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Updated: July 24, 2025
There are workers "jerkers" and "shirkers"; but through much tribulation and temptation must we enter into the kingdom of heaven. The counterfeit proves the genuine dollar; counterfeits are not counterfeited. So hypocrites prove the genuine Christians. If there were not a genuine there would not be a hypocrite.
This was the last we saw of our baggage, as it was plundered and stolen by camp-followers and shirkers who stayed behind. Having recuperated somewhat during my stay in camp I had set out, with the battery, for the march, but a few days of hot sun soon weakened me again, so I had to be excused from duty, and remain with the wagons.
The laziness, stealing, lying, and faked illnesses, which were usually attributed to the slave's childlike behavior, may have been deliberate ways of opposing the system. Masters complained that many of their slaves were chronic shirkers. When slaves dragged their feet while working, it was seen as evidence of their inferiority. When white union workers behave similarly, it is labeled a slowdown.
If we only had more men, we could put them to rout and that right quickly. That is our great need. More men like the London Scottish, who have simply covered themselves with glory. "It is said here that recruiting in England is slackening somewhat. Such news is simply appalling. You should hear what the men at the front are saying about the shirkers who are hanging back.
They are a disgrace to the country, and deserve to be flogged. Let the nation be true to itself now, and we shall for ever cut out this cancer of German militarism, and bring in the time of universal peace. "Have the shirkers at home ever thought, I wonder, of what would happen if Germany should conquer! The very suggestion of it drives me almost mad.
At least, he ought to, though one can't say he always does." Festing did not reply and she sat down and resumed: "But I suppose you haven't many shirkers in Canada?" "I imagine we have as many wastrels as there are anywhere else, but as a rule one doesn't find them in the woods and on the plains. When they leave the cities they're apt to starve." "You're a grim lot.
"The Germans will be licked by that time, and you will be a Colonel at least. Oh, we don't fear for you you will be all right." "It was a fine speech you gave, Trevanion," said another. "By George, that idea of giving a white feather to all the shirkers was just fine. I hear that the basket is nearly empty." "I am afraid I cannot claim the credit for that," laughed the Captain.
And now I am thinking, how am I to endure living without him; without the inspiration of his splendid courage; without the visible example of his unselfish devotion to his fellows? There were a few cowards and shirkers who failed to live up to the standard set by their comrades.
This is done on the excuse that everyone else does it, and the man who makes a strict return according to law would pay the taxes of the shirkers. While this is true, it simply shows that all men violate the law when the justification seems sufficient to them.
Occasionally some merry officer called out jokingly to some officer at another table; there was no special effort at dignified silence. "The K.O. has our number!" exclaimed an irrepressible lieutenant. "How so?" demanded Noll Terry, Prescott's first lieutenant. "He knows us for a bunch of shirkers, and so he gave us the 'pep' talk this morning."
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