Word: patriotes
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...presence in most civilized communities may amount to a public nuisance. But the longer he was kept in prison, the greater would be the halo of "martyrdom" to gather about his head Lloyd in prison, like Gounaris executed, could appear in the light of a misunderstood, much-maligned patriot...
...still they would tear it down before it is even started. Constitutional opposition in a regularly organized parliament is one thing; loud invective and rebellious threats against a newly organized government not able to stand on its feet is quite another. The first may be the course of a patriot; the second savors only of the self-seeking agitator. If Mr. DeValera has any ambition to deserve that niche in the Hall of Irish patriots which not a few of his countrymen once reserved for him, he will hardly continue his present tactics any longer...
...right. No matter what may be our opinion of his leadership, his judgment, his diplomacy (and even these, one may believe, will appear better from a distance), this memory of him is destined to live; in everything he did as President he was a high-minded patriot and a sincere idealist...
...Professor Norton was a man whose memory the University is proud to honor--a great scholar, patriot, teacher...
...Long ago Mr. Norton realized something that this nation as a whole is just beginning to appreciate--that political isolation for America is impossible. Coming from old New England stock, he was a patriot from his birth. At the time of the Civil War he did everything in his power to help along the Union cause, exerting a great influence through his position as an editor of the North American Review and contributor to the Atlantic Monthly...