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Page 112
... expression of one permanently waiting for a train . He seemed chronically tired , but not so tired as certain who encountered him . He had trained a really capable mind upon things which he was certain were affected by very few .
... expression of one permanently waiting for a train . He seemed chronically tired , but not so tired as certain who encountered him . He had trained a really capable mind upon things which he was certain were affected by very few .
Page 115
... I met a man on the train - selling on commission he was , and business had been bum - who'd been wired to come home to a mighty sick kid , and he hadn't the money to get there . His mileage was out and he was going to be put off .
... I met a man on the train - selling on commission he was , and business had been bum - who'd been wired to come home to a mighty sick kid , and he hadn't the money to get there . His mileage was out and he was going to be put off .
Page 121
This singular train of events is recalled in order to indicate both the British ignorance of sea - power and the consistency of the German naval policy . Count von Hertling's demand for the retrocession of the British naval bases is the ...
This singular train of events is recalled in order to indicate both the British ignorance of sea - power and the consistency of the German naval policy . Count von Hertling's demand for the retrocession of the British naval bases is the ...
Page 153
At night our machines have come down low and fired upon searchlights , trains , and railway stations . ... seen on the Daimler Motor Works and the railway - lines , Mettingen Station being set on fire , as also a train in the station .
At night our machines have come down low and fired upon searchlights , trains , and railway stations . ... seen on the Daimler Motor Works and the railway - lines , Mettingen Station being set on fire , as also a train in the station .
Page 217
... for wounded prisoners , of travelling on trains in any way equipped for their treatment . This may have been inevitable , but there was no excuse for the all but invariable rule that the British wounded should be left on the journey ...
... for wounded prisoners , of travelling on trains in any way equipped for their treatment . This may have been inevitable , but there was no excuse for the all but invariable rule that the British wounded should be left on the journey ...
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