To
do honor to him they are going to write his name in the Pantheon
among the other great names. His airplane has been placed in the
Invalides. In our school we consecrated a day to him. This morning
as soon as we reached the school we put his photograph up on the
wall; for our moral lesson we learned by heart his last mention in
the despatches; for our writing lesson we wrote his name, and he
was the subject for our theme; and finally, we had to draw an
airplane. We did not begin to think of him only after he was dead;
before he died, in our school, every time he brought down an
airplane we were proud and happy. But when we heard that he was
dead, we were as sad as if one of our own family had died.
Roland was the example for all the knights in history. Guynemer
should be the example for Frenchmen now, and each one will try to
imitate him and will remember him as we have remembered Roland. I,
especially, I shall never forget him, for I shall remember that he
died for France, like my dear Papa.
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