Excerpt from William G. C. Gladstone: A Memoir Thousands of our best and bravest have fallen in the Great War and many thousands will survive; some so maimed or shattered that life can offer little or attraction. All alike, let it t be forgotten, offered their lives for their country. Ear into the future will stretch the effects of the War. And as we peer into its dim vistas, with nerve centres dulled by continuous tension, we realise that it is a common duty to preserve for the nation, for all its component parts to the humblest family, in every locality, the pure gold from the furnace, the lofty enthusiasm, the heroic deeds, the untold sacrifices of thousands who have dared and suffered. To those who have died the crown has been given. But in this world they can neither act r speak. The record of their lives is dear to the relatives and friends whom they have left. 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. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.