Hidden fields
Books Books
" Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred! "
The Parish Monthly: Is Distributed the First Sunday of Each Month at the ... - Page 14
1908
Full view - About this book

Selected Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Poetry - 1988 - 442 pages
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies? Were half the power, that fills the world with terror,...hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain!* Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds...
Limited preview - About this book

The Tragedy of American Diplomacy

William Appleman Williams - History - 1988 - 358 pages
...revolutions to move immediately and visibly toward their goal of a better human life. CHAPTER EIGHT Were half the power, that fills the world with terror,...from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts. HENRY WADSVVORTH LONGFELLOW, "THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD" It is not the primacy of economic motives...
Limited preview - About this book

Minnesota Libraries, Volume 4

Libraries - 1913 - 258 pages
...of pacific movements. Longfellow must have had libraries and their appropriations in mind, when he wrote, "Were half the power that fills the world with...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts." Rev. Dr. Lynch, Secretary of the Church Peace Union, in his recent book entitled The Last...
Full view - About this book

Lift Every Voice: African American Oratory, 1787-1900

Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - History - 1998 - 952 pages
...the parliament of nations, The federation of the world. Equally fatuous was Longfellow's lament that Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. Apathy leads to stagnation. The arsenal, the fort, the warrior are as necessary as the school,...
Limited preview - About this book

Irish Political Economy

Thomas A. Boylan, Tadhg Foley - Economics - 2003 - 364 pages
...virtuous habits, less expense is required for the police regulations of society. For almost true it is "Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts." — LONGFELLOW. And so, the education of the poor may be considered as an auxiliary measure...
Limited preview - About this book

A Time for Change

Asher Keren - Jewish law - 2005 - 324 pages
...achieve. Utopia. It is indeed Messianic in the most positive sense of the word. THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD Were half the power, that fills the world with terror,...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred! And every nation that should lift again Its...
Limited preview - About this book

The Blast

Alexander Berkman - Political Science - 2005 - 274 pages
...Magons $7.50 WERE half the power that Oils the world with terror. Were half the wealth bestowed on camp and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts. —Henry Waduwortb Longfellow. Do you realize the Importance of a FEARLESS PRESS? Subscribe and get...
Limited preview - About this book

Triumphant Democracy

Andrew Carnegie - Travel - 2005 - 433 pages
...spends nearly two pounds upon education for every one spent for war. Truly has Longfellow written : "Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestow'd on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals...
Limited preview - About this book

Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing

Larry Chang - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2006 - 826 pages
...certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 ~ Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882 ~ The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness...
Full view - About this book

The Wonderful Century: Its Successes and Failures

Alfred R. Wallace - History - 2007 - 461 pages
...disgrace to the closing years of our century. 8. THB VAMPIRE or WAB. Were half the power that fllli the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed...redeem the human mind from error, There were no need for Arsenals and Ports. The Warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation that should...
Limited preview - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF