40 Eaton Place, London S.W., Oct. 29, 1914.
TO A COUSIN GERMAN.
By Adeline Adams.
My Hans, you say, with self-applausive jest,
"When Albert gave his Belgians Caesar's name--
'Bravest of all the Gauls'--surely 'twere shame
The King, unthorough man, forgot the rest:
"'Bravest because most far from all the best
Provincial culture.'"[2] Friend, if now your aim
Be that fine thoroughness your people claim,
Read on: "Such culture's wares, it stands confest,
"Oft weaken minds." And Caesar's word was just.
If men, bedeviled under culture's star,
Have left Louvain a void where flames still hiss,
Speared babes, and stamped the world's own Rose to dust,
God grant that Belgium's soul may dwell afar
Forever, from a culture such as this!
[Footnote 2: "Propterea quod a cultu atque humanitute provinciae
longissime absunt."]
What the Economic Effects May Be
By Irving Fisher.
Professor of Political Economy at Yale University; member of
many scientific societies.
When the future historian chronicles the facts of the present great
world struggle and attempts to analyze its causes and effects the
economic losses, gains, shiftings, and dislocations will form an
important part of the story.
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