English-class Plays for New Americans

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Womans Press, 1927 - 121 strani
 

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Stran 83 - I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming...
Stran 120 - Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence — that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual — that the free constitution, which is the work of your hands...
Stran 83 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may...
Stran 83 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat ; He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment seat ; Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet I Our God is marching on.
Stran 76 - Many are the hearts that are weary to-night, Wishing for the war to cease, Many are the hearts, looking for the right, To see the dawn of peace. Tenting to-night, tenting to-night, Tenting on the old camp ground.
Stran 120 - Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained ; that its administration, in every department, may be stamped with wisdom and virtue ; that, in fine, the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete, by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing, as will acquire to them the 309 glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption, of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.
Stran 75 - To him who alone doeth great wonders ; To him that by wisdom made the heavens ; To him that stretched out the earth above the waters ; To him that made great lights ; The sun to rule by day, The moon and stars to rule by night...
Stran 119 - We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these rights are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness...
Stran xviii - In my six years of experience as state supervisor in immigrant education I have found nothing more fitting to use with those who are learning the language of the country.
Stran 75 - Who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the gods can be likened unto Jehovah (Ixxxix.

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