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...SOLDIERS!?After a reign, brilliant and glorious for the race, the fatherland, and the army?a reign conducted with great sacrifice and stern decision?our great and beloved king has closed forever his eyes, which never ceased to contain unlimited affection. Under his leadership you have conquered, you have forged the national unity of all Rumanians, and with laurels gathered on the battlefields, you have crowned his brow and your...
...year-old Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaievich in Paris (TIME, April 19, 1926) : "Monseigneur: The Russian Congress, which unites all the patriots aspiring to the re-establishment of the Russian nation, acclaims in the person of your Imperial Highness the foreordained representative of the nationalist idea as well as the glorious supreme chief of the army and defender of the fatherland since the first days of our Calvary...
...Upon the issuance of your appeal all Russians without exception will take up unhesitatingly the glorious task of liberating the fatherland...
Three days before, Mr. Tilden had watched Henri Cochet (France) defeat Francis Hunter (U. S.) in the men's singles by 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. "Precious few in the tennis world," said Tilden, "could have beaten Cochet today. ... It was a glorious defeat for Frank...
...Quotation from one "Lindbergh song": And as you winged your astral way God smiled-you were so near- He could not fail such perfect faith, Fly on and have no fear. Oh, glorious France, Oh, noble France, How gallant are your ways, You sheathe fresh sorrows with a smile. To glorify his days...