Excerpt from The Flying Teuton: And Other Stories The terms of peace had been as righteous as it is possible for hurt hearts to compass. Evil had been bound, and foresight had made the path of justice plain. The nations that had borne the first attack (and with what light limbs they sprang to meet they who had learned to read God in that awful unfurling of the book of life, were wonderfully ready to enter on their task of building up the house of peace. The United States, which had saved its skin so long that it had almost mislaid its soul, was sitting at the knees of knowledge and plainly asking to be taught. 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.

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