Carry On (periodical) (1918) (14747623876)

Identifier: CarryOnAug1918_851 (find matches)
Title: Carry On (periodical)
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army
Subjects: reconstruction rehabilitation therapy vocational therapy physical therapy American Red Cross
Publisher: Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine
Contributing Library: American Red Cross



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, wewelcome and acclaim Vierge; but we lift thevolume and bend above it reverently as overa sacred scripture, eloquent of a divinelyaccomplished miracle. It is fine to sit wounded by the roadside, andpipe the regiment to victory, but it is colossalto face front through weary years, and slowlyand patiently and accurately reconquer andref:over a lost facility of inspired communica-tion. And his reward, the compensation toVierge must have been, not the destination,but the route; not the arrival, but the voyage;not the final satisfaction but the glorious dailyconsciousness of growth. It is a pity from one viewpoint that Viergesillustrations of Don Quixote are so valuable,so much a matter de luxe. They should be inthe hands of every soldier as examples ofwhat recovery the will can make from seemingphysical bankruptcy and wreck. If one-tenthof this accomplishment is possible to humanapplication, there can be no failure where onegoes to work again at tasks, old or new, witheven half a heart.
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Every soldier in this class at Walter Reed Hospital is learning towrite with his left hand. Skill in the use of the left for all purposesis so rapidly acquired that the lovss of a right hand seems to be a com-paratively small detriment to the average man. i8 CARRY ON Vol, I ^^^^^-^^ ^*^^ #^^.