...one another by way of cause and effect. Thus Kipling, referring to the American, speaks of the spirit That bids him flout the law he makes, That bids him make the law he flouts — as if the American must be a perverse man indeed, since he greatly desires to make a law and at...

...Or panic-blinded stabs and slays : 288 Blatant he bids the world bow down, Or cringing begs a crust of praise ; Or, sombre-drunk, at mine and mart, He...drumming guns that — have no doubts; That checks him foolish-hot and fond, That chuckles through his deepest ire, That gilds the slough of his despond But...

...panic-blinded stabs and slays : AN AMERICAN Blatant he bids the world bow down, Or cringing begs a crust of praise ; Or, sombre-drunk, at mine and mart, He...drumming guns that — have no doubts; That checks him foolish-hot and fond, That chuckles through his deepest ire, That gilds the slough of his despond But...

...crown, Or panic-blinded stabs and slays : Blatant he bids the world bow down, Or cringing begs a crust of praise ; Or, sombre-drunk, at mine and mart, He...drumming guns that — have no doubts; That checks him foolish-hot and fond, That chuckles through his deepest ire, That gilds the slough of his despond But...

...heart Leaps, as a babe's, at little things. But, through the shift of mood and mood, Mine ancient humor saves him whole — The cynic devil in his blood That...That checks him foolish hot and fond, That chuckles thrush his deepest Ire, That gilds the slough of his despond, But dims the goal of his desire." Such...

...calculation became agony and the only remedy was action. Now, as in his earlier adventure, " pressed with many doubts, he wakes the drumming guns that have no doubts." That a mere Prussian minister should combat his plans seemed to him little short of lese-majestt. Nor could...

...His easy unswept hearth he lends From Labrador to Guadeloupe; Till; elbowed out by sloven friends, Calm-eyed he scoffs at sword and crown, Or panic-blinded...deepest ire, That gilds the slough of his despond Inopportune, shrill-accented, The acrid Asiatic mirth That leaves him careless 'mid his dead, The scandal...

...crown, Or panic-blinded stabs and slays : Blatant he bids the world bow down, Or cringing begs a crust of praise; Or, sombre-drunk, at mine and mart, He...Law he flouts, Till, dazed by many doubts, he wakes That checks him foolish-hot and fond, That chuckles through his deepest ire, That gilds the slough...

...crown, Or panic-blinded stabs and slays: Blatant he bids the world bow down, Or cringing begs a crust of praise; Or, sombre-drunk, at mine and mart, He...Law he flouts, Till, dazed by many doubts, he wakes That checks him foolish-hot and fond, That chuckles through his deepest ire, That gilds the slough...

..."assertive democracy" which will recognize no superiors, where the citizen is possessed of a spirit "That bids him flout the law he makes, That bids him make the law he flouts". Morality and religion are of all things asserted to be primarily personal, individual concerns, "Privatsache"....