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*MMOTHER EDITORS’ THOU OUT.\QIJINCyIT MILLS.New York Evening Sun.j The worst fears arc naw eoWfii^rned j regarding the - fatei of * Lieutenant | Quincy S. Mills of the 168th Inlan-i try. He was killed in battle near| Epieds, between Chateau-Thicrry and , Kei'c-en-Tardenois, on July' 26/ the • j date from which he was reported as ; missing in the war department casu-i ally bulletins- H'e was buried by j Chaplain Robb of the 168th infantry | and his resting place is marked and 1 known. •His was a glorious end. He died■ not merely for his country but for , mankind, for all the tilings that othermen life for and will live for during countless generations. In one sense ! his fate is only an item in an epoch i of tragedy and his sacrifice but a mite ! in a world of heroism. But to him I and to his friends the tragedy and the I sacrifice were and are iimmense be-j cause they are total. He gave all j that man can give and those who loved him suffer utter bereavement, which throbs in their souls with a pain that no faith can dull and no I pride can compensate. i We single out this instance from | the congeries of cruelties that is the life of to-day not because it is exceptional but because it is typical- And■ its phases of pain and pride come , home to us with an intimate appeal.! Mills was an editorial writer on The • Evening Bun down to the day when | he laid down his pen and took* up thesword. He was a man of' unusual qualities and promise, just ripening j into the fullness of his powers. He held a serious attitude toward life. He was a conscientious student of* public questions. He had high standards of honor and duty and an admirable gift of expression.The field of journalism held a successful future for him, or he might have made his way and done good service in politics, toward which lie had a natural bent. Prosperity and happiness seemed assured to him, when in | common with so many other young ; Americans he gave up all for an ideal.! Now night has closed over his hopes I and his prospects, so far as this ! earth is concerned; but we cannot be-( lieve that such a spirit is altogether I extinguished.
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Statesville Landmark
Statesville, North Carolina, US
Tue, Sep 10, 1918
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