tion>Henry Van Dyke
The Valley of Vision
A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066181932
Table of Contents
THE BROKEN SOLDIER AND THE MAID OF FRANCE
PREFACE
“Why do you choose such a title as The Valley of Vision for your book,” said my friend; “do you mean that one can see farther from the valley than from the mountain-top?”
This question set me thinking, as every honest question ought to do. Here is the result of my thoughts, which you will take for what it is worth, if you care to read the book.
The mountain-top is the place of outlook over the earth and the sea. But it is in the valley of suffering, endurance, and self-sacrifice that the deepest visions of the meaning of life come to us.
I take the outcome of this Twentieth Century War as a victory over the mad illusion of world-dominion which the Germans saw from the peak
