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The Project Gutenberg eBook, America First, by Various, Edited by Jasper L. McBrien This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: America First Patriotic Readings Author: Various Editor: Jasper L. McBrien Release Date: March 10, 2008 [eBook #24798] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICA FIRST*** E-text prepared by Brian Sogard, Greg Bergquist, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 24798-h.htm or 24798-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/4/7/9/24798/24798-h/24798-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/4/7/9/24798/24798-h.zip) AMERICA FIRST Patriotic Readings by JASPER L. McBRIEN, A. M. Former State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Nebraska and Now School Extension Specialist for the United States Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. [Illustration: AMERICA FIRST] [Illustration] American Book Company New York Cincinnati Chicago Copyright, 1916 by Jasper L. McBrien All rights reserved AMERICA FIRST W. P. 7 FOREWORD America First was the central thought in President Wilson's address to the Daughters of the American Revolution on the twenty-fifth anniversary of their organization--their Silver Jubilee--in Washington, D. C., October 11, 1915. The president declared in this address that all citizens should make it plain whether their sympathies for foreign countries come before their love of the United States, or whether they are for America first, last, and all the time. He asserted, also, that our people need all of their patriotism in this confusion of tongues in which we find ourselves over the European war. The press throughout the country has taken up the thought of the President and, seconded by the efforts of the Bureau of Education, has done loyal work in making "America First" our national slogan. This is all good so far as it goes--especially among the adult population, many of whom must be educated, if educated a
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