Show WHAT DID WE WIN synopsis ol 01 talk r fiade before the am american rican I 1 legion at Is by prof oreon orson htyan on november 11 lit 1 1919 ve we won the worlds greatest war that great conflagration coet cost the world of its real assets and of 0 its lt mort most efficient and productive man power godl what a 8 for it all what have we gained no territory no booty no slave slaves these we did not want these are but material values these were the objective of the lion in past put egee ages they haw have always always been the objective objectives of struggling humanity the value values for which we fought were en spiritual values we have won 1 I 1 a firs f kowm on oil a few fundamental p principle of lem dem that Is I 1 principle of govern meat ment of a free people and 2 a keen er lap appreciation 11 i the value ut of law and order we have learned 1 how to wage war undo unde retes necessity sity 2 how to lay down tem of peace and 3 say eign ign there 0 and now we have havo learned arned this and at the came timo time wo we have kept our own souls have we done this here ii 11 where we have t the deciding vote in 1013 the p president resident of c r great uni university hersity wrote a book in which is this sen sentence tencel the world will never witness another great waa human nature men meu always havo and always will fight to defend their the children anil and the mothers of those children the q lection of today is not one of gaining knowledge nr or courage but one of gaining wisdom and goodness there is danger of being outwitted and mis min led by the hun today we must face the fact that we are not only capable of going to war but that the race is capable of suicide who went to the fronta the crip pies the defectives the morally dof d proved t the yellow skinned kinn edt f the cow a ardal rdse the imbecile aT the d bauchert bauc hedt it if all had been killed who would have bee anthe fathers of the next genera god ie is making the american bit flod works through men it if the must be made he must bo be male by americans here is your challenge men of the american legion here is your that you will ria tito to the feea eunity ion lion I 1 have ha vu no doubt yours is the opportunity to mow a it swath rather than to make a scratch I 1 ike belgium you po posses an n biset which the kaiser ani aul h hie 0 kind cannot understand or even imogine imagine to be in existence community Demoe democracy racy the armis tice ties one year ago today started some sorn I 1 thing it sounded tp tops on autocracy it sail to autocrat lights out all zet quiet it said to democracy Avak bt artsel r at prepare for a new day the is the unit of democracy dem democracy can only be built out of comm unit ref no one I 1 in a democracy can pley by Lim himself self what then are the duties of the young men of the A neriman legion t hare you not already ner performed formed your duty you have hare gone through hell it self you have wil wi egly and cheer fully subjugated yourself to the Is and rigors of war you IM 1 ivo odia in your willingness willin gnesa to make the supreme not for terri tor I 1 booty nor slavca nor yet for for the me protection of your wives and children out ut for an am ideal the common good oy of all but nut your opportunity to servo hu manity bae has not ended it is scarcely eca reely the struggle you fou made the sacrifice you gave tho the victory you achieved gave birth to the rea real you american americana a now roan man who acts ulon uon new now plea pies who wito new nev ideas and haa has formed new opinions your glori ous ou return to ui u ie 13 into a com community 0 of f such new men and women acting upon new now principled entertaining BW now idene dens forming forming now opinion opinions your function in then hen to bf be in a 4 larger or lesser measure leaders le aders of this community of pioneers your ob jcck should be to help heip these new am to make a it new nation the america of the future this 1 in the tame which ie is laid upon you to make an america that shall nu be Q strong and yet gentle enterprising and yet modern enea energetic getic anil and yet me rene courageous and yet pacific cul and yet d democratic philan and cef ye indus arious and yet high minded religious and yet broad minded to make an america in which there shall be no master masters and no sycophants no cor or apt M pt politician politicians and no corrupting cap no men too rich to serve and none too poor to find service no libel era of their fellow men and no journal ests that confound gossip with news so af teacher teachers who da do not understand tand fe and how bow to minister min leter to it and no priest priests or pastors who do not know that the 0 only my way to ti erve serve oar our god ie is by service rendered to gods children |