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Democracy’s Test by War - and Peace
… with human liberty, in uncon-quered democracies, in that it compels men to fight, or to work. It seems fair to say that … quantity of lice in the Youngsters’ hair. The obvious remedies included re-housing, greater emphasis on compulsory … debated question. Surely, however, it is well to locate the points of infection in the body politic; and without …
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… numbed or terrified by what surrounds them—the state, the community, or the violence of the prairie itself. The first … horrors. He is the insensitive killer, but he is also capable of losing himself in romantic daydreams or his … when he lighted them, and he knew that someone would die. Although the story closes with the boy angrily seeking …
Percy and the Lamb
… again about the Mystic Lamb and how this black American soldier was shot down on a Belgian street by a white one from … of dried sweat under his arms. He carried a leather briefcase my mother gave him when he was promoted to chief … moving. Some of the Welsh Guards chatted with them at checkpoints and called them “mates.” There was a sense that …
Notes on Current Books, Summer 1987
… in this one-volume work. Consequently, Between Covers is a comprehensive albeit general study. The book traces American … in 1625—28 through their service in the defense of the Indies during the following two decades. Woven into this … of the century. Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic 1895—1926 , by Richard Perceval Graves. Viking $24.95 Based on …
Unearthed by Wind
… hourglass sockets staring out at the world once more. By companies, by battalions, these skeletons rise slowly out of …
Prayer
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