thought; and
indifferent to aught else
care nothing for praise or censure
failure or success.
Now the war has come
bringing with it a new attitude. Youth has turned to gods we of an earlier day knew
not
and it is possible to see already the direction in which those who come after us will move. The younger
generation
conscious of strength and tumultuous
have done with knocking at the door; they have burst in and
seated themselves in our seats. The air is noisy with their shouts. Of their elders some
by imitating the antics
of youth
strive to persuade themselves that their day is not yet over; they shout with the lustiest
but the war
cry sounds hollow in their mouth; they are like poor wantons attempting with pencil
paint and powder
with
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shrill gaiety
to recover the illusion of their spring. The wiser go their way with a decent grace. In their
chastened smile is an indulgent mockery. They remember that they too trod down a sated generation
with just
such clamor and with just such scorn
and they foresee that these brave torch-bearers will presently yield their
place also. There is no last word. The new ,
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