I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy.

In 1917 - as we have seen, - Italy suffered a great reverse, losing 200,000 soldiers and immense supplies.

... conscienceless efficiency is no match for efficiency quickened by conscience.

For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe.

The year 1915 was one of meager results, the advantages remaining on the side of the Central Powers, with this understanding, however: The Allies were growing stronger because Great Britain was making rapid progress in marshaling her resources for war.

The Negro pays for what he wants and begs for what he needs.

All great people glorify their history and look back upon their early attainments with a spiritualized vision.