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Conger Reynolds correspondence, August 1918
1918-08-22 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 3
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gained a position from which they may be able to force a much greater retirement. Of course, we envy them a bit. We wish the victory were American. But we are none the less happy to see them winning so splendidly and we are figuratively on the side-lines rooting for them for all we are worth. We hope they never stop. It is certainly most encouraging to see how the allies advance nowadays whenever they hit. Clemenceau is quoted in today's papers as predicting that we shall win this year. That is more optimistic a view than our leaders take and one which in calm reasoning I can't accept, but I hope he sees ahead better than anyone else, and I hope he will see
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gained a position from which they may be able to force a much greater retirement. Of course, we envy them a bit. We wish the victory were American. But we are none the less happy to see them winning so splendidly and we are figuratively on the side-lines rooting for them for all we are worth. We hope they never stop. It is certainly most encouraging to see how the allies advance nowadays whenever they hit. Clemenceau is quoted in today's papers as predicting that we shall win this year. That is more optimistic a view than our leaders take and one which in calm reasoning I can't accept, but I hope he sees ahead better than anyone else, and I hope he will see
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