Excerpt from A Short History of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem: From Its Earliest Foundation in 1014 to the End of the Great War of 1914-1918

N time of peace, the many-sided present and our plans and forecasts for the future may make us forgetful of the past, but when war reveals us clearly to ourselves, we realize that from the past comes much of our courage, inspiration, and hope.

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