that humanity for vhic: o smite and strive, must ome tl.o-e things." This a. peal strikes home. It says overy thing; it leaves nothing unsaid. It appeals to one's conscience, and hat after all must be the determining determini-ng factor in defining" every citizen's duty. And if we will only heed the all of our conscience we need hold .o fears for the future. Just now, jur chief business is to buy bonds, and as one writer aptly puts it, "only 'y buying Liberty bonds can we be-ong be-ong to the grand army that is to ve the world for the common peo-le peo-le from the Superman who claims Vlmight God for his valet." Goodwin's Good-win's .Weekly. A SOLDIER'S APPEAL Those who have yet to buy a Liberty Lib-erty bond should read this stirring, straightforward appeal from an American in uniform, . who simply iiyles himself "Citizen Soldier No. 258." It ought to -awaken a generous gener-ous response from even the most old-hearted citizen: "They say, who have come bac' "rora Over There, that at night the roubled earth between the lines is carpeted with pain. They say that Death rides whistling in every wind, and that the very mists are charged with torment. 'They say that of all things spent and squandered there young human life is held least dear. ''It is not the pleasant prospect or those of us who yet can feel ipon our lips the pressure of our mother's good-bye kiss. But, please God, our love of life la not so prized as" love of right. In this renaissance of our country's valor. we who will fcdse the'wedge of her assault make ':aliu acceptance of its hazards. For us, the stool swept trench, the stif-"ening stif-"ening cold weariness, hardship, verse. For you, for whom we go, ? on. millions safo at home what for you? |