Defenders of Democracy: Contributions from Representative Men and Women of Letters and Other Arts from Our Allies and Our Own CountryMilitia of Mercy J. Lane, 1917 - 324 páginas |
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Página ix
... soul- less system ? -that is the question which is now being solved in blood and agony and tears on the battlefields of the Old World . The answer given by the New World has never been in doubt , but its clarion note was necessarily ...
... soul- less system ? -that is the question which is now being solved in blood and agony and tears on the battlefields of the Old World . The answer given by the New World has never been in doubt , but its clarion note was necessarily ...
Página x
... soul - inspiring spectacle of a union of all democracies against the common foe . And right here , as the direct speech of New York has it , I want to pay tribute to the sagacity , the clarity of vision , the sure divina- tion of the ...
... soul - inspiring spectacle of a union of all democracies against the common foe . And right here , as the direct speech of New York has it , I want to pay tribute to the sagacity , the clarity of vision , the sure divina- tion of the ...
Página xiv
... speaking likeness it would entreat you to believe that I revere and honor in my heart and soul , the noble ideals of the Militia of Mercy . Yours sincerely , H.D.Howells . xiv There are strange ways of serving God a You sweep.
... speaking likeness it would entreat you to believe that I revere and honor in my heart and soul , the noble ideals of the Militia of Mercy . Yours sincerely , H.D.Howells . xiv There are strange ways of serving God a You sweep.
Página xvii
... soul of every nation - human freedom ; " to forge the weapon of victory by fanning the flame of cheerfulness , " and to be the means of lifting the burden of anxiety from those who go , lest their loved ones should suffer privation ...
... soul of every nation - human freedom ; " to forge the weapon of victory by fanning the flame of cheerfulness , " and to be the means of lifting the burden of anxiety from those who go , lest their loved ones should suffer privation ...
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... SOUL OF RUSSIA . 169 Russian Patriot and Writer . Member of the Russian Civilian Relief Committee , New York IVAN NARODNY . THE AMERICAN BRIDE SERGEY MAKOWSKY . THE INSANE PRIEST . · · 175 189 Russian Poet . ( Translation by Constance ...
... SOUL OF RUSSIA . 169 Russian Patriot and Writer . Member of the Russian Civilian Relief Committee , New York IVAN NARODNY . THE AMERICAN BRIDE SERGEY MAKOWSKY . THE INSANE PRIEST . · · 175 189 Russian Poet . ( Translation by Constance ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abraham Lincoln ain't Allies American arms army asked Belgium blood Bloss Booth Brazil bride brother Cameron civilization darning DARTREY GILRUTH dead death defend Democracy Dominion Day door earth Eaton Square Eddie Grant England Europe eyes face feel fight force France François French German girl Gorizia Greece Greek Greenhow hand head heard heart honor hour human Idiot inn-keeper Iron King Italy knew land Latin Latin America laughed lilacs lives Liza looked Louis marry Martha Millionaire mother Myrt nations never Nicaragua night once Paul Guitry peace Petka Poet poilu Portugal Portuguese REINHOLD GLIERE Russian Sailor Bill Sam Mac Serbian Sherston soldiers soul spirit stand stood suddenly thing thought thousand tion to-day turned Verdun village voice Walt Whitman wife woman women words young
Pasajes populares
Página iv - To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
Página 203 - And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Página 69 - I cleared me ground for a palace such as a King should build. I decreed and dug down to my levels. Presently, under the silt, I came on the wreck of a palace such as a King had built. There was no worth in the fashion — there was no wit in the plan — Hither and thither, aimless, the ruined footings ran — Masonry, brute, mishandled, but carven on every stone: 'After me cometh a Builder. Tell him, I too have known.
Página 286 - HOU art not lovelier than lilacs, — no, Nor honeysuckle, — thou art not more fair Than small white single poppies, — I can bear Thy beauty ; though I bend before thee, though From left to right, not knowing where to go, I turn my troubled eyes, nor here nor there Find any refuge from thee, yet I swear So has it been with mist, — with moonlight so.
Página 203 - We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us : for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves...
Página 192 - Reared within the Mountain, Young man, Chieftain, Hear a young man's prayer! Hear a prayer for cleanness. Keeper of the strong rain, Drumming on the mountain; Lord of the small rain, That restores the earth in newness; Keeper of the clean rain, Hear a prayer for wholeness. Young man, Chieftain, Hear a prayer for fleetness. Keeper of the deer's way, Reared among the eagles, Clear my feet of slothness. Keeper of the paths of men, Hear a prayer for straightness. Hear a prayer for courage. Lord of the...
Página 143 - JJLUE, pink and yellow houses, and, afar, The cemetery, where the green trees are. Sometimes you see a hungry dog pass by, And there are always buzzards in the sky. Sometimes you hear the big cathedral bell, A blindman rings it; and sometimes you hear A rumbling ox-cart that brings wood to sell. Else nothing ever breaks the ancient spell That holds the town asleep, save, once a year, The Easter festival. . . . I come from there, And when I tire of hoping, and despair Is heavy over me, my thoughts...
Página 301 - ... that sang, opening locked hearts, And is remembrance mine? For I know these two great shadows in the spacious night, Shadows folding America close between them, Close to the heart ... And I know how my own lost youth grew up blessedly in their spirit, And how the morning song of the mighty native bard Sent me out from my dreams to the living America, To the chanting seas, to the piney hills, down the railroad vistas, Out into the streets of Manhattan when the whistles blew at seven, Down to the...
Página 36 - Mona was on it. (Creeps out through the street door and disappears) (Dartrey looks after him) (The curtain falls and rises again in a few moments. Several days have elapsed.
Página 169 - I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained by war, and betrayed by peace; — in a word, that they were born in war and expired in peace.