 I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained by war, and betrayed by peace; — in a word,...  The Idea of a League of Nations - Page 42by Herbert George Wells, Edward Grey Grey of Fallodon (Viscount), Lionel Curtis, William Archer, Henry Wickham Steed, Alfred Zimmern, John Alfred Spender, James Bryce Bryce (Viscount), Gilbert Murray - 1919 - 44 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John William Graham - 1920 - 280 pages
...their truth of word and strength of thought in war : that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war and deceived by peace ; trained...word that they were born in war, and expired in peace ." x Such is the rash and partial generalization of the rhetorician, based on this much of historic... | |
 | John Frederick Charles Fuller - Military art and science - 1923 - 314 pages
...word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and betrayed by peace : in a word, that they were born in war, and expired in peace. " The habit of living light-heartedly, in daily presence of Death, always has had, and must have, a tendency... | |
 | Arthur Corbett-Smith - Aeronautics - 1923 - 280 pages
....their truth of word and strength of thought in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war and deceived by peace ; trained by war and betrayed by peace ; in a word, they were born in war and expired in peace." The lifetime of a nation forms but a little span of time... | |
 | School principals - 1923 - 430 pages
...and betrayed by peace — trained by war and deceived by peace — nourished in war and decayed in peace ; in a word, that they were born in war and expired in peace.' " ' This is the prophet's call to arise and awake out of sleep ; to abandon the easy life of routine... | |
 | Herbert George Wells - English literature - 1927 - 462 pages
...and betrayed by peace — trained by war and deceived by peace — nourished in war and decayed in peace; in a word, that they were born in war and expired in peace.' "This is the prophet's call to arise and awaken out of sleep; to abandon the easy life of routine and... | |
 | Thomas Denison Wood, Clifford Lee Brownell - Health - 1925 - 614 pages
...word and strength of thought in war ; that they were nourished in war and wasted in peace ; taught in war and deceived by peace ; trained by war and betrayed by peace — in a word, they were born in war and expired in peace.' " JOHNSON, "Play as a Moral Equivalent of War," American... | |
 | John Ruskin - Economics - 1926 - 202 pages
...their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained...that they were born in war, and expired in peace. Yet now note carefully, in the second place, it is not all war of which this can be said — nor all... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - New York (State) - 1926 - 1096 pages
...that they were nourished in war and wasted in peace, taught by war and deceived by peace, strained by war and betrayed by peace; in a word, that they were born in war and expired in peace." That didn't make very much headway. T was sorry to say, and was not very well received, but I think... | |
 | Education - 1926 - 338 pages
...their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war: that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained by war, and betrayed by peace—in a word, that they were born in war, and expired in peace. This doctrine is most often connected... | |
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