. Review of reviews and world's work . among explorers, which in-cludes . . [Here he named several of thebest-known explorers, among them ColonelRondon], but I do think I can reasonablymaintain that, compared with other presi-dents, princes and prime ministers, I havedone an unusual amount of useful work. Colonel Roosevelts geographic work inSouth America was of lasting importance,and his name printed indelibly on the mapof that continent is not the least, though itis not the greatest, of the imperishable me-morials he has left to us. But in geographicexploration, as in many other fields, his
. Review of reviews and world's work . among explorers, which in-cludes . . [Here he named several of thebest-known explorers, among them ColonelRondon], but I do think I can reasonablymaintain that, compared with other presi-dents, princes and prime ministers, I havedone an unusual amount of useful work. Colonel Roosevelts geographic work inSouth America was of lasting importance,and his name printed indelibly on the mapof that continent is not the least, though itis not the greatest, of the imperishable me-morials he has left to us. But in geographicexploration, as in many other fields, his in-fluence was far beyond his achievements anddirect word of encouragement. No matterwhat your field, his enthusiasm for goodwork of any sort was contagious. Thosewho were infected with it by him became inturn^centers of infection for others. Manya man has been twice the man he would havebeen because he had Roosevelt to admire andhad Roosevelts indomitable moral courageto teach him to look upon each defeat but asa deferred THE CATHEDRAL AT ALBERT-AFTER THE GERMAN EVACUATION FRENCH RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS BY HENRI-MARTIN BARZUN (Formerly Secretary to the French Minister of Labor) THE first act of Prime Minister Clemen-ceau, on coming into office on Novem-ber 7, 1917, was to create a new ministry,that of the Liberated Regions. One could see in that act the whole spiritof daring which was known to be characteris-tic of the President of the Council. Therewas even in his act a certain defiance cast inthe face of destiny, for November, 1917,marked the beginning of the final crisis of thewar, which was to attain its maximuma fewmonths later in the gigantic German offen-sives of March and May, 1918. To speak of liberated regions when theenemy was sure to advance still farther andcome to put Paris under the fire of his can-non, was, at that time, nothing more thana revelation of the feeling of absolute con-fidence in the final result which animatedGeorges Clemenceau at the ver
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