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...momentary levity as the Priest held the child high in his arms, saying: "I dedicate thee, Rosa, little flower of human life, to the cause of Russian women?Rosa, sweetest of flowers; Luxembourg, honored name of a martyr?beauty and sacrifice." As if in obedience to a magic wand the entire assembly rose, and with the passion of youth and the feeling of age the Internationale was sung?then...
...unplumbed centuries of time Egypt has been a whet to the imagination and a conjuring-wand for dreams. Since the era of Joseph and Moses the land, half-shrouded in its veil of mysteries, has tinged with its own strange color the thoughts and actions of men. Antony learned there the subtle, inexpressible charm of the East; Napoleon and his army stood in awe before its pyramids; Shelley drew a moral philosophy from a fallen "Ozymandias"; and the modern world stands at the newly-opened tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen and finds therein another Renaissance...
Romance, when called out by the magic wand of a fairy, or told in the pages of a "Huckleberry Finn", is a totally different thing from the romance of camping out on a winter night with little to wear and less to eat. Boys play pirates for the fun of it, and steal their provisions from their mother's pantry; but when a boy camps under the steps of Russell Annex, and steals what he needs from the automobiles and college rooms near by, it is stretching the point to say that he is "playing pirate...
...measures the success of the governing party, and that is its credit," Senator Wadsworth concluded. "Our credit is restored, for Liberty bonds are now selling above par. Our work, however, is only about two-thirds done. You cannot change night into day by a mere waving of the legislative wand. It is therefore that I hope the Republicans will be reelected this November, that they may continue their endeavors for another two years...
...essence, the committee's scheme is little more than a new flat money proposition. Congress waves its financial wand, and to the bonus is paid! Same-body gains; nobody loss now. Of course after election day, in two or three years perhaps, the certificates will have to be redeemed, but by that time everyone will have forgotten and the Republican gentleman from Maine, Ohio, or Pennsylvania, as the case may be, will still hold his accustomed seat, secure in the knowledge that the Legion is "back...