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Deserved promotion has rewarded the more conspicuous actors. The nation's profoundest gratitude is due to all of these brave men who by their skill and devotion in a few short hours crushed the sea power of Spain and wrought a triumph whose decisiveness and far-reaching consequences can scarcely be measured.
Early in the morning, at the crack of dawn, Raymond, of whom we have spoken often, together with two other nobles, took 100 knights from the army of his lord, the count of Saint-Gilles, and set out for the port, with his customary decisiveness.
'I came' declares that He is 'the coming One, and is really a claim to have voluntarily appeared among men, as well as to be the long-expected Messiah. With absolute decisiveness He states the purpose of His coming. He knows the meaning of His own work, which so few of us do, and it is safe to take His own account of what He intends, as it so seldom is.
For the rest, she seemed to bring with her, into the warm, tranquil atmosphere of the place, heavy with midday musings, a breath of wind and outdoor freshness a suggestion that was heightened by the quick decisiveness of her movements: the briskness with which she divested herself of her wrappings, the quick smooth of the hair on either side, the business-like way in which she drew up her chair to the table and unfolded her napkin.
Yet he went out into the night feeling, somehow, that he had acted solely on his resolution and that he might consider himself a man of some decisiveness, after all. Amy had looked disappointed, but had contrived to whisper that she would write from Iowa.
It was more than a riot, it was a revolution. With the rapid eye of genius, Moses sees the gravity of the crisis, and, with equally swift decisiveness, acts so as to meet it. He 'stood in the gate of the camp, and made the nucleus for the still faithful. His summons puts the full seriousness of the moment clearly before the people. They have come to a fork in the road.
Dick placed his hands gently on his wife's shoulders and regarded her with a touch of indignation in his gaze. "Mary," he said reproachfully, "you are not going to hold me to that promise?" The answer was given with a decisiveness that admitted of no question, and there was a hardness in her face that emphasized the words. "I am going to hold you to that promise, Dick."
"Oh! my dear." "How shall you treat him?" asked the girl curiously. The old lady bent again over her embroidery. "I think I shall just say nothing. I hope he will ride this afternoon. Will you go with him?" "I think not. He won't want anyone. I know Laurie." The other looked up at her sideways in a questioning way, and Maggie went on with a kind of slow decisiveness. "He will be queer at lunch.
Yes, I will admit that the French are great soldiers, but you do not know how to rule Corsica. A tight hand, colonel. Holy name of thunder!" And he stamped his foot with a decisiveness that made the verandah tremble. The colonel laughed pleasantly. "They want some men of your type," he said. "Ah!" cried Perucca, "I would rule them, for they are cowards; they are afraid of me.
"If he says anything more about going to Chicago just you let him go, that's all! It's the best place for him for the next few days. I'll get in touch with you in the morning and let you know then how things are coming out." Gilder sighed resignedly. His heavy face was lined with anxiety. There was a hesitation in his manner of speech that was wholly unlike its usual quick decisiveness.
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