Excerpt from The Path of Glory LL his acts were inspired by a spirit of Wisdom and benevolence, and the world had come to recog nize in him one of the gentlest shepherds of nations. But in an instant, when the Germans burst in impious onset athwart his realm, his sword flashed from its scabbard and, deaf to the invaders' promises, as he had been deaf to their threats, he gave battle, heeding not the number of his foes, determined never to lay down arms till the right was vindicated. His great heart was not content merely to com mand his armies to Share the toils and dangers of his soldiers he took his place with the rank and file. 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 technology 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.