"There is one word I would say to you before I stop. You have made
a reputation second to none gained in this war, but remember, no
man can live on his reputation, he must keep on adding to it. That
you will do so I feel just as sure as I did two months ago when I
told you that I knew you would make a reputation when the
opportunity came.
"I am now going to shake hands with your officers, and I do so
wanting you to feel that I am shaking hands with each one of you,
as I would actually do if the time permitted.
"No--we will not have any cheering now--we will keep that until
you have added to your reputation, as I know you will."
And there was no cheering. We turned away--the few men of us left whole in
those scattered ranks--our eyes tear-dimmed in memory of those comrades
whose lives had gone out; but our hearts ready to answer the call wherever
it might lead us.
The world to-day knows what the Canadian boys have done. We have more than
added to our reputation.
Right after this terrible scrap at Ypres came Givenchy and Festubert, and
then we held the line at Ploegsteert for a whole year, fighting fiercely at
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