Word: sword
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...London, Mayor Walker slipped in and out of his hotel without fuss, cocked his white straw "skimmer" at an acute angle and exhibited a burst of U. S. energy. He went through a mock arrest, telling Sir John Knill, the acting Lord Mayor, "It's the sword makes me own up, my Lord." He dashed to luncheons, teas, handshakings; tried out the Lord Mayor's chair, a chipper urchin among greybeards; rattled questions about London slums and busses; missed his dinner; clapped at the theatre; consoled Mrs. Walker for losing her largest trunk. He startled his Manhattan subordinates...
Some thoughtful person once declared that "the pen is mightier than the sword" and thus opened up a question which has been the subject of debate for many, many-years. Of course the phrase was used in a general sense, implying that the written word has more power and influence than have the implements of war. But it is interesting to note the fact that the statement taken literally is at present well night out of date...
...true to the present day would have to put it something like this: "The typewriter is mightier than poison gas." The facts which this illustrates are only too true. The art of writing is fast becoming a lost art in our modern civilization; while the days when the sword was regarded as the symbol of battle have even more completely disappeared...
...come home and receive in person his righteous adulation. Some say that his welcome was the beginning of the spectacle era in the U. S.a wood and plaster triumphal arch in Manhattan (reputed to be "a labor of love"), massed flag waving and horn blowing, loving cups, a sword of honor from President McKinley, so much handshaking that the idol's hand became painfully swollen...
Stoking coal on an ocean steamship has commonly been regarded as one of the least attractive of all occupations--the sword that hangs over the head of stowa ways who are caught, the last resort of those who are bent on working their way to Europe by any means. The English girls who, bored on her passage to America, asked permission to work the full length of the voyage as a stoker, has set a precedent, not the least amazing feature of which is that her request was granted. Dressed in overalls, she wielded the shovel for nine days...