It is not too much to believe that a permanent organization can be formed which will take over to itself the whole business of the regulation of international affairs.
—Chittenden
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"Why should we ridicule, think very droll, Indian legends and carved totem pole, When we, in blindness are equally odd In misconception of life and of God?" |
| —Harriman |
A NEW LEAF
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He came to my desk with a quivering lip,— The lesson was done, "Dear Teacher, I want a new leaf," he said, "I have spoiled this one." I took the old leaf, stained and blotted, And gave him a new one, all unspotted, And into his sad eyes' smiled; "Do better now, my child." I went to the throne with a quivering soul,— The old year was done, "Dear Father, hast thou a new leaf for me? I have spoiled this one." He took the old leaf, stained and blotted, And gave me a new one all unspotted, And into my sad heart smiled, "Do better, now, my child." |
| —Carrie Shaw Rice |
THE TOILER'S FEAR
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There is one thing I fear. Not death, nor sharp disease, Nor loss of friends I hold most dear, Nor pain nor want,—not these. But the life of which men say, "The world has given him bread, And what gives he to the world as pay For the loaf on which he fed?" |
| —Anna Louise Strong |
The only territory the United States has ever acquired by discovery, exploration and settlement; the only territory that cost us nothing in cash by way of purchase, or by the use of military, or naval force.
—Snowden