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Everyone doubtless knows of the man who burned down his house in order to roast his pig. His problem symbolizes some aspects of our war problem. Let the roasting of the pig stand for the object of a war, let the man stand for the American people, and the house for the American civilization which is a-building. Now let us suppose the man is deliberating whether he will roast the pig, and, if so, whether by setting fire to the house. Similarly, the first question for the American people to settle is, "What are the objects...
...noon commons we have a great plenty of roast goose. Probably every one in the hall (which amounted to eight or ten) might have been bought for a dollar. Indeed, I never saw such tough, raw-boned, shocking, ill-looking animals ever placed upon a table. I hope something better will come tomorrow...
...gymnasium, and with Memorial, urging in the case of the latter that an efficient professional caterer be found. As I look back on my own days at Memorial it seems to me there was an enormous waste; the waiters used to bring us vast quantities of roast beef, for instance, from which we could select the tid-bits which suited our palates. Such waste of course would not be tolerated in a hotel. Economy at Memorial is greatly to be desired; I should think the Corporation might accomplish a great deal by keeping a large number of cows, sheep, pigs...
Cokes, a country squire, comes up to London to the fair, to get his marriage license, attended by Waspe, his testy guardian, who calls for the license at John Littlewit's. Mrs. Littlewit conceives a violent craving for roast pig, and Dame Purecraft, her mother, and Rabbi Zeal-of-the-Land Busy, both hypocritical Puritans, agree to escort her to the fair, where it may be obtained, although they protest loudly against the vanity of such shows. The Rabbi salves his conscience for going by promising to eat to the fall of the wicked and to "eat exceedingly." Overdo...
...Conant '05, "A Dissertation upon Roast Pig"-Charles Lamb...