The North American Review, Volume 224University of Northern Iowa, 1927 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... be remembered that Vermont is unique among the older States , in that it was never either a separate British province or a Territory of the United States . It was an independent republic , declaring and AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD 9.
... be remembered that Vermont is unique among the older States , in that it was never either a separate British province or a Territory of the United States . It was an independent republic , declaring and AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD 9.
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... never did and never will keep men from fighting when they have occasion to fight ; nor will its own defencelessness ever protect a country from aggression . If there is anybody who supposes that Amer- icans in China would be more secure ...
... never did and never will keep men from fighting when they have occasion to fight ; nor will its own defencelessness ever protect a country from aggression . If there is anybody who supposes that Amer- icans in China would be more secure ...
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... never except for brief seasons been kept . " Men have fought from the beginning , and therefore it is certain they will fight to the end . Human nature being what it is , war is inevitable . " But the argument though plausible is not ...
... never except for brief seasons been kept . " Men have fought from the beginning , and therefore it is certain they will fight to the end . Human nature being what it is , war is inevitable . " But the argument though plausible is not ...
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... never mastered the art of good manners . Their tongue is not acquainted with the law of kindness . They say offensive and cutting things about other countries without thinking of consequences . Such men sometimes rise to high positions ...
... never mastered the art of good manners . Their tongue is not acquainted with the law of kindness . They say offensive and cutting things about other countries without thinking of consequences . Such men sometimes rise to high positions ...
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... never forgave America . From that time the Nationalists redoubled their energy to stir up discontent and unrest among the Chinese laborers in Hong- kong and Canton to the detriment of British shipping and com- merce . Things were in ...
... never forgave America . From that time the Nationalists redoubled their energy to stir up discontent and unrest among the Chinese laborers in Hong- kong and Canton to the detriment of British shipping and com- merce . Things were in ...
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Page 693 - thing of evil— prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore: Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore!
Page 567 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image.
Page 567 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 571 - So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come, And make their bed with thee.
Page 567 - The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 143 - O little sails, make haste! But thou, vast outbound ship of souls, What harbor town for thee? What shapes, when thy arriving tolls, Shall crowd the banks to see? Shall all the happy shipmates then Stand singing brotherly? Or shall a haggard ruthless few Warp her over and bring her to, While the many broken souls of men Fester down in the slaver's pen, And nothing to say or do?
Page 567 - To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon.
Page 699 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and. curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.
Page 253 - The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
Page 263 - For thou delightest not in sacrifice ; else would I give it : Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.