The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 119Atlantic Monthly Company, 1917 |
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... eyes is trampling underfoot all that has been said hitherto by them and by their likes in every age . It is possible ... eye - contains on the other side an admira- ble epigram by President Wilson which has just been cabled round the ...
... eyes is trampling underfoot all that has been said hitherto by them and by their likes in every age . It is possible ... eye - contains on the other side an admira- ble epigram by President Wilson which has just been cabled round the ...
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... eyes of many , it is adorable . Not only is the common good ' promoted as it could be by noth- ing else , but the individual who lends himself to the State , body , soul , and spirit , gets back his individuality en- larged and enriched ...
... eyes of many , it is adorable . Not only is the common good ' promoted as it could be by noth- ing else , but the individual who lends himself to the State , body , soul , and spirit , gets back his individuality en- larged and enriched ...
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... eye- which like a cat's eyes sees them better for the dark to wander away into an infinite distance and a solitude . Dusk is altogether the most illumi- nating hour for the exile ; he then knows so exactly where he is ; he has a perfect ...
... eye- which like a cat's eyes sees them better for the dark to wander away into an infinite distance and a solitude . Dusk is altogether the most illumi- nating hour for the exile ; he then knows so exactly where he is ; he has a perfect ...
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... eye to fall upon it ! In those little bark huts on the trading posts , where young white men pale with the passing ... eyes , set in those dark faces , know a white man's heart when they see it . There in his hut is a monotony of brown ...
... eye to fall upon it ! In those little bark huts on the trading posts , where young white men pale with the passing ... eyes , set in those dark faces , know a white man's heart when they see it . There in his hut is a monotony of brown ...
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... eyes . Always she fumbled with her dusty fingers for a spot to grip and shuffle ahead a few inches . Two hundred feet in four hours ! And six full miles to the coolie quarters ! This was on the fourteenth of a month . If my calculation ...
... eyes . Always she fumbled with her dusty fingers for a spot to grip and shuffle ahead a few inches . Two hundred feet in four hours ! And six full miles to the coolie quarters ! This was on the fourteenth of a month . If my calculation ...
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Page 592 - Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And, happy melodist, unwearied, For ever piping songs for ever new; More happy love!
Page 393 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command.
Page 174 - Party will at once come to the assistance of its ally, and will conduct the war in common, and make peace in mutual agreement with it.
Page 306 - She wanders lowing here and there, And yet she cannot stray, All in the pleasant open air, The pleasant light of day; And blown by all the winds that pass And wet with all the showers, She walks among the meadow grass And eats the meadow flowers.
Page 394 - What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders.
Page 361 - And the lions over seas ; You have eaten ostrich eggs, And turned the turtles off their legs. Such a life is very fine, But it's not so nice as mine : You must often, as you trod, Have wearied not to be abroad. You have curious things to eat, I am fed on proper meat ; You must dwell beyond the foam, But I am safe and live at home.
Page 394 - I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it; and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 650 - Conferences between the signatory powers shall be held from time to time to formulate and codify rules of international law, which, unless some signatory shall signify its dissent within a stated period, shall thereafter govern in the decisions of the Judicial Tribunal mentioned in Article One.
Page 752 - Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.
Page 175 - Should either High Contracting Party conclude a treaty of general arbitration with a third Power, it is agreed that nothing in this Agreement shall entail upon such Contracting Party an obligation to go to war with the Power with whom such treaty of arbitration is in force.