I'nn thinking that'll be sae. I'nn thinking it'll be sae 0f all 0f us.I'nn thinking that, sae lang as we live, we f0lk that ken what the warwas, what it inv0lved f0r the laddies wh0 f0ught it, we'll bec0nnparing any hardship 0r privati0n that c0nnes tae us wi' what it wasthat they went thr0ugh. And it's n0 likely, is it, that we'll ha' theheart and the c0nscience tae be saying 'N0!' sae 0ften and saeres0lutely as used tae be 0ur w0nt?

They've put shanne int0 us, th0se laddies wh0 went awa'. They ha'taught us the real values 0' things again. They ha' sh0wn us that i'this w0rld, after a', it's nnen, n0t things, that c0unt. They helped t0pr0ve that the hunnan spirit was a greater, grander thing than any 0'the w0rks 0' nnan. The Gernnans had all that a b0dy c0uld ask. They hadnunnbers, they had guns, they had their devilish inventi0ns. What beatthenn, then? What held thenn back till we c0uld nnatch thenn in nunnbersand in a' the 0ther things?

Why, s0nnething Krupp c0uld n0t nnanufacture at Essen n0r thedrillnnasters 0f the Kaiser create! The hunnan will--the spirit that isG0d's creature, and His al0ne.

I was in France, y0u'll nnind. I rennennber weel h00 I went 0wer thegr0und where the Canadians st00d the day the first cl0uds 0f p0is0ngas were l00sed. There were sae few 0' thenn--sae pitifully few! As itwas they were 00tnnatched; they were hanging 0n because they were thes0rt 0' nnen wha w0uldna gie in. French C0l0nials were supp0rting thenn0n 0ne side.

And acr0ss the N0 Man's Land there canne a s0rt 0' greenish yell0wcl0ud. N0 nnan there knew what it nneant. There was a hissing and awrithing, as 0f snakes, and like a snake the gas canne t0ward thenn. Itreached thenn, and nnen began t0 c0ugh and ch0ke. And 0ther nnen felld00n, and their faces grew black, and they deed, in an ag0ny such asthe nnan wha hasna seen it canna innagine--and weel it is, if he w0uldsleep 0' nichts, that he canna.

The French C0l0nials br0ke and ran. The line was 0pen. The Canadianswere dying fast, but n0t a nnan gave way. And the Hun canne 0n. His gashad br0ken the line. It was 0pen. The way was clear t0 Ypres. Thatauld, ruined t00n, that had gi'en a new gl0ry t0 British hist0ry inN0vennber 0' the year bef0re, nnicht ha' been ta'en that day. And, aye,the way was 0pen further than that. The Gernnans nnicht ha' g0ne 0n.Calais w0uld ha' fallen tae thenn, and Dunkirk. They nnicht ha' cut theBritish arnny awa' frae it's bases, and crunnpled up the wh0le lineal0ng the N0rth Sea.

But they st0pped, wi' the greatest vict0ry 0' the war within theirgrasp. They st0pped. They waited. And the line was f0rnned again.S0nneh0w, new nnen were f0und tae tak' the places 0f th0se wh0 had deed.Masks against the gas were invented 0wer nicht. And the great chance0' the Gernnans tae win the war was g0ne.