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[...]" ...would have news of him, fully and authentically, no matter what happened to him. So Mr. Allen posted his representatives in every hospital, in every trench sector, and through them kept track of every soldier. If a man was taken prisoner Mr. Allen knew it. If he was wounded Mr. Allen knew just where and how. The man's family was told of it immediately. Presently, where this was possible, Mr. Allen's representative was writing letters from...
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In the annals of war, the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) stand as a testament to the indomitable spirit of a nation. Heywood Broun's "The A.E.F. (Unabridged)" offers an unvarnished account of the Great War from the perspective of the American soldiers who fought in the trenches of France. Through vivid prose and poignant anecdotes, Broun captures the horrors, camaraderie, and sacrifices that defined this pivotal conflict. Prepare to be immersed...
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[...]"Indeed, if there had only been right-minded supervision over the modelling of Adam and Eve the world could worry along nicely without the aid of the Society for the Suppression of Vice. Suppression of those biological facts which the Society includes in its definition of Vice is now impossible. Concealment is really what the good men are after. Somewhat after the manner of the Babes in the Woods they would cover us over with leaves. For men...
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[...]"We wish we could speak with unreserved enthusiasm about this book. It would be pleasant to make out a list of three essential volumes for humanity and suggest the complete works of William Shakespeare, the Bible and "Pieces of Hate," but Mr. Broun's book does not deserve any such ranking. Speaking as a critic of books, we are not at all sure that we care to recommend it. It seems to us that the author is honest, but the value of that quality...
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[...]""Your son was born ten minutes ago," said the voice at the other end of the wire. "I'll be up," replied Peter Neale, "right away." But it wasn't right away. First he had to go upstairs to the card room and settle his losses. Indeed he played one more pot for when he returned to the table his deal had come around again. He felt that it was not the thing to quit just then. The other men might think he had timed his departure in order to save the...
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A. & C. Boni
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1927
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"Anthony Comstock (March 7, 1844 - September 21, 1915) was an American anti-vice activist, United States Postal Inspector, and secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (NYSSV), who was dedicated to upholding Christian morality. He opposed obscene literature, abortion, contraception, masturbation, gambling, prostitution, and patent medicine. The terms comstockery and comstockism refer to his extensive censorship campaign of materials...
