A knight fared on through a beautiful world On a mission to him unknown; At his left and a little behind there rode The self of his deeds alone. At his right and a length before sped on-- Him none but the knight might see-- A braver heart and a purer soul, The self that he longed to be. And ever the three rode on through the world With him at the left behind; Till never the knight would look at him, Feeble and foul and blind. Desperately on they drave, these three, With him at the right before, While the knight rode furiously after him And thought of the world no more. Forever on he must ride on his quest And peace can be his no more, Till the one at his left he has dropped from sight And o'ertaken the one before. Thus ages ago the three fared on, And on they fare to-day, With him at the left a little behind, The right still leading the way. This knight seeks not a place in the sun but a change in himself, to become a better, a braver, a truer knight. Then, wherever he may be, he will find his place in the sun; and that nation whose people seek to grow wiser and better and nobler will always find "the sun's rays falling fruitfully" upon them. To win prosperity and happiness through becoming abler and better people, under a government which will do all it can to aid them, because it is "a government of the people, for the people, and by the people," is the ideal for which the Allies fight. "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" * * * * * It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. MARSHAL JOFFRE The greatest leaders in history are often men who for the larger part of their lives have been almost unknown. Poor, simple in their habits, but loyal and true of heart, they have risen from obscurity to positions they alone could fill, and then through their devotion and achievement have become the heroes of the people.