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...martyr amid golden fires Cried out: "While Red Knight fought -with Black, The White Lady, with both their squires, Made the beast with double back; And while the great St. Austin preached, So air grew gold with angels' wings, A beggar scratched because he itched; I perish to amend these things, And while in blazing shirt I stand, Priest jostles knave in the dark street, Better to see my burning hand Fall off, and sputter at my feet...
...sister nation on the shores of the Pacific enters the war in Europe. I fling this challenge to America: If she in her contentment is going to blindly and stubbornly stick to the status quo in the Pacific, then we will fight America. For it would be better to perish than to maintain the status...
...known the American people as a good and decent people, so it grieves me to realize that today America is the most unprogressive nation on earth. ... It is nice for the United States to say that we must settle everything peacefully, but if we wait for America we must perish in the years of waiting. So I say to America: Now is the time for action, and Japan will not hesitate when its hour arrives...
...Help us to be men enough not to stand for one minute these dictatorships who would overthrow all we believe in. Don't let liberty perish from the earth. Don't, Don't, DON'T allow freedom of conscience to vanish from the earth...
...mistakes of the European democracies. Without becoming victims of hysteria, they should resolutely refuse to nourish pleasing illusions and should proceed in all haste to prepare for the worst . . . gird themselves to face the darkest period of their history. . . . In this world a people must be strong or perish." Main job facing the schools, said the Commission, is mobilization for moral defense. Its proposals: American Dream: "The American people . . . have taken their blessings for granted . . . lack a clear perception of what is at stake. . . . Education can help to clarify the nature and goals of democracy. It can portray the American...