Dangerous DaysBibliotech Press, 1919 - 248 pages This was an interesting glimpse into what American life was like in the run up to World War I. I learned some things--such as that sabotage was a very real threat in those days--and appreciated Rinehart's perspective on the attitudes of the time, both for and against entering the war. This was an inspirational read that vividly showed the difference between people who live their lives according to a moral code, even if it means turning their backs on happiness, and people who live only for themselves: Some time during the evening his thoughts took this form: that there were two sorts of people in the world: those who seized their own happiness, at any cost; and those who saw the promised land from a far hill, and having seen it, turned back. (Sophie) |
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... brought in , he planned there in the darkness , new organization , new expansions — and found in it a great content . He was proud of his mills . They were his , of his making . The small iron foundry of his father's building had ...
... brought her breakfast , and she was lying back among te pillows , the litter of the early mail about her and a morning paper on her knee . He bent over and kissed her , perfunc- torily , and he was quick to see that her resentment of ...
... brought back her long hours of terror . She collapsed into the chair again and fell to un- quiet sobbing . Graham was disturbed . " You're a queer girl , " he said . " Why should that lose me my most valued assistant ? " When she made ...
... brought prosperity into homes where it had long been absent . Mills and fac- tories took on new life . Labor was scarce and high . It was a period of extravagance rather than pleasure . Peo- ple played that they might not think ...
... brought or sent her tribute , flowers , candy , and cigarets . She was enormously popular at dances . But more and more her dinner invitations were from the older crowd . Like Natalie Spencer's stupid party the night before . So she ...