. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ir eyes. That men must be judged by the standard of their times is a i)lalitude,but it is well to emphasize platitudes, for the obvious is often forgotten. Weare prone to judge the past by the standards of the present, and some of ourstandards are rising. Unpleasant as is the story of the prisons of the Civil War, however greattheir shortcomings, the treatment of prisoners, taken as a whole, marks adecided advance over the general practice of the world before that tim
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ir eyes. That men must be judged by the standard of their times is a i)lalitude,but it is well to emphasize platitudes, for the obvious is often forgotten. Weare prone to judge the past by the standards of the present, and some of ourstandards are rising. Unpleasant as is the story of the prisons of the Civil War, however greattheir shortcomings, the treatment of prisoners, taken as a whole, marks adecided advance over the general practice of the world before that of theatrical generosity have always lieen plentiful, but neverbefore had the dictates of humanity so profoundly influenced the action of somany. We must believe that the greatest horrors—for there were horrors—arose from ignorance or apparent necessity, rather than from intention. During our own Revolution, the treatment of prisoners is a subject uponwhich both we and the English must prefer not to dwell. Less than threescore years separated the Civil War from the W^ar of 1812 and from the [14] ic*^-. .-^. COPYRIGHT 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. CAMPBELL HOSPITAL NEAR WASHINGTON—FLOWERS AND FEMALE NURSES HERE
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