tevenson: "In the hot fit of life, a-tip-toe on the highest
point of being, he passes at a bound on to the other side."

An old friend who knew Paul well and whose two sons were educated at
Dulwich College wrote:

I grieve beyond measure at the passing of so noble-hearted a man.
He, like others who have gone down in this horrible war, was of
the very flower of our race--he even more than most of them; and
the nation's loss is great, too. There are consolations even in
such an affliction as yours; and the highest consolation of all
must be that Paul willingly laid down his life for his
fellow-men.

From Major David Davies, M.P., Llandinam:

Your gallant son's death brings to my mind a verse of Adam
Lindsay Gordon's:

"Many seek for peace and riches, length of days and life of ease;
I have sought for one thing, which is fairer unto me than these;
Often, too, I've heard the story, in my boyhood, of the doom
Which the fates assigned me--Glory, coupled with an early tomb."

Your son has covered himself with imperishable glory, though his
promising young life has suddenly been cut off. Is it too much to
hope that those great principles for which he fought so nobly
will at last become the heritage of the whole world? He and those
who have fallen with him will then have created a new earth, in
which shall dwell peace and righteousness. I firmly believe it
will be so; but it is up to us who are left behind to see to it
that all the heroic sacrifices have not been made in vain, and
that the "new order" will be worthy of those ideals which were
cherished by the men who laid down their lives for them.

Of the many messages that reached us, none touched a deeper chord than
the following:

_7th August, 1917._

I would like to convey to you my condolences in the loss of your
son, Lieut. H. P. M. Jones. Although a stranger, I am moved to do
this after reading in to-day's _Daily Chronicle_ the account of
his career and those noble words he wrote in his letter home just
before his death. I and those around me felt, "Here was a fine
man and one the country could ill afford to lose." May it be some
comfort to you in your grief, that your boy's death made at least
one man say to himself: "I will try to be a better