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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 48 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=3mm, Gew.=82gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of thi… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 48 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=3mm, Gew.=82gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: VII.?GARFIELD STATUE, AS FIRST PLACED. One said?"Why a man's figure make Of bronze, and set it up and say 'Thus shall he honored be when dead, All know him great who pass this way.' "Why not instead some young boy take, Whose soul is yet unmolded clay; Or cause the hungry to be fed Or stop disease or crime's decay?" The answer read?"We can't educate, Decree or reform all bad away, The world grows less when pushed than led By the thought 'I may be as he some day!' ' chapter{Section 4VIII.?THE OLD SPENCER HOUSE. Dirty, decadent, grim, Facing a freight car stand, With smoke and soot grayed dim, On the unwashed river strand. You are too human still for a ghost Though your spirit has been set free; The little left is at most, Emanations of deviltry. A decaying carcass cast; Not a skeleton's whitening bone; You're the present-infested past; Only vermin can find you a home. How your lidless windows stare! Your broken doors gape wide, Rotting pillars of white standing there Seem ghastly teeth inside. God! Can't we bury our dead? Must they be left till we see How the lacks of the past have bred Our present misery? Malodorous filth will seize All held beyond their time, You're a refuge now for disease, A hostelry of crime. chapter{Section 5IX.?SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL FROM BUCHANAN ALLEY. Your square tower battlemented Standing dark, but crowned with snow, By its very form brings memories Of the long ago. Scott's tales, romance and legend Of the feudal lands and knights, Of crusades, pilgrims, brothers-in-arms, Tourneys and splendid fights. The infusion of this spirit Into stern work-a-day, Brought purpose, strength and comradeship That helped men on their way. So the Scotti...<