good ground; in other countries the Jgospel of peace by preparedness. fell either on the stony ground or iwas choked by the tares long before it stood any chance of bearing fruit, He saw the grave dangers which were looming ahead, and sought to cement the friendships and strengthen the alliances of France. At home and abroad his policy was severely criticized. From one point of view he might Ihave been rendering a disservice to the cause of peace, but when he had come to look matters squarely in the face, and there derive vietion from what he saw, the si sgleness of purpose of the really great man, the concentration of effort which so often indicates true genius manifested itself, and found {Us justification in the result of the Tong and terrible war which was to test France and her Allies to the utmost and demonstrate the Jquatities of the man, who, fortun nately for France, stood'at the helm of affairs. His conduct as.
/President during the whole of that. great struggle was masterly. He was not always in sympathy with Clemenceau, but he had the wis-Jdom not only to refrain from in terfering with him, but. of nobly ting him in much of what the jer wished to do. It is a won-
Jderful index to the man's charac ter that, much as he differed from \Clemenceaty, he realized the great qualities of his Prime Minister and often, much against his will, subordinated his own ideas to the Inecessity of preserving a united {front against the enemy.
Looking back after these years, it is possible to realize how true is Plato's saying that "Every state will be delivered from its calamities whicn by the favour of fortune, great power unites with wis-idem' and justice in one person Poincaré was not the man made by the moment; he was made for it, He made himself for it. To hhis great personal qualities he had added an insight into European politics, and a wonderful apprecia-of their trends, reinforced with jan abounding confidence in his country and its policies which he had for so many years before so luntiringly moulded. He was the Jcornerstone of a building of great sons of France. Time is gradually removing them from the picture. \Some of them already are but mere memories: others for centuries to come will have around their names a halo of glory, not, perhaps, so hardly won as the jverence for the man, who in his unassuming manner in the days of crisis brought his great power, Jwisdomand justice into the service jof his country and employed them with a devotion which is the hall mark of the true patriot. His Jconduct after the war was marked with the same firmness which was its main characteristic during its continuance. There were occasions when he and the representatives lof the Allies did not always agree. four they had undoubtedly respect for the man and the manner in Jwhich he got to the essentials of jo situation, His passing will be regretted by all, enemy and friend alike, who can realize the greatness Jof the man and the. inestimable service he rendered his country. (To the latter the deepest sympathy is extended in its loss, and the hope is expressed that though his death thas bereft it of one of its noblest Jof servants, consolation will be found in the fact that his life has Jadded yet another great page to its glorious history.
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