The Finding of NorahHoughton Mifflin, 1918 - 91 страница |
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... honors which that institution had to bestow . Norah's hopes of a college education were blocked by her inability to under- stand any but the rudiments of mathe- matics . This mental weakness had been apparent in her school days . " And ...
... honors which that institution had to bestow . Norah's hopes of a college education were blocked by her inability to under- stand any but the rudiments of mathe- matics . This mental weakness had been apparent in her school days . " And ...
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... honor by the most popular and respected man of that society known as The Back Bay . The charming people she was con- stantly meeting respected Henry as much as they cared for him . This was delightfully evident . They also shared his ...
... honor by the most popular and respected man of that society known as The Back Bay . The charming people she was con- stantly meeting respected Henry as much as they cared for him . This was delightfully evident . They also shared his ...
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... honor , and for lack of courage . Thinking of it she sometimes felt as though mov- ing among hostile people , and the war warped her life as though she were ac- tively engaged in it . It was terrible and foolish that the man and his ...
... honor , and for lack of courage . Thinking of it she sometimes felt as though mov- ing among hostile people , and the war warped her life as though she were ac- tively engaged in it . It was terrible and foolish that the man and his ...
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... honor is not so strict as personal honor , and even persons have not yet got to a place where they and the things they most care for can be safe without being protected by force . Cities have not got so . When we can find cities where ...
... honor is not so strict as personal honor , and even persons have not yet got to a place where they and the things they most care for can be safe without being protected by force . Cities have not got so . When we can find cities where ...
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... honored and ac- claimed abroad . America's flag was streaming over houses of government where she had not governed , and upon battlefields where she had not fought . Cathedrals were opened for special serv- ices that God might be ...
... honored and ac- claimed abroad . America's flag was streaming over houses of government where she had not governed , and upon battlefields where she had not fought . Cathedrals were opened for special serv- ices that God might be ...
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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.