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... race , which lie far deeper than their apparent and transient virtues . Let there be no suggestion of error , of having been led astray , of an intelligent people having been tricked or misled . No nation can be deceived that does not ...
... race , which lie far deeper than their apparent and transient virtues . Let there be no suggestion of error , of having been led astray , of an intelligent people having been tricked or misled . No nation can be deceived that does not ...
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... to this day have uplifted and preserved the flower of the human race have never shone more brilliantly , never manifested greater power , energy or youth . THE HOSTAGE CITIES 1 III THE HOSTAGE CITIES T I 29 King Albert.
... to this day have uplifted and preserved the flower of the human race have never shone more brilliantly , never manifested greater power , energy or youth . THE HOSTAGE CITIES 1 III THE HOSTAGE CITIES T I 29 King Albert.
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... race for which nothing could atone . A quite peculiar aspect - familiar , kindly , racy of the soil and unique - of that beauty which a long series of comely human lives is able to acquire and to hoard would dis- appear for ever from ...
... race for which nothing could atone . A quite peculiar aspect - familiar , kindly , racy of the soil and unique - of that beauty which a long series of comely human lives is able to acquire and to hoard would dis- appear for ever from ...
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... race , are not so many . This corner of Flanders , over which death now hovers , is one of those consecrated spots . Were it to perish , men as yet unborn , men who at last , perhaps , will achieve happiness , would lack memor- ies and ...
... race , are not so many . This corner of Flanders , over which death now hovers , is one of those consecrated spots . Were it to perish , men as yet unborn , men who at last , perhaps , will achieve happiness , would lack memor- ies and ...
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... race , are not so many . This corner of Flanders , over which death now hovers , is one of those consecrated spots . Were it to perish , men as yet unborn , men who at last , perhaps , will achieve happiness , would lack memor- ies and ...
... race , are not so many . This corner of Flanders , over which death now hovers , is one of those consecrated spots . Were it to perish , men as yet unborn , men who at last , perhaps , will achieve happiness , would lack memor- ies and ...
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Page 183 - ... children will be brought up till manhood at the public expense : the state thus offers a valuable prize, as the garland of victory in this race of valour, for the reward both of those who have fallen and their survivors. And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens. ' And now that you have brought to a close your lamentations for your relatives, you may depart.
Page 177 - Indeed if I have dwelt at some length upon the character of our country, it has been to show that our stake in the struggle is not the same as theirs who have no such blessings to lose, and also that the panegyric of the men over whom I am now speaking might be by definite proofs established. That panegyric is now in a great measure complete; for the Athens that I have celebrated is only what the heroism of these and their like have made her, men whose fame, unlike that of most Hellenes, will be...
Page 181 - ... for its commemoration. For heroes have the whole earth for their tomb; and in lands far from their own, where the column with its epitaph declares it, there is enshrined in every breast a record unwritten with no tablet to preserve it, except that of the heart. These take as your model, and judging happiness to be the fruit of freedom and freedom of valour, never decline the dangers of war. For it is not the miserable that would most justly be unsparing of their lives; these have nothing to hope...
Page 24 - German spirit, which is its unvarying element, will remain absolutely the same as it is today ; and would declare itself, when the opportunity came, under the same aspect with the same infamy. Through the whole course of history two distinct will-powers have been noticed that would seem to be the...
Page 180 - ... you must yourselves realize the power of Athens, and feed your eyes upon her from day to day, till love of her fills your hearts...
Page 178 - I am now speaking might be by definite proofs established. That panegyric is now in a great measure complete ; for the Athens that I have celebrated is only what the heroism of these and their like have made her, men whose fame, unlike that of most Hellenes,- will be found to be only commensurate with their deserts. And if a test of worth be wanted, it is to be found in their closing scene, and this not only in the cases in which it set the final seal upon their merit, but also in those in which...
Page 179 - ... would furnish a valuable text to a speaker even before an audience so alive to them as the present, you must...
Page 21 - German from one end of the country to the other who stands revealed as a beast of prey that the firm will of our planet finally repudiates. We have here no wretched slaves dragged along by a tyrant King who alone is responsible. Nations have the Government they deserve, or rather the Government they have is truly no more than a magnified public projection of the private morality and mentality of the nation.
Page 179 - ... danger. No, holding that vengeance upon their enemies was more to be desired than any personal blessings, and reckoning this to be the most glorious of hazards, they joyfully determined to accept the risk, to make sure of their vengeance and to let their wishes wait; and while committing to hope the uncertainty of final success, in the business before them they thought fit to act boldly and trust in themselves. Thus choosing to die resisting, rather than to live submitting, they fled only from...
Page 21 - It is not true that in this gigantic crime there are innocent and guilty or degrees of guilt. They stand on one level, all who have taken part.