Word: martyrdom
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...anything for Hungary. Disaster followed disaster until, on March 22, 1919, following a note from Lieutenant Colonel Vyx, representing the Entente, the power of Government was seized by the proletariat, and Karolyi resigned the Presidency of the Republic. "I preferred this sacrifice to assuming the cheap martyrdom of letting them arrest me, because I wanted to avoid bloodshed and mass murder in the streets of Budapest, to spare the country from the worst horrors of civil war"* Nevertheless much blood was spilled. It is significant that the staunchest defense of Karolyi comes from one of his Bolshevik brethern, Professor Jaszi...
When a lady is grossly insulted, there is, in civilized countries, a double remedy. If the offender has the pretensions of a gentleman, he may be killed. If he is simply ill-bred, a dog-whip is substituted for the sword. It may be I lack the courage for martyrdom, even if I possessed the convenient opportunity. In any event I am strongly persuaded that Mr. Borah belongs to the latter class...
...Lloyd's actions and his speeches are entirely opposed to the ideas of the great majority of his fellow citizens. His presence in most civilized communities may amount to a public nuisance. But the longer he was kept in prison, the greater would be the halo of "martyrdom" to gather about his head Lloyd in prison, like Gounaris executed, could appear in the light of a misunderstood, much-maligned patriot...
...small and active group of trustees who have no standing in the world of education, who are reactionary and visionless in politics, narrow and medieval in religion"? No more inspiring act in the struggle of intellect against political control has taken place in the last few years. The vociferous martyrdom of Dr. Scott Nearing in the cause of "acadamic freedom," coupled with its demands for three-cent fares in these times of rising operating costs and his recent connection with the People's Council, cast doubt upon the value of his protestations; but certainly there are few more progressive, independent...
...formenting revolution. The men and women in question, most of them born on a foreign soil, and received generously into our nation with the free rights of citizens, have used our hospitality to strike at the foundations of our laws. There may be a few to weep their martyrdom. But they will be very...