...ADDRESS. -Humble Represen [a I i on," 1 647, to the English Parliament by Oliver Cromwell's soldiers. 16 l. 1 , 'The Literature of Malicious Exposure" (1926). 7 Heav'n has no Rage like Love to Hatr SAMUEL IOHNSON (1709-84), English author, lexicographer. Quoted in: (ames Bos well. Life oí Samuel...

...equivalent of the Combat Infantry Badge. Nor did Samuel Johnson greatly exaggerate when he said that every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier or not having been to sea. In the nineteenth century, William James called for a "moral equivalent of war." Such an equivalent,...

...Army of Mercenaries," no. 37, Last Poems (1922). Repr. in The Collected Poems of AE Housman(1939). 9 Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. SAMUEL JOHNSON, (1709-1784) British author, lexicographer. Quoted in lames Boswell, Life of Dr. Johnson,...

...5095 Boswell - Life All argument is against it [ghostsl; but all belief is for it. 5096 Boswell - Life / 5097 Rnsuvll - Life A mere antiquarian is a rugged being. 5098 Boswell - Life Were it not for imagination,...

...speeches in the House of Commons lames Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson ( 1 79 1 ) 3 April 1 77« 28 IA'cry man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. Jmncs lioswell Lift' of Samuel ¡ohnson ( I 79 1 ) io April I 778 29 Johnson had said that he could...

...to Hong Kong for a wild night or two; find out for ourselves if Chinese girls were built crossways. "Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier" —Samuel Johnson (l709-84) Across the road, Gordon Barr, a year ahead of Jimmy and me at Watertown...

...something. Let Samuel Johnson articulate the claim for martial courage's charisma:14 We talked of war. JOHNSON. "Every man thinks meanly of himself for not...Admirals who have been in service, he would shrink; he'd wish to creep under the table . . . No, Sir; were Socrates and Charles the Twelfth of Sweden both...

...entertain the idea that Shakespeare's soldier heroes were heroes to him. 'Every man', said Johnson, 'thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.'10 As a great poetic dramatist Shakespeare heightened all the elements in the story he dramatized....

...happened to be in the office when Meador read it. "Pitiful," he muttered. Minutes later, he responded: Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier. —Samuel Johnson, in Boswell's Life Mavis rallied with: A soldier is a Yahoo hired to kill in cold...

...Returning, and nothing I have read puts the adaptable, tenacious appeal of militarism more cleanly: JOHNSON: "Every man thinks meanly of himself for not...having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. Were Socrates and Charles the Twelfth of Sweden both present in any company and Socrates were to say,...