hip and devotion. By this protection of Serbia, as well as
of all the little and oppressed nations in Europe and Asia, you will do
more for the glory of your country than by any extension of its frontier
or accumulation of riches. Serbia suffers and still hopes. Serbia's
hopes go to God, crossing this island of yours, crossing your hearts and
souls, as the bridge between her and God. Serbia hopes to be free with
all her brothers, who are suffering under the manifold yokes of
merciless strangers. _Serbia militans_ did every possible thing you
expected her to do. She has been for you, not only politically and
militantly, correct, but childish, sincere and devout. Now she is
sitting on your threshold and looking towards you with shining tears in
her eyes. And the God of Heaven knows Serbia and knows England. He waits
to see what you are going to do for Serbia. Who dares to doubt that you,
descendants of Shakespeare and Pitt, of Carlyle and Gladstone, will show
yourself less chivalrous towards the little Serbia than Serbia has shown
herself chivalrous towards you?

_I_ dare not doubt it.

_PART II_

FRAGMENTS OF SERBIAN NATIONAL WISDOM

Be as patient as an ox, as brave as a lion, as industrious as a bee, and
as cheerful as a bird.

Help the beggar. He is not a beggar because God cannot feed all His
children, but because He placed him as a beggar on the street to test
your heart.

Every penny that you give to a beggar, God counts double as His debt to
you.

What is the first principle for humanity?

Some say to eat, others not to eat.

Some say to speak, others to remain silent.

Some say to hasten, others to go slowly.

Some say to work, others to idle.

Some say to pray, others not to pray.

Some say to destroy life, and others to preserve it.

What, then, is this first principle?

It is Life and Death, and God over both.

The moonlight accentuates the silence of the churchyard, the sunshine
the clamour of the market-place.

By our good works we help God very little, and by our evil deeds we do
Him no harm. But by our good works we help ourselves, and by our evil
deeds we harm ourselves. Nevertheless, do good not for your own sake,
but for God's, so that your joy may be greater and your determination
more lasting.

Sin is worse than failure.
Vice is worse than sin.
Obstinacy in evil is worse than vice.

To be a drunkard means making an alliance with Satan, to steal means t