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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... ed so as not to frighten people; I am a simple, kindly man. You see my ribbons, my decorations. He shows them.] There's the order of Kamschatka now, with the Kattegat; here is the Karatschi and the Gaurisanka. He turns round and shows his back.] I have more there. He turns back again, satisfied.] I speak in all honor, all modesty. It commits one to nothing. Well, then, my friends, my brothers--my brothers of to-morrow, or rather of the day after to-morrow--I have come to pay my tribute to this bridge, this bridge, this prodigious bridge, this bridge so long and pompons . . . ALL HANDS Abridge, abridge . . . POLONIUS This bridge of love and alliance which stretches through the air like a rainbow in the firmament. Touching symbol of the great day that is to come (it will come it will come . . . but don't let us be in any hurry ) when States shall disarm, when the walls shall crumble, the walls of those prisons--those nations--when peoples shall fall into one another's arms, when the ravening wolf and the gentle lamb shall crop the grass of the meadow side by side, casting sweet eyes at one another, when the workers shall have a long snooze every morning, when the rich shall share their beds and their cellars with the workmen, when arms, armies and treaties shall be put away in the museum, and to the museum the concessionmongers, governors and contractors--when hens shall have teeth. . . . The day will come, will come, indeed it will But we haven't got there yet. Advance must come step by step. We make no rash pretensions that we're going to deprive you, before the hour has struck, of war, poverty, business and land sharks. The birch is a necessary evil for children. Young folks must pass. Let us pass it by, scratching ourselves in...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458946775 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458946770 |
| Weight | 0.21 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.13 In |
| List Price | $14.30 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 56 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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