Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 92Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1916 - American literature |
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Page 15
... better anything than this passive , meek , miserable waiting . I told Soames that for the honor of the human race he ought to make some show of resistance . He asked what the human race had ever done for him . " Besides , " he said ...
... better anything than this passive , meek , miserable waiting . I told Soames that for the honor of the human race he ought to make some show of resistance . He asked what the human race had ever done for him . " Besides , " he said ...
Page 18
... better do ? Would there be a hue and cry- " Mysterious Dis- appearance of an Author , " and all that ? He had last been seen lunching and dining in my company . Had n't I better get a hansom and drive straight to Scotland Yard ? They ...
... better do ? Would there be a hue and cry- " Mysterious Dis- appearance of an Author , " and all that ? He had last been seen lunching and dining in my company . Had n't I better get a hansom and drive straight to Scotland Yard ? They ...
Page 22
... better paid , better fed , and better housed than the private soldier of any other nation , yet the regular service makes no greater appeal than does enlist- ment in the organized militia . Surely , after one hundred and thirty- eight ...
... better paid , better fed , and better housed than the private soldier of any other nation , yet the regular service makes no greater appeal than does enlist- ment in the organized militia . Surely , after one hundred and thirty- eight ...
Page 24
... better community , a bet- ter state , a better world , a finer race on the planet . We have too much softened our vocabu- lary and our spirits . We speak of " public service " and " doing good " when we ought to be making such war ...
... better community , a bet- ter state , a better world , a finer race on the planet . We have too much softened our vocabu- lary and our spirits . We speak of " public service " and " doing good " when we ought to be making such war ...
Page 44
... better how to take long and level views . The British public has from the first been at the mercy of its press and of self - elected strategists who irresponsibly discuss and prophesy concerning the war , who raise or depress the public ...
... better how to take long and level views . The British public has from the first been at the mercy of its press and of self - elected strategists who irresponsibly discuss and prophesy concerning the war , who raise or depress the public ...
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