Awake! America: Object Lessons and WarningsMoffat, Yard, 1918 - 197 страница |
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... and who resigned from the House of Repre- sentatives to join the Army . Died of pneumonia at Camp Wheeler , January 14 , 1918 . May God give this nation more Men like him . ABRAHAM LINCOLN , 1863 " We accepted this war ;
... and who resigned from the House of Repre- sentatives to join the Army . Died of pneumonia at Camp Wheeler , January 14 , 1918 . May God give this nation more Men like him . ABRAHAM LINCOLN , 1863 " We accepted this war ;
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... House had not possessed the good sense and the courage to pass the draft act , and back it up with billions of money , their failure to do those two things would have marked this nation for its grave , and measured the corpse of the ...
... House had not possessed the good sense and the courage to pass the draft act , and back it up with billions of money , their failure to do those two things would have marked this nation for its grave , and measured the corpse of the ...
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... house is on fire ! Your children will burn ! " And all Congress said was , " Huh ! " Admiral Bradley A. Fiske , General Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt were very wide awake , and tried their utmost to awaken the Administration and ...
... house is on fire ! Your children will burn ! " And all Congress said was , " Huh ! " Admiral Bradley A. Fiske , General Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt were very wide awake , and tried their utmost to awaken the Administration and ...
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... House of Representatives to the awful military unpre- paredness of the United States . Mr. Gardner believed , just as a few other men believed , that the chances were as 9 to 1 that in one way or another our country would be drawn into ...
... House of Representatives to the awful military unpre- paredness of the United States . Mr. Gardner believed , just as a few other men believed , that the chances were as 9 to 1 that in one way or another our country would be drawn into ...
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... House , and declare that he would support them at home in voting for the following national preparedness program : A UNIVERSAL AMERICAN PLATFORM 1. - A standing army of at least 250,000 well - trained , always - ready first - line ...
... House , and declare that he would support them at home in voting for the following national preparedness program : A UNIVERSAL AMERICAN PLATFORM 1. - A standing army of at least 250,000 well - trained , always - ready first - line ...
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Страница vi - The world must be made safe for democracy. 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.
Страница 37 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past...
Страница 86 - About fifteen years from now my country will start her great war. She will be in Paris in about two months after the commencement of hostilities. Her move on Paris will be but a step to her real object — the crushing of England. Everything will move like clockwork. We will be prepared and others will not be prepared.
Страница 145 - File your bullets' noses flat, poison every well; God decrees your enemies must all go plumb to hell. "Onward Christian soldiers! Blighting all you meet, Trampling human freedom under pious feet Praise the Lord whose dollar sign dupes his favored race, Make the foreign trash respect your bullion brand of grace. Trust in mock salvation, serve as pirates' tools; History will say of you: 'That pack of G d fools.
Страница 92 - Whoever cannot prevail upon himself to approve from the bottom of his heart the sinking of the " Lusitania " — whoever cannot conquer his sense of the gigantic cruelty (ungeheure Grausamkeit) to unnumbered perfectly innocent victims .... and give himself up to honest delight at this victorious exploit of German defensive power — him we judge to be no true German.
Страница vi - We accepted this war, and did not begin it. We accepted it for an object, and when that object is accomplished, the war will end ; and I hope to God it will never end until that object is accomplished.
Страница 145 - Onward, Christian soldiers, rip and tear and smite! Let the gentle Jesus bless your dynamite. Splinter skulls with shrapnel, fertilize the sod; Folks who do not speak your tongue deserve the curse of God. Smash the doors of every home, pretty maidens seize; Use your might and sacred right to treat them as you please.
Страница 92 - ... self-interest ends the real patriotism begins; and its measure is not the loud chest-note of conviction, but selfsacrificing, untiring work in the service of the community, in order gradually to win for the German nature (Wesen) the first place in the world. — PROF. GE PAZAUREK, PKUK, p. 5. 235. Just such a systematic transformation of the world as Augustus effected, Germany must now undertake — but on how much nobler a plan!
Страница 92 - Terrorism is seen to be a relatively gentle procedure, useful to keep in a state of obedience to the masses of the people.
Страница 90 - CHAMBERLAIN, KA, p. 69. 53. The depth of the German spirit displays itself also in respect for morality and discipline. . . . How often, in these days, has the German soldier been subjected to the temptation to treat the inhabitants of foreign countries with violence and brutality. But...