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SIR JOHN MONASH.

Memorial Service.

In an address delivered at a memorial    

service to the late General Sir John Mon-       ash conducted by the Liberal Synagogue     in the Braille Hall, Prahan, last night,         Mr. H.I. Cohen, M.L.C., expressed sur-        

prise that when tributes had been paid to         qualities which had made Sir John Mon-   ash a leader of men little attention had been paid to his ability as a speaker, which,    

he believed, was responsible for more of     his success than many people suspected.  

"Fortunately," Mr. Cohen continued, "he     has left behind him silent witnesses of his   eloquence in many documents and writ-

ings. It may seem strange to speak of       eloquence in an order to troops or a war   book, but Sir John Monash built his   speeches as he would a bridge, with a     sound formulation, and a superstructure of         perfect balance, with graceful line and   embellishment, simple but effective, de-

signed to convey much, and succeeding in      

its purpose.    

Mr. Cohen referred to the thoroughness       which characterised all Sir John Mon-           ash's actions. "There is a saying," he     said, "that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains, and, judging by that alone, Sir John Monash was the greatest genius of his time. He died as he would   have wished, in harness, in the fullness of   his great mental powers, and with an un-     sullied name, honoured throughout the whole civilised world. The whole world     is the sepulchre of such famous men. If       we had to borrow an epitah none would      

be made more suitable than the line written of   Washington: "First in peace, first in war,     first in the hearts of his countrymen."          

Tributes were also paid by Rabbi S.       Mark.

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