The Path of Honor: A Tale of the War in the BocageJ.B. Lippincott, 1910 - 312 pages |
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Page 7 - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost...
Page 85 - And we all know the life you have led : you have been eyes to the blind, ears to the deaf, a tongue to the dumb...