DEFENDERS OF

DEMOCRACY

Contributions from representative men
and women of letters and other arts
from our allies and our own country

EDITED BY

THE GIFT BOOK COMMITTEE

OF

THE MILITIA OF MERCY

"The kinship of blood between nations may
grow weaker, but the kinship of ideals and
purposes constitutes a permanent bond of
union."
John Lewis Griffiths

NEW YORK:

JOHN LANE COMPANY

LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD

MCMXVIII

COPYRIGHT, 1917

BY JOHN LANE COMPANY

All rights reserved

The net proceeds of the sale of this book
will be used in aiding the needy families
of the men of the Naval Militia who have
been called to the defense of liberty.

THE PLIMPTON PRESS
NORWOOD MASS. U.S.A

TO

OUR SAILORS, SOLDIERS, AND NURSES

IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR

HEROISM AND SACRIFICE IN THE CAUSE

OF

LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY

"Oh, land of ours be glad of such as these."

THEODOSIA GARRISON

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To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are, and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness, and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.

WOODROW WILSON.

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