Bourgeois in America A word’s meaning reshaped by Bolshevik battles
A prose essay defends the term bourgeois against hostile misuse, arguing its traditional sense as the trading middle class and citizen. It contrasts European usage with American reading, praising bourgeois values as thrift, improvement, duty, and honest effort, framing the term as patriotic.
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Service and Its Meaning in Hard War Years 1918
In February and March 1918 the speaker recalls the harsh winter as the hardest yet happiest, noting how service and suffering deepened his faith. He describes unloading 250 pound chocolate boxes, snowstorms, and three car loads of tent poles stoves and hot material, linking toil to spiritual duty and a new awe for workers serving the world.
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Red Cross
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