. Review of reviews and world's work. and have a talk with . Do what I tell you: demand proofs. Ishall not be annoyed; on the contrary, Ill be de-lighted. You wont believe me any better if I tell youthey are happy; Id rather have them tell you sothemselves. Now, since blind men were cheerfulbefore the war, and the soldiers blinded in thewar who have begun to work again are happy,why shouldnt it be the same with you? . .Are you built different from them? Are youstupider? More awkward? Less courageous?No? Then theres no reason why you shouldntsucceed where they have. You must know, too, th
. Review of reviews and world's work. and have a talk with . Do what I tell you: demand proofs. Ishall not be annoyed; on the contrary, Ill be de-lighted. You wont believe me any better if I tell youthey are happy; Id rather have them tell you sothemselves. Now, since blind men were cheerfulbefore the war, and the soldiers blinded in thewar who have begun to work again are happy,why shouldnt it be the same with you? . .Are you built different from them? Are youstupider? More awkward? Less courageous?No? Then theres no reason why you shouldntsucceed where they have. You must know, too, that you will not be aban-doned. The Government gives you a that is no more than it ought to. To thispension of 975 francs for a private will be added100 francs for the military medal, and very prob-ably 225 francs more by way of augmentationof pension. That will give you 1,300 francs, or3 francs, 55 centimes per day (about 70 cents).Not a lortune, to be sure, but in the country itwould certainly keep one from Iiittniatioiial .^^?»^ Srr\;iiTE.\CHING .\ BLIND SOLDIER THE LARPENTRV TRADE LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH 557 If you have need of help, or if you fall sick,or if you raarry, or if jou have children, thereare societies which will come to j-our names and addresses will be given it is to be hoped that you will have no suchneed, but that you can take care of yourself bythe product of your own labor plus your pen-sion. Therefore you must begin to learn a tradeas soon as possible. ... I have said this al-ready to many of your comrades, and some re-plied: If I learn a trade theyll reduce my pen-sion. That is not true, and I will give youproof. Others have said to me: I have enoughto live on with my pension; I do not need tobother my head with learning a trade. I provedto them that they were wrong and I will tell youhow. Others yet have said: Ill never get any-where with my windows broken. Now theyknow that they were mistaken. I wil
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