Word: violent
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this age of violence it is more than ever natural for young writers to be as violent as they...
...socialistic parties of Austria and Germany have deserted the cause of internationalism to shout and fight for the Fatherland. The book is full of quotations from socialistic papers to show how the workers of the middle empires have yielded to the cause of nationalism. It is also a violent denunciation of Germany with its so-called "feudal-monarchical organization based upon a mighty capitalistic foundation". The bulk of the book, with its chapters on the Balkan question, Austria-Hungary, the war against Czarism, the collapse of the International, and Socialistic opportunism, was written in New York before the Russian revolution...
...account of the cold, and because of snow storms. The importance of long spells of freezing weather, during which alone the marshes can be crossed, has been clearly seen. On the Austro-Italian front fighting has gone on in the midst of deep snows, avalanches, extreme cold, and violent storms. The Gallipoli campaign was carried on in the dry season and there was terrible suffering on account of lack of water...
Mention should be made of the chorus; for, though meagre, it was well selected as to voices. Though not collectively extraordinary in the usual sense, it had single features not to be overlooked. And in speaking of the chorus, mention should be made of a rather violent but well executed dance done by one of its members. The scenery and stage effect were well beyond the ordinary. Mr. Urban knows well how to accomplish results in this line...
...against poverty and disease and evil would give place to a war against men. The large percentage of American industrial workers who are paid no more than $400 a year, when the living wage is $1,000, would continue the same living death. How can we decently visit such violent wrath upon the Germans, when their wrongs against Americans, are but a drop in the bucket compared with the unrighteous and dishonorable acts perpetrated daily with impunity upon Americans by Americans...