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...justice of this principle is so deeply ingrained in the American people that when they see territory over run they are aroused and. as this monument testifies, instinctively resolve to throw their moral and, if needs be, their material weight on the side of the invaded. This thought was uppermost in the minds of my fellow-citizens when they determined to commemorate, with this testimonial of their enthusiasm, the decisive victory of the Marne." Was There a Battle? Instead of planning a last stand or ''Battle of the Marne" Papa Joffre had ordered a retreat to the Seine...
...command of 15,000 men, he became the sober, strict executive with headquarters and a staff in a deserted building on Pennsylvania Avenue. He directed the B. E. F.'s lobbyists, organized newcomers, arranged for food and shelter, maintained camp order and, above all, kept the Bonus uppermost in his followers' minds. Said he: "We're here for the duration and we're not going to starve. We're going to keep ourselves a simon-pure veterans' organization. If the Bonus is paid it will relieve to a large extent the deplorable economic condition...
Plunging in Hell ass-uppermost...
...Above all things he has recognized that the college is for the students, and whatever occurred the students were always uppermost in his mind. They did not have to be told that, they knew it instinctively, and no cheers have ever echoed on the campus to compare with the 'long yell for Jimmy.' It was the one way they could adequately express their love and devotion...
Lumbering through one act of The Sex Fable is old Mrs. Patrick Campbell, whose appearance on the first night was the occasion for a Chatauquan ovation. Her part, a minor one, is that of an old dowager whose bed is still uppermost in her mind, as it is indeed in the minds of all The Sex Fable's characters...