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Page 96 - I had some books for them," is the way one lance-corporal puts it. An extract from another officer's letter tells the same story : "Most of the men were lying or sitting about with nothing to do. When I said I had a box of books to lend, they were around me in a moment like a lot of hounds at a worry, and in less than no time each had a book — at least as far as they would go. Those who hadn't been quick enough were trying to get the lucky ones to read aloud. It would have done you good to see...
Page 96 - Most of the men were lying or sitting about with nothing to do. When I said I had a box of books to lend, they were around me in a moment like a lot of hounds at a worry, and in less than no time each had a book — at least as far as they would go. Those who hadn't been quick enough were trying to get the lucky ones to read aloud. It would have done you good to see how the men enjoyed getting the books. . . . May we have more, as many more as you can spare?
Page vi - Nor can it be doubted that these experiences and achievements will, when the war is over, have a permanent effect upon both the statesman's and the economist's conception of the powers and functions of women in the reconstructed world.
Page 13 - It is unnecessary to state the reasons which bring an educated woman voluntarily to take up such a hard and exacting life . . . only a deeply-rooted motive can be the compelling force, and there can be no finer form of patriotism than the unsensational performance of these strenuous tasks, far from the glamour and excitement of direct contact with the war. Not only in the fruits of her own labour, but by the force of her example, as one of the pioneers along a new road for women, [they each are]...
Page 101 - It is hard work — fatiguing, backaching, monotonous, dirry work in all sorts of weather. It is poorly paid, the accommodation is rough, and those who undertake it have to face physical discomforts. In all respects it is comparable to the work your men-folk are doing in the trenches at the front. It is not a case of 'lilac sunbonnets.
Page 51 - British engineer expressed his firm conviction that, given two more years of war, he would undertake to build a battleship from keel to aerial in all its complex detail entirely by...
Page 56 - Committee was one of the agencies which had come into existence after the outbreak of war. The British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John...
Page 75 - the scenery had never been taken down after the last dramatic performance played in the theatre, and wounded men lay everywhere between the wings and the drop scenes. The auditorium was packed so closely that you could hardly get between the men without treading on...
Page 74 - ... responsibilities in connection with this war, and I might draw attention to the arduous and continuous work of the cruiser squadron in home waters, which is mainly engaged in preventing supplies from reaching our enemies. Ships are intercepted and boarded...