United States or French Southern Territories ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
It is therefore a grave mistake to regard it as a parochial eccentricity, as a specific Americanism. Nor is it the product of the misplaced ingenuity of individual paradox-mongers. It has come into being by the convergence of distinct lines of thought pursued in different countries by different thinkers. One of the most interesting of these has originated in the scientific world.
They say the paradox-mongers say that it requires a far higher degree of moral courage for a soldier in action to leave the ranks under fire and seek a less distinguished position towards the rear, than would carry him on with the rest to charge a battery. This may be true, though it might not prove a very valuable defence at a court-martial; but, at all events, Mr.
A few paradox-mongers, laughing up their sleeves at any folk who embraced their likes or dislikes in men or affairs, had already begun a two-edged policy, conspiring against all systems, without committing themselves to any side.
Word Of The Day