The Finding of NorahHoughton Mifflin, 1918 - 91 страница |
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... better thing could you expect when the Government at Washington was composed of knaves and fools ? Mr. Marks overheard this complaint made at a time when every one was hav- ing tea in the big library that looked upon a frozen river ...
... better thing could you expect when the Government at Washington was composed of knaves and fools ? Mr. Marks overheard this complaint made at a time when every one was hav- ing tea in the big library that looked upon a frozen river ...
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... better than I liked Shaw . " He smiled down at her with easy , secure affection . " I did n't know what a little ' high - brow ' I was marrying , " he said , and resumed his reminiscent whistling . At the door they parted , he 57 THE ...
... better than I liked Shaw . " He smiled down at her with easy , secure affection . " I did n't know what a little ' high - brow ' I was marrying , " he said , and resumed his reminiscent whistling . At the door they parted , he 57 THE ...
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... better and safer than the past has been , it must exist with the help of all that is best in the German people , and I think we should hold on to this thought as hard as we hold on to our high explosives . We can't conquer hate with ...
... better and safer than the past has been , it must exist with the help of all that is best in the German people , and I think we should hold on to this thought as hard as we hold on to our high explosives . We can't conquer hate with ...
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Eugenia Brooks Frothingham. this better future , and the courage to speak for it . " " So spoke a very different Norah than the unobtrusive one who had been asked to stay in the Kingsley home , and who had become so unexpectedly engaged ...
Eugenia Brooks Frothingham. this better future , and the courage to speak for it . " " So spoke a very different Norah than the unobtrusive one who had been asked to stay in the Kingsley home , and who had become so unexpectedly engaged ...
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... better way ? " " It is hard to think of one while the core , I might almost say the substance , of their mental attitude is a contempt for the other peoples of the earth . Nothing is more pitiably ridiculous than their judgments of ...
... better way ? " " It is hard to think of one while the core , I might almost say the substance , of their mental attitude is a contempt for the other peoples of the earth . Nothing is more pitiably ridiculous than their judgments of ...
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accuse afternoon American answered Norah asked Norah average mind believe Boston charming Cinderella cold comparative literature Cousin Henry cried Norah dear delight emotion evidence excitement feel FINDING OF NORAH folded surgical dressings frozen Germans girl Government hand happy hate heart Henry rose Henry's high explosive honor ideal ideas Kingsley laughed lift her eyes looked luncheon Major Barbara Mexico nations ness never Norah and Henry Norah began Norah drew Norah felt Norah found Norah knew Norah left Norah spoke Norah stood Norah thought Old Marks pacifist pale paused peace persons Plattsburg President President's pro-German proud to fight Public Garden red-hot foot scious seemed silence silly smile speak stand startling Stephen streets suddenly sure talked tea-time teacup tell things Norah to-night told the tutor uncon usual virile voice walked wanted warm White House wonder words young
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Страница 86 - 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.
Страница 86 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making : We will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated. The wrongs against which we now array ourselves are not common wrongs; they cut to the very roots of human life.
Страница 42 - Wilson once said that there was "such a thing as being too proud to fight"; there is also, or ought to be, such a thing as being too confident to conform, too strong to be silent in the face of apparent error. Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism, a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals of national adulation.