 | Mark Twain - 1899 - 430 mga pahina
...prove myself its loyalest citizen by making a wholesome change in its system of government." You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders. ~~*~-'-J• — m -, - L_ The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing ;... | |
 | John Albert Macy - 1913 - 368 mga pahina
...with which Americans, especially, seem to be afflicted. "You see my kind of loyalty," says the Yankee, "was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions...eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and qare for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can... | |
 | Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1920 - 288 mga pahina
...ideals. It has been so effectively stated by Mark Twain, that I quote his statement of it: "You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not...office-holders. The country is the real thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous,... | |
 | 1920 - 636 mga pahina
...makes improvement possible. Murk Twain clearly stated the necessity for free discussion when he said: 'My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions. The country is the real thing, the eternal tiling. Institutions are extraneous; they are its mere clothing,... | |
 | Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1922 - 332 mga pahina
...passage was one of the best-loved men both in America and Europe. His statement is as follows: "You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not...office-holders. The country is the real thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous,... | |
 | 1924 - 512 mga pahina
...only method which makes improvement possible. Mark Twain clearly stated this necessity when he said: "My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions. The country is the real thing, the eternal thing. Institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing,... | |
 | Robert Watson Gordon - 1992 - 342 mga pahina
...emphasis upon the concrete and particular.) Like the Connecticut Yankee, he could have said: "You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders."152 Holmes approached law from a demoralized perspective, but he did not live a demoralized... | |
 | Mark Twain, Brian Collins - 1996 - 196 mga pahina
...Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, ch. 2, p. 16. Gabriel Wells (1923). Written in 1889. (PATRIOTISM My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not...are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, ch. 13, p. 107. Gabriel Wells (1923). Patriot: The person... | |
 | Michael S. Foley - 2003 - 482 mga pahina
...Questionnaire 367 Notes 387 Bibliography 425 Index 439 A section of illustrations follows page 204 PREPACf My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. —Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court 1898 On September n, 2001, as this book... | |
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