view raw text
WAR WILL BROADEN VISION Millions of young Americans will come back from Europe after the war with their minds opened by contact with our allies and by what they have seen of the British Isles France Italy Belgium and other countries Foreign travel is usually part of the ecication of the rich which the masses of their countryu n cannot enjoy We will need breadth of vision and thought more than ever in the days to come because America has entered the family of great nations and her interests will hereafter be truly International There was much truth in the claim of the Prussian militarists that service in the army in time of peace was n liberal education which turned the peasant boy into an alert man America is well governed in national affairs but its municipal system leaves much to be desired The sight of the cities and towns of European countries should give our soldiers some ideas that may bear good fruit New York Commercial
