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A manual directly pertaining to psychological warfare is America's Weapons of Psychological Warfare edited by Robert E. Summers (New York, 1951); this also contains a bibliography which is helpful to the layman.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Against protest and appeal, under legislative whip and spur, with the tempting smiles and patronage of the Administration, after nearly a four months' parliamentary struggle, the plighted faith of a generation was violated, and the repealing act passed—mainly by the great influence and example of Douglas, who had only five years before so fittingly described the Missouri Compromise as being "akin to the Constitution," and "canonized in the hearts of the American people as a sacred thing which no ruthless hand would ever be reckless enough to disturb."
— from Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John G. (John George) Nicolay
Joe makes no hero of himself, but he refused to do this, stating that they would either both reach Escoumains or neither of them would get there.
— from Bob Hunt in Canada by George W. Orton
In a word, each believer really expects his eternal life to be [Pg 207] a direct continuation of his individual life on earth, only in a “much improved and enlarged edition.”
— from The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century by Ernst Haeckel
This monument was erected by R. E. (Richard Elmhirst) 1844.”
— from Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by James Conway Walter
[389] 2 311-7103 Flag description: a yellow sun with eight broadening rays extending to the edges of the red field Economy Macedonia Economy - overview: At independence in September 1991, Macedonia was the least developed of the Yugoslav republics, producing a mere 5% of the total federal output of goods and services.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Archbishop Ribera was fully sustained by the Archbishop of Toledo, and the whole ecclesiastical body received energetic support from Government.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley
“Nobody has spoken a word for an age, and I don't wonder, if everybody is as tired as I. Shall we ever be rested enough to go to-morrow?”
— from Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers: A Story for Girls in Half-A-Dozen Chapters by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
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