The code //which those
words perpetuate //
embraces /the highest /moral laws /
and will stand the test /of
any ethics or philosophies /ever promulgated
for the uplift of mankind. //
Its requirements //are
for the things /that are right,//
and its restraints /are
from the things /that are wrong. //
The soldier,/above all other men,//
is required to practice /the
greatest act /of religious training /-- sacrifice. //
In battle /and in the
face of danger and death,//
he discloses those /divine
attributes which his Maker gave /when he
created man in his own image. //
No physical courage /and
no brute instinct //can take the place///
of the Divine /help //which alone //can
sustain him. //
However horrible //the
incidents of war may be,//
the soldier //who is
called upon to offer /and to give his life
for his country /is the noblest /development /of
mankind. //
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