It seemed a long way from 143rd Street. Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the col...ored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. Dancing with the Duke of Devonshire was a long way from not being allowed to bowl in Jefferson City, Missouri, because the white customers complained about it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV]... at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship's crew, "now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are four classes of idols which beset men's minds. To these for distinction's sake I have assigned names--calling the first ...class Idols of the Tribe; the second, Idols of the Cave; the third, Idols of the Market-Place; the fourth, Idols of the Theatre.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
And he was lost among the waves, His ship rolled helpless in the sea,... The fourth month of his voyage He shouted grievously "Beloved, do not think of me."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
This incredible work is an almost inexhaustible mine of bad writing, faulty generalizing, childish pussyfooting, ludicrous posturi...ng, and naïve stupidity. To find a match for it one must try to imagine a biography of the Duke of Wellington by his barber.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Do you want to go on together? Or go ahead? Or go it alone? ... You have to know what you want and that you want. Fourth question ...of conscience.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government so...unds as if it were federally mandated--serious, bulky and blandly worthwhile, like a high-fiber diet set in type.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »