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...Such critics] have propagated a common delusion that democracy is the absence of dictators. They have thoughtlessly given dictatorship the positive and democracy the negative position; and on that basis they have assumed that democracy could be attained by the revolutionary overthrow of dictators. That, in a schoolboy's misconception of our history, is the meaning of 1776. The crusading spirit finds it easier to be against the infidel than for the faith...
...emperor put on a parasol-shaped red velvet hat and a golden-dragon robe, accompanied his son on the first trip abroad for any of their dynasty. In Paris he put the prince under the tutelage of former Annam Governor Eugene Charles. "I bring you a schoolboy," said Khai Dinh. "Make of him what you will." Three years later, Khai Dinh died. He was buried in a splendid mausoleum, at Hué; at the foot of his tomb lay his prized French decorations, toothbrush, Thermos bottles and "Big Ben" alarm clock. Bao Dai, who had come 'home...
...slums were a shattering experience. "I thought they were all in the East," wrote one horrified schoolboy. "I found one house," little Helen Baird reported, "with sewage right in front and children playing...
Grey-haired, 36-year-old Jim McMillin whooped like a schoolboy, almost threw himself overboard in his frenzy of delight. All he could say was, "Damn, damn. We won it!" The winning time: 6:28.8 for the 2,000 meters, 20 seconds better than Harvard's a year...
...schoolboy in Brittany, Pierre Henri dreamed of traveling one day to the frozen Arctic. As a missionary priest of the Oblate Order of Mary the Immaculate, he finally got the chance to realize his dream...