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Show stiU Inclined to assume that because be-cause we have a primary material Interest as well as a strong moral belief in peace as a guarantor of freedom the interests and the morality mo-rality of others impel them along the same path. With a modesty which would be commendable under un-der other circumstances, many of us underestimate the Importance of America to civilization and the need for a national Insurance equivalent equiv-alent to all that we have at stake in the continued maintenance of peace. The Fourth of July is a valuable valu-able occasion, Indeed, If it carries our minds through the War of the Revolution, the Civil war and the wars or near-wars which we have had with Great Britain, France, Germany and Spain. It renews our present zest for liberty. May It remind re-mind us that one neither gets nor keeps something for nothing In this world and that even such a priceless price-less thing as freedom drifts away or Is snatched away unless a community com-munity is constantly vigilant I New York Herald Tribune. Ra a sa Pa Sa Pa ss Pa Pa j The Fourth j ! Recalls . Wars j of the Past jjj 11 , "TS""HE Fourth of July has oc-OvVi? oc-OvVi? cl'Pled an honored place ( I 4 on our calendar for a C ' lonS time, and the tempta- V L .orl tIon Srows t0 reSar(i 11 YyiiU as a perfunctory gesture Vn ft. m ta nonor of an ancient 'ilMX deed. Yet there was never greater need of realizing how dependent those old victories are upon present-day courage. The battle bat-tle to preserve the freedom won in revolution is a battle that never ends. Independence day recalls to us with what difficulty and suffering suf-fering our' freedom was first obtained ob-tained and of how constantly It has been endangered both by domestic and by foreign foes. The freedom which we proclaimed on that first glorious Fourth can-EOt can-EOt last If we do not tend It any more than a plant can grow without water and sunlight. In domestic affairs restrictions upon personal freedom have grown to a dangerous height. In foreign fields we are |