Germany expected that at the most a day or so would see Belgian resistance broken and the dash on Paris begun. It was not safe to start such a forward rush with Belgium unconquered.

Having achieved such signal successes in the east, Russia and Roumania being both disposed of, the German leaders planned a campaign designed to crush Italy.

In 1917 - as we have seen, - Italy suffered a great reverse, losing 200,000 soldiers and immense supplies.

All great people glorify their history and look back upon their early attainments with a spiritualized vision.

Genius has no age, no country, no race; it belongs to mankind.

Racial and denominational schools impart to the membership of their communities something which the general educational institution is wholly unable to inculcate.

The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917.