Too wise to feel that the victory is his save as he was the leader who re-organized millions and showed them how to make their conviction of Right prevail, he is also too wise to wish that his were the power to create the world anew.  He knows that not only will the to-morrows of mankind be as the multitudes of mankind make them, but that they should be not otherwise directed; this, of all things, is what the overthrow of autocracy means.

He helped us to shake off the Beast who sought to impose his will on all the world.  Briefly, at least, that Menace is restrained—­thanks to the indomitable will of many nations and to the genius of Ferdinand Foch.

It is for us—­every one of us!—­to say what shall come out of the security that Foch and his armies have maintained for us at so great a price; how long we shall maintain it and how honorably we shall use it.

And to us, with this sacred obligation on us, Foch would say: 

“It is not enough to mean well, to desire that righteousness shall prevail; it is not enough even to be willing to give all, should it be required of you.  You must know how to serve your ideals, your principles.  Victory always goes to those who deserve it by possessing the greatest power of will and intelligence.”