Word: wailful
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...onslaught of noise from his party. A tattoo was drummed with despatch boxes on the desks. Whistles, large bells and trumpets joined in one concerted, inharmonious, deafening din. The parties opposing the communists, not to be outdone, mustered their vocal chords and poured forth a varied species of banshee wail-but all to no avail. The communists not only carried the day, but held the Parliament building. A desperate Government Bench, not being able to hear itself think, finally ordered the removal of the communists from the Chamber, and a few moments later the Parliamentary Guard carried the unruly members...
...thousands about me, to the day's work. But before I could leave my room the steam whistles of all the great industries in the great city and of all the steam craft in its great harbor began to blow.; to bellow and scream and roar and wail in unnumbered voices that presently fused into one and rolled down through hundreds of miles of streets into the open country...
...book it is most disappointing. It is not in the form of an argument to support his position. It is rather a wail that the 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...
...been rapidly decreasing under modern social influences. The soldier must be taught obedience. That is the chief, though not the only, object of military training. The hardest problem this nation confronts on the threshold of war is not the recruiting of soldiers, but their training. It is useless to wail over neglected plans. We must face the situation that exists...
...hear the Eli's awful wail...