Rockwell Harmon Potter
Published: 2017-11-27
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Excerpt from The Meaning of Victory and Peace: A Sermon Preached at the Thanksgiving Service of the First Church of Christ and the Second Church of Christ in Hartford, Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1918 Text: Psalm CXX VI: 3 The Lord hath done great things for us, Whereof we are glad. We thank God that our Thanksgiving is not one of pride. The victory that has been won was not won by us alone. Here is nothing for frantic boast or for foolish word. Chateau Thierry and St. Mihiel are great names now in the history of the world, thank God. They are radiant names in the history of America. But there are other great names in the history of the world, the Marne and Verdun and Vimy Ridge, names that will shine as long as the world's history is remembered and read, and these names are not written on the pages of American history. I am not one of those who would lament because this is so. I am one of those who would remember that it is so, lest I be foolish and boastful in a day when it behooves me to be humble in my thanks giving. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
