The numbers are huge, but they will soon be very
much greater—became we shall have so much greater a for,* in action. They show in terms which must go to the heart of every man and woman in the land what is the sacrifice that has been required, and still more that will be required, of us if we are not to do the unspeakable, the unthinkable thing, and waver and fail in our resolve to see the war through. With each a prospect before us, can we be wrong when we say that every effort must be concentrated upon the war, and every luxury, even if harmless per se, must be jettisoned in order to give us the concentration of will and energy and physical strength necessary to carry us through? Who in danger of shipwreck would hesitate to throw out whisky-cases or even beer-barrels in order to lighten the ship and let her come safely into port ?
