And so in the final reckoning this tremendous letting of blood will have long since shed light upon its true significance. To-day we estimate it upon the basis of its horrors, its seeming uselessness, _the blight of its trail_ across our own dooryards. But we’ve all heard of the _fungus growth_ which blights the progress of plants and trees; and _parasites_ which destroy the grains of the field, bringing famine upon the population. In the present case the tentacles of the great Octopus of Degeneracy took such strangling hold upon the body politic that half a world seems doomed to die that the other half may live in aid of the great plan of the universe. In the meantime, _no life is worth while_ that takes no part in the titanic struggle, which must go on and on until, in the words of our leader, “_the world is made safe for democracy_.” A Series of Six Inspirational Books BY DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS --containing especially chosen chapters from his famous book “_Laugh and Live_.” Each booklet contains 32 pages, printed on paper of extra fine quality; also a special picture of the author never before produced. LIST OF TITLES 1. _Whistle and Hoe--Sing as We Go_ 2. _Taking Stock of Ourselves_ 3. _Initiation and Self-Reliance_ 4. _Assuming Responsibilities_ 5. _Profiting by Experience_ 6. _Wedlock in Time_ Boards, Illuminated (boxed) $0.50 net Leather (boxed) 1.00 net BRITTON PUBLISHING CO. NEW YORK Transcriber’s Notes Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed. Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained. Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained. Redundant chapter titles have been deleted from this eBook. The first uncaptioned illustration represents the cover; the other uncaptioned illustrations are semi-decorative line drawings of the author. End of Project Gutenberg's Making Life Worth While, by Douglas Fairbanks