But the plain people of Quebec--the _voyageurs_, the
_habitants_, my old friends in the back districts--that is
what I am thinking about. I am sure they are all right. They are
very simple, old-fashioned, childish, if you like; but there is
no pacifist or pro-German virus among them. If their parochial
politicians will let them alone, if their priests will speak to
them as prophets of the God of Righteousness, they will show their
mettle. They will prove their right to be counted among the free
peoples of the world who are willing to defend peace with arms.
That is what I expect to find if I ever get back to my canoemen on
the _Sainte Marguerite_ again.
SYLVANORA, July 10, 1918.
A CLASSIC INSTANCE
"Latin and Greek are dead," said Hardman, lean, eager, absolute,
a fanatic of modernity. "They have been a long while dying, and
this war has finished them. We see now that they are useless in
the modern world. Nobody is going to waste time in studying them.
Education must be direct and scientific. Train men for efficiency
and prepare them for defense.
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