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...men in the door. Even now the memory of it, mixing with the strains of the national anthem made him feel important, truculent. “Squads right!” same an... ... that you were gettin’ out of this goddam army.” “The army, the army , the democratic army,” chanted some- one under his breath. “But, begorry, I want... ...ove into which a man was poking wood, and beyond that a few broken folding chairs on which soldiers sprawled in attitudes of utter boredom, and the co... ...en wizened Madame did not have her eye upon her. Several men drew up their chairs. Wild Dan Cohan always had an audience. “Looks like there was going ... ...ll laughing. He followed her. In the inner room was a large oak table with chairs round it. At the end Eisenstein and a French soldier were talking ex... ... of my bunch home walkin’ down Water Street with brass bands an’ reception committees an’ girls throwing kisses at ‘em an’ all that. Where are yous go...

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...on what great bodies of men have done, and the crises of his life refer to national crises. Every revolution was first a thought in one man’s mind, an... ...nt of what manner of persons they were and what they did. We have the same national mind expressed for us again in their literature, in epic and lyric... ...age was enjoined, or stringent laws and customs, tending to invigorate the national bond, were the check on the old rovers; and the cumulative values ... ... one wide, judicial investigation of character. In full court, or in small committee, or confronted face to face, ac- cuser and accused, men offer the... ... an experiment in this way, and make themselves ridicu- lous. They acquire democratic manners, they foam at the mouth, they hate and deny. Worse, I ob... ...f that;—is pure of that.’ And nature advertises me in such persons that in democratic America 243 Emerson she will not be democratized. How cloistere... ...ericles, and the lordliest per- sonages. They sat very carelessly in their chairs, and were too excellent themselves, to value any condition at a high... ...woodchucks and the oak and the elm shall gladly serve us, though we sit in chairs of ivory on car- pets of silk. This guiding identity runs through al... ...ecognizable, and in process of time will return to the mint. Nature is not democratic, nor limited-monarchical, but despotic, and will not be fooled o...

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... direction of the public minister who presided over that department of the national administra- tion, no person could be admitted to an interview with... ... now its unity was broken. A new element was introduced into the question: Democratic feelings were armed against this outrage; gentlemen and nobles, ... ...ughout the year in which the prisoners were al- lowed to celebrate a great national event: and in those days of relaxed prison management the utmost l... ...iery child, whose girlish romance, whose patriotic heroism electrified the national imagination. The King of Spain must kiss his faithful daughter, th... ...ury to century, if it is an inconvenience from year to year. The Abolition Committees, it is to be feared, will be very angry at both propositions. Ye... ...ut even if they were laid a little awry; and as to larger objects, such as chairs, &c., any dislocation of their usual arrangement, any trans position...

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...ized country, where... people are judged of by their clothes.” Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its m... ...I have not rendered an account consisted of a bed, a table, a desk, three chairs, a looking glass three inches in diameter, a pair of tongs and andir... ...he need sit on a pumpkin. That is shiftlessness. There is a plenty of such chairs as I like best in the village garrets to be had for taking them away... ...as the way these forms came to be transferred to our furniture, to tables, chairs, and bed steads because they once stood in their midst. My house... ...ective musi cal bands stationed on some eminent chip, and play ing their national airs the while, to excite the slow and cheer the dying combatants.... ...thoughtfully while it goes by. What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from some body. God ...

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...ized country, where —— — people are judged of by their clothes.” Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its... ...h I have not rendered an account, consisted of a bed, a table, a desk, three chairs, a looking glass three inches in diameter, a pair of tongs and and... ...t he need sit on a pumpkin. That is shiftlessness. There is a plenty of such chairs as I like best in the village garrets to be had for taking them aw... ... was the way these forms came to be transferred to our furniture, to tables, chairs, and bedsteads, — because they once stood in their midst. My house... ...r respective musical bands stationed on some eminent chip, and playing their national airs the while, to excite the slow and cheer the dying combatant... ...t thoughtfully while it goes by. What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God ...

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...leasant nooks were arranged in the two sides of the bay window, with light chairs and small writing-tables, each with its glass of flowers; the piano ... ...aving so much fun about they only blushed, sniggled, and wriggled in their chairs in a way that would have alarmed a more suspicious mother, but only ... ...arpet, forming a crimson roll at one end, and long ranks of faded leathern chairs sitting in each other’s laps. At one end hung a huge picture by Snyd... ...lucky, since they ascribe her greater religiousness to what it suits their democratic notions to scorn. Not that there is much to com- plain of in Bob... ..., while at the other end of the court, sheltered by a great orange-tree, a committee of the “T raveller’s Joy” was held. For that serial still survive... ...e.” “Get in, I say,” cried Jock, who was making demonstra- tions with the “national weapon” much as if he would have liked to lay it about their shoul...

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... indeed there was such a shout of triumph that no ministry in a country so democratic could have ventured to go at once against it, and to do so witho... ...or Brooks. He was also, at the time of which I am writing, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, which position is as near akin to that of a B... ...ign affairs, financial affairs, and army matters, are referred to Standing Committees in both Houses; and these committees have relations with the min... ...e with such a job of work on his hands? Congress could of course vote what committees of military inquiry it might please, and might ask questions wit... ...n remained in force; but that con- federation was an acknowledged failure. National great- ness could not be achieved under it, and individual enter- ... ...e the States, at the cost of some fond wishes, agreed to seek together for national power rather than run the risks entailed upon separate existence. ... ...ion claimed by the South for this movement is a misnomer. If any part of a nationality or empire ever rebelled against the government established on b... ... to their work with the exercise of all their energies. They organized the Democratic party so 58 North America V ol. 2 as to include the leaders amo... ...obably be given mainly to Madison and Hamilton, Madison finding the French democratic element, and Hamilton the English conserva- tive element—this qu...

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...ly stole a look. The loggia floor was clothed with rugs and furnished with chairs and sofas; and the un completed surprise was there: in the form of... ... Christmas presents for servants and friends! They are everywhere; tables, chairs, sofas, the floor—everything is occupied, and over oc cupied. It is... ...t all in among the English pegs according to it date and regardless of its nationality. If the road pegging scheme had not succeeded I should have lod... ...and un expected way: Republican, a sinner mentioned in the Bible. Also in Democratic newspapers now and then. Here are two where the mistake has resu... ...g child, nor the unintelligent teacher—or rather the unintelligent Boards, Committees, and Trustees—are the proper target for it. All through this lit... ...body came down from London; there were no lamenting poems, no eulogies, no national tears—there was merely silence, and nothing more. A striking contr... ... a His tory of England under the Princes of the House of Tudor, a body of National History, a Philosophical Romance. He made extensive and valuable a...

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...r pleasure, and must leave him alone. For humanity’s sake don’t try to be “democratic.” EXCORIATED—All inflators chafe sooner or later. You must go on... .... It seemed to me a pretty sight, but Penfentenyou said it represented Our National Attitude. Lord Lundie’s summer resting-place we learned was a farm... ...for in the House of Commons by a Mr. Lethabie Groombride, who had formed a Committee, and was disseminating lit- erature: The Province groaned; the In... ...“Look what Farag has brought me!” It was a pamphlet, signed on behalf of a Committee by a lady secretary, but composed by some person who thor- oughly... ...oom— mine for the night again—and sat, the women on the bed, and we men on chairs, drinking in blessed draughts of peace and comfort and cleanliness o...

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...e meaning, I think, stands out plainly enough, unpal- atable enough to our national pride. This thing from first to last was made abroad. Of all that ... ...ere any reason to suppose that our Navy is going to keep above the general national level in these things? Is the Navy bright? The arrival of M. Bléri... ...people all told. It is difficult to see whence the necessary impetus for a national renascence is to come.... The universities are poor and spiritless... ... is an impos- sible social fragmentation. The transport service is to be a democratic republic, the mines are to be a democratic re- public, every gre... ...e mines are to be a democratic re- public, every great industry is to be a democratic republic 67 H. G . Wells within the State; our community is to ... ...d, a community of independent families protected by law and an intelligent democratic statecraft from the economic aggressions of large accumulations ... ...ight and heat, and he would probably find it advisable to appoint a little committee of visitors who would have the power to examine qualifications, e... ...d even in the State universities, if new resources are wanted to found new chairs, to supply funds for research or publication or what not, it is to t...

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...hat our own militarism and our own political constitution are millennially democratic (which they certainly are not); but when it came to frantic denu... ... the men of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries who, rec- ognizing no national frontiers in the great realm of the hu- man mind, kept the Europea... ...ic papers were driven to satirize fat old men, sitting comfortably in club chairs, and boasting of the 17 GB Shaw sons they had “given” to their coun... ...rocities, its panics, and its end- less and intolerable blarings of Allied national anthems in season and out. The esoteric England was proceeding irr... ...aiser’s. Successful as that resistance has been, it has piled up a sort of National Debt that is not the less oppressive because we have no figures fo... ... theatre in celebration of the tercentenary of the death of Shakespeare. A committee was formed; and all sorts of illustrious and influential persons ... ... was one of the artists: he looked so splendid. But he was only one of the committee. I happened to tell him that I was copying a picture at the Natio... ... to get caught when you’re actually trying to. I have knocked over all the chairs in a room without a soul paying any attention to me. In the end I ha... ...ming people, most advanced, unprejudiced, frank, hu- mane, unconventional, democratic, free-thinking, and ev- erything that is delightful to thoughtfu...

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...f the conference did not seem to mind. They were content to have the whole national housing problem treated on a basis of one room for two people. Tha... ...onscious mus- cular effort, may be of use in emergencies; but for everyday national use it is negligible; and its effect on the character of the indiv... ...here is some question of sexual morals to be dealt with. The business of a democratic statesman is not, as some of us seem to think, to convince the v... ...he pendulum” at the next election. Therein lies the peril and the glory of democratic statesmanship. A states- man who confines himself to popular leg... ...ds if the price is refused, and even to feel relieved at their escape. Our democratic and matrimonial institutions may have their merits: at all event... ...able motherhood, innocent childhood, manly virtue, and sweet and wholesome national life. But with a clever turn of the hand this holy of holies can b... ...the kitchen is a big timber table surrounded by eleven stout rush-bottomed chairs: four on the far side, three on the near side, and two at each end. ... ... all right, Sir. The particulars dont matter. I never read the report of a Committee: after all, what can they say, that you dont know? You pick it up... ...! You. dare do that again, you young blackguard; and I’ll jab one of these chairs in your face [she seizes one and holds it in readiness]. Now you sha...

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...rooms which open into each other, and are furnished with a bed or two, a few chairs and tables, a looking glass, a crucifix of some material or othe... ...’ll be King but Charlie?’’ the Italians and Spaniards screamed through some national affairs, for which I was none the wiser; and we three Yankees ma... ...three Yankees made an attempt at the ‘‘Star span gled Banner.’’ After these national tributes had been paid, the Austrian gave us a very pretty litt... ...ars Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana talking at once, and their peculiar national oaths were getting as plenty as pronouns. The next day, the... ...ed; * * * * *, the mouth piece of the debating clubs, noisy, vaporous, and democratic; and so following. Then I could see them receiving their A.B... ...y. It has been found necessary to vest in every government, even the most democratic, some extraordinary, and, at first sight, alarming powers; ... ...g hold on the young and wilder parts of society,—and then of the Vigilance Committee, of which he was a member, and of more secular points of inter... ...ship performed in it, and in it the first capital trial by the Vigi- lance Committee held. I am taken down to the wharves, by antiquaries of a ten ... ... of Anglo Saxon Republican America, the solemn, awe inspir ing Vigilance Committee of the most grave and responsible citizens, the last resort o...

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...tanding here.’ By the invitation to adjourn, it was well understood by the committee Kilne addressed, that they were invited to pass his threshold, an... ...me by thrusting them out at full length; some by cramping them under their chairs: while some, taking refuge in a mental ef- fort, forgot them, a proc... ...rked deference to Evan, induced Mr. Raikes contemptuously to glance at our national blindness to the true diamond, and worship of the mere plumes in w... ...a youthful Englishman; and the Countess dieted the vanity according to the national- ity. With good wine to wash it down, one can swallow any- thing. ... ...’ exclaimed the frenzied Countess, within her bosom. Alas! it was almost a democratic outcry they made her guilty of; but she was driven past patience... ...oice bits from the authors they had recourse to. Both leaned back in their chairs, and spoke with their eyes on their books. ‘Julia’s going to write t... ...erself, however, the gentle- men were as attentive as ever. Evan sat three chairs distant from her. If the traitor expected his sister to share in his...

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...ople of the province. Several of them had been ap pointed by the Assembly a committee to attend the press, and take care that no more bills were prin... ... the government of neighbor ing states, and even on the conduct of our best national allies, which may be attended with the most pernicious con sequ... ... union should be established, which pass’d in the affirmative unanimously. A committee was then appointed, one member from each colony, to consider th... ...much prerogative in it, and in England it was judg’d to have too much of the democratic. The Board of Trade therefore did not approve of it, nor recom... ...t; for, as soon as I got back to my seat in the Assembly, I was put on every committee for answering his speeches and messages, and by the committees ... ...o. There was a great company of officers, citizens, and strangers, and, some chairs having been borrowed in the neighborhood, there was one among them...