He was a powerful thought living in a body so delicate that I, who
lived so close beside him, knew it would some day be slain by the
thought.
The poor boy! Other boys from every French school wrote to him
every day. He was their legendary ideal, and they felt all his
emotions, sharing his joys as well as his dangers. To them he was
the living copy of the heroes whose exploits they read in their
books. His name is constantly on their lips, for they love him as
they have been taught to love the purest glories of France.
_Monsieur le depute_, gain admittance for him to the Pantheon,
where he has already been placed by the mothers and children of
France. There his protecting wings will not be out of place, for
under that dome where sleep those who gave us our France, they will
be the symbol of those who have defended her for us.
Major Brocard.
These letters roused the enthusiasm of the Chamber, and the following
resolution was passed by acclamation:
The government shall have an inscription placed in the Pantheon to
perpetuate the memory of Captain Guynemer, the symbol of France's
highest aspirations.
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