It is a notorious fact that nations, as nations, never repent. The North expected the South to repent the Civil Warwithout avail. But Grant's magnanimity and Lee's gentlemanliness after the war did much to bridge a yawning chasm of hate.
In regard to the World War, let that nation which is without sin cast the first stone. Individual acts and words, however, make a bridge for international understanding. Last week, before 5,000 German-Americans, Cardinal Michael Ritter von Faulhaber of Munich, admitted freely that his countrymen and the Imperial German Government had made grave mistakes...
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