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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... carried . Then she turned and surveyed the hall and the li- brary beyond . A new portrait of Natalie was there , hanging on the wall under a shaded light , and she wandered in , still with her cigaret , and surveyed it . Natalie had ...
... carry out Natalie's ideas , Clay , " he said . " She wanted a sizeable place , you know . A wing for house- parties , and -- that sort of thing . " Clayton's eyes roamed about the room , where portly Mrs. Haverford was still knitting ...
... carried away with him that morning to the mill . He was not greatly disturbed by her threat to keep her hands off ... carry- ing . But in five minutes he had put the incident out of his mind . After all , if it gave her happiness and ...
... carried to the new munition works , there to be machined , drilled , polished , provided with fuses , which " Spencer's " were also to make , and shipped abroad . The question of speeding production had been faced and met . The various ...
... carry- ing home other men like himself to whatever the evening held in store . He remembered London at this hour , already dark and quiet , its few motors making their cautious way in the dusk , its throngs of clerks , nearly all women ...