The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 139Atlantic Monthly Company, 1927 - American essays |
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Page 14
... become a commonplace to say that no very sharp distinction can any longer exist between military and civilian populations in war . Whereas wars were formerly fought out between armies in well - defined local campaigns , and the civilian ...
... become a commonplace to say that no very sharp distinction can any longer exist between military and civilian populations in war . Whereas wars were formerly fought out between armies in well - defined local campaigns , and the civilian ...
Page 17
... become intolerable . II Obviously the study of means to prepare an entire industrial , profes- sional , and domestic society for the extreme unction of modern warfare is an infinitely subtle and exhaustive inquiry . Such a study would ...
... become intolerable . II Obviously the study of means to prepare an entire industrial , profes- sional , and domestic society for the extreme unction of modern warfare is an infinitely subtle and exhaustive inquiry . Such a study would ...
Page 25
... become spectators of the final sacred rites of commemoration and respect . On the stage or field in view of the vast and solemn audience , the next of kin to the dead officers would form a queue , and marching for- ward in triumphant ...
... become spectators of the final sacred rites of commemoration and respect . On the stage or field in view of the vast and solemn audience , the next of kin to the dead officers would form a queue , and marching for- ward in triumphant ...
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... become a mechanic's helper , and now at last was a mechanic with wages of sixty dollars a week . Wesley , always more awkward , had found the city in- different , and so perforce had become his own boss , washing windows at fifteen ...
... become a mechanic's helper , and now at last was a mechanic with wages of sixty dollars a week . Wesley , always more awkward , had found the city in- different , and so perforce had become his own boss , washing windows at fifteen ...
Page 47
... becoming at least a little bit like Saint Francis . We have not quite the courage to embrace Our Lady Poverty ; but we find Our Lady Riches a most unstimulating spouse ... become handsome and garrulous enough to THE GODS OF THE MOMENT 47.
... becoming at least a little bit like Saint Francis . We have not quite the courage to embrace Our Lady Poverty ; but we find Our Lady Riches a most unstimulating spouse ... become handsome and garrulous enough to THE GODS OF THE MOMENT 47.
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