The North American Review, Volume 208University of Northern Iowa, 1918 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... Human nature has not changed . There are going to be parties , going to be politics hereafter ; but now they are subordinate , they are un- important . The one thing only is to win the war and put men in Congress who will represent the ...
... Human nature has not changed . There are going to be parties , going to be politics hereafter ; but now they are subordinate , they are un- important . The one thing only is to win the war and put men in Congress who will represent the ...
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... human treasure . " -Paris , Jan. 27 , 1918. ] FAREWELL TO HEARTH AND HOME Paris , April 11 , 1915 . MY DEAR PARENTS : I am afraid my departure is going to be a trial to you . I should like to explain the reasons why this day should be a ...
... human treasure . " -Paris , Jan. 27 , 1918. ] FAREWELL TO HEARTH AND HOME Paris , April 11 , 1915 . MY DEAR PARENTS : I am afraid my departure is going to be a trial to you . I should like to explain the reasons why this day should be a ...
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... humanity . Patriotism can often be calamitous ; such is the patriotism of a people that does not dare disavow the ... human beings , to - day one cannot hesitate . Let us fight in order to pave the way for a world in which one will ...
... humanity . Patriotism can often be calamitous ; such is the patriotism of a people that does not dare disavow the ... human beings , to - day one cannot hesitate . Let us fight in order to pave the way for a world in which one will ...
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Force , would mean the era of a new humanity , regenerated , purified , a Humanity indeed ! -and not a lot of countries with no thought but to throw themselves one upon the other . My own conviction is that the world is growing better ...
Force , would mean the era of a new humanity , regenerated , purified , a Humanity indeed ! -and not a lot of countries with no thought but to throw themselves one upon the other . My own conviction is that the world is growing better ...
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... human mentalities , and to find the way to keep peace , not from fear of our neighbor , but from horror of guilt . Truly one is conscious to an extraordinary degree of the slime in which humanity grovels when one thinks that a country ...
... human mentalities , and to find the way to keep peace , not from fear of our neighbor , but from horror of guilt . Truly one is conscious to an extraordinary degree of the slime in which humanity grovels when one thinks that a country ...
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Page 497 - And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said ; Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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Page 291 - The destruction of every arbitrary power anywhere that can separately, secretly, and of its single choice disturb the peace of the world; or, if it cannot be presently destroyed, at the least its reduction to virtual impotence.
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Page 593 - ... fields of knowledge. And the very air he breathes should be charged with that enthusiasm for truth, that fanaticism of veracity, which is a greater possession than much learning; a nobler gift than the power of increasing knowledge; by so much greater and nobler than these, as the moral nature of man is greater than the intellectual; for veracity is the heart of morality.