Lest We Forget: World War StoriesSilver, Burdett, 1918 - 347 من الصفحات |
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... heroism , with the aims and ideals which have inspired , them , and which have led American youth to look upon the sac- rifice of life as none too high a price to pay for the liberation of mankind . It may be used as a reading book or as.
... heroism , with the aims and ideals which have inspired , them , and which have led American youth to look upon the sac- rifice of life as none too high a price to pay for the liberation of mankind . It may be used as a reading book or as.
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... It stands for those ideals which President Wilson saw when he looked at the flag . " And as I look at that flag , " he said , " I seem to see many characters upon it which are not visible to 2 LEST WE FORGET A KING OF HEROES.
... It stands for those ideals which President Wilson saw when he looked at the flag . " And as I look at that flag , " he said , " I seem to see many characters upon it which are not visible to 2 LEST WE FORGET A KING OF HEROES.
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... prevails , the military man looks down upon the civilian , regards him as inferior , thinks of him as intended for his , the military man's support and use , and just as long as THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD CARDINAL MERCIER.
... prevails , the military man looks down upon the civilian , regards him as inferior , thinks of him as intended for his , the military man's support and use , and just as long as THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD CARDINAL MERCIER.
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... look out upon our task that we may fortify our spirits for its accomplish- ment . And this is the appropriate place from which to avow , alike to the friends who look on and to the friends with whom we have the happiness to be ...
... look out upon our task that we may fortify our spirits for its accomplish- ment . And this is the appropriate place from which to avow , alike to the friends who look on and to the friends with whom we have the happiness to be ...
الصفحة 46
... look back at what was happening . When he saw the priest led off by the soldiers , he and his companions turned back and followed the soldiers to the little guardhouse . He walked directly in , looking neither to the right nor the left ...
... look back at what was happening . When he saw the priest led off by the soldiers , he and his companions turned back and followed the soldiers to the little guardhouse . He walked directly in , looking neither to the right nor the left ...
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Alan Seeger Allies American Antwerp army attack Austria battle beautiful Belgian Prince Belgium Black Watch boat BRAND WHITLOCK brave British Brussels Captain Fryatt captured carried civilized commander conquered death deeds defend destroyed destruction dogs Edith Cavell enemy England English eyes feel fight fire Foch forces forts France French German Crown Prince German Government German soldiers Germany's guns heart honor hospital ship human hundred Huns Joffre Kaiser killed King knew land Lanfranc Liége lifeboats lives Louvain Lusitania Marne Meuse miles military Miss Cavell nation nearly neutrality never night officers Paris pass peace Pershing prisoners Red Cross retreat Rheims Rupert Brooke Russia saved sent Serbia shell shot soon soul spirit story submarine suffering terrible things thought thousand tion torpedo treaty troops Tsar turned United Verdun victory word wounded
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الصفحة 79 - If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
الصفحة 11 - We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose because we know that in such a government, following such methods, we can never have a friend ; and that in the presence of its organized power, always lying in wait to accomplish we know not what purpose, there can be no assured security for the democratic governments of the world.
الصفحة 181 - It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
الصفحة 8 - The new policy has swept every restriction aside. Vessels of every kind, whatever their flag, their character, their cargo, their destination, their errand, have been ruthlessly sent to the bottom without warning and without thought of help or mercy for those on board, the vessels of friendly neutrals along with those of belligerents.
الصفحة 13 - Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
الصفحة 292 - OH yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
الصفحة 10 - Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the freedom of its peoples, and the menace to that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people.
الصفحة 10 - With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States...
الصفحة 56 - I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command...
الصفحة 9 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making — we will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated.