Word: lovely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Thou art my own love...
...historical justification. The Persians. the Egyptians, and the Greeks all maintained large military establishments. Armies protect commerce, they prevent many wars and shorten others. They are, so to speak, a tax for insurance. Military discipline educates the lower classes, and begets in a man a cordial and enthusiastic love of country...
...Love likes not always laughter...
...however, that the interesting thesis of the title, "Iphigeneia Martyr," is not more consistently carried, and this, perhaps, mars the balance of an otherwise delightful essay. The quotations are all chosen with a keen appreciation of their value in illustrating the subject. The essay is clearly a labor of love...
...Total Abstinence League. Mr. Cook began by comparing the prohibition question to the old slavery issue, and said he hoped that his hearers would live to seethe liquor traffic declared an outlaw thoughout the civilized world. The temperance movement takes root easily in the Anglo-Saxon nature. For the love of moral purity inherent in it awakens a great sensibility to moral questions, and we should do our share to further the cause. The lecturer then discussed the educational and political aspect of the prohibition movement. Life insurance companies take cognizance of a man's habits in drink. The total...