It is reported of Marshal Foch that once, as he was standing with General Pershing and many of the leaders of the British and French armies, someone asked him how he proposed to turn back the apparently irresistible Teuton and conduct his final campaign. Without a word the Marshal, stooping over, drew with his cane in the dust of the roadway the plan of battle which was to end in victory the following November.
More than three years have passed since that day, but the world still remembers. The genius of a mind able to direct unhesitatingly so stupendous and varying a project is not soon to be forgotten. Whether banqueting in Chicago, applauding at New Haven, or saluting from the steps of Widener, Marshal Foch is assured of the pride and reverence with which Americans receive him.
Harvard has been visited by fighters of all sorts; politicians, orators, those who use the pen, and those who man the guns. We have even already made the acquaintance of one Marshal of France. But after today we will know that we have been honored in welcoming the greatest of them all.
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