...Of France it has ever been true and never truer than to-day that she has been the " First to follow Truth and last to leave old Truths behind — France beloved of every soul that loves its fellow-kind." WINIFRED STEPHENS. 1. Primitive Culture, 4th ed., 1903, 1, 136. THE UNIT OF SOCIAL...

...Broke to every known mischance, lifted over all By the light sane joy of life, the buckler of the Gaul, Furious in luxury, merciless in toil, Terrible with...soil, Strictest judge of her own worth, gentlest of men's mind, First to face the truth and last to leave old truths behind, France beloved of every soul...

...from, her tireless soil, Strictest judge of her own worth, gentlest of men's mind, First to follow truth and last to leave old truths behind — France beloved of every soul that loves its fellow-kind. *First published June 24, 1913. Copyright, 1913, by Rudyard Kipling. 3 Ere our birth...

...buckler of the Gaul, Furious in luxury, merciless in toil, Terrible with strength that draws from her tireless soil, Strictest judge of her own worth, gentlest of man's mind, First to follow Truth and last to leave old truths behind — France beloved of every soul that loves its fellowkind!...

...buckler of the Gaul; Furious in luxury, merciless in toil. Terrible with strength that draws from her tireless soil; Strictest judge of her own worth, gentlest of man's mind, First to follow Truth and last to leave old Truths behind — . France, beloved of every soul that loves its...

...whole human race. And France also remains a great nation, a great race. " (19o1.) RUDYARD KIPLING : First to face the Truth and last to leave old truths behind, France beloved of every soul that loves and serves its Kind! (I9I3-) " Every aspect and detail of life in France seems overlaid with a smooth...

...draws from tireless soil, Strictest Judge of her own worth, gentlest of man's mind, First to follow Truth and last to leave old truths behind, — France, beloved of every soul that loves its fellow-kind ! Ere our birth (rememberest thou?) side by side we lay Fretting in the womb of Rome...

...the buckler of the Gaul, Furious in luxury, merciless in toil, Terrible with strength that draws from tireless soil, Strictest Judge of her own worth, gentlest of man's mind, First to follow Truth and last to leave old truths behind, — France, beloved of every soul that loves its...

...with a desire to visit that city. I went to Lyons. And I found it even as the Mayor had said. - . " First to face the truth, and last to leave old truths behind," Lyons has ever been in the swirl of things. One of the last strongholds of paganism and still in this...

...Earth dear! " The tribute to old 'and stately France is very beautiful: "First to face the Truth ami last to leave old Truths behind — France, beloved of every soul that loves or serves its kind! " There is simplicity and a certain ruggedness running through all of these poems, sv various in outlook,...