" She not only shows what the
liar is like outside, but reveals his inner hideousness, and actual
shape, for all to see.
There are many sayings about Truth, and they are all awkward for the
liar. "Truth will out," said a witty English judge, "even in an
affidavit." It will out, even in a German Chancellor's _dementi_.
The most famous is
"_Magna est veritas et praevalet_"
"Great is Truth and she prevails," in the end.
Yes, "She is on the path, and nothing will stop her." She started on the
hills of the little but free republic of Switzerland; she is slowly
traversing the plains of the vast free republic of America. Her last
contest will be over the Germans themselves.
HERBERT WARREN.
[Illustration: VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG AND TRUTH
"Truth is on the path and nothing will stay her."]
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VAN TROMP AND DE RUYTER
A generation ago a little clique of wise men at Oxford patted themselves
on the back for having discovered "The Historical Method." But the
common people of all countries have always known it. The names of the
great dead are not forgotten, nor yet the great things for which they
stood. There may be no strict liturgy for the ancestor worship of the
West, but that worship is a simple fact, and it is a thing that timorous
politicians would do well to remember. Here Raemaekers appeals to his
countrymen to regard their past, to be worthy of the great seamen who
took the Dutch fleet up the Medway, and lashed brooms to the mast-head
of the ships that swept the sea clear of British enemies.
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