Let Us Get Together Now by Herbert Kaufman
The essay argues that global and domestic progress creates tension and disruption. It urges universal awareness of interconnected economies and social duties, warning that radical reforms and coordinated effort are needed to avoid costly conflicts and crises.
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Get Busy Fit Another Ship for the Sea
A speaker on the dock frets over a missing ship and delayed voyage. Months pass with no word, but resolve hardens to ready another vessel, trusting fair winds and fortune awaiting sailors. The tone urges action, courage, and persistence against doubt.
Why An Outsider Got the Job
A columnist argues that appointing outsiders to leadership breaks the cycle of local entrenched leaders. Inner elites resist new methods, while a stranger can provide original thinking and adaptability. The piece stresses independent thought as the path to earning broader trust and responsibility.
Goldfish Parable of Moving Yet Standing Still
A brief allegorical note from 1916 contrasts progress with aimless effort. It warns against distraction and energy wasted on action without direction, urging purposeful steps instead of wandering.
Society warns against society bad men and ruined reputations
A moral notice laments society men with loose morals and their impact on homes. It urges husbands brothers and fathers to protect wives and sisters, criticizing toleration of wrongdoers and contrasting city dangers with frontier safety. It argues reputations fall with every careless word.
We are the Legion La Legion d Etranger men who could never come back
The excerpt portrays the Foreign Legion as a ragtag band of misfits from diverse backgrounds. It catalogs rogue figures and exiles from many places and eras, exalting their defiance and exile while praising the legion as a refuge for those who could not return.
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Real Courage OURS is a commonplace exhortation in battle fields
The passage argues that courage is shown by action under danger and frustration with mockery. It contrasts bravado with true grit, noting self consciousness as a flaw and praising steadfast resolve. It ends with a moral call to oppose hate and greed in defense of home and progeny, framed as God’s bidding for a true man.
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