Excerpt from The Wonderful Story of Joan of Arc: And the Meaning of Her Life for Americans Joan of Arc is one Of the supreme revelations of humanity. She is a sublime masterpiece Of character. She gave a wonderful life for social justice. She lived an unsurpassable ideal of loy alty to moral law. This shepherd girl of the lowly fields opened a book Of faith that had been closed for a thousand' years. She illuminated the sacred pages Of divine rights so clearly that they can be read with unfailing hope for every one unto the end of time. Her banner of light waved away for ever the despair Of the oppressed, demonstrated the might Of right, and revealed the right-minded as being endowed with the commonwealth of the universe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.