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...hearty, life-loving Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn had made himself a precocious reputation as the finest society portrait painter in rich, 17th-Century republican Amsterdam. A proud, flamboyant personality, he charged Amsterdam's solid burghers, soldiers and surgeons high prices for his solemn, cloudy canvases, married a woman of wealth, spent money like a drunken lord on paintings, prints, armor, tapestries and pearls. Some of the ruff-necked portraits Painter Rembrandt did during this early period were as prim and vapid as their complacent cheese-eating subjects. But on the side he prowled Amsterdam's ancient docksides...
...course, he did not show them. Said Manuel Quezon: "No matter what sufferings and sacrifices the war imposes on us, we stand by America with undaunted spirit. ... I humbly invoke the help of Almighty God that I may have the wisdom and fortitude to carry out this solemn obligation...
...party in the hotel auditorium for the 15 little Nazi children in the party. (Some of the children were born in the U.S., are technically U.S. citizens.) It was a subdued affair, burdened with heavy Teutonic cheer. Kris Kringle appeared, and distributed gifts. They sang Christmas carols in solemn, piping voices...
...News of your gallant struggle against the Japanese aggressor has elicited the profound admiration of every American. As President of the United States, I know that I speak for all our people on this solemn occasion...
...people of the United States will never forget what the people of the Philippine Islands are doing this day and will do in the days to come. I give to the people of the Philippines my solemn pledge that their freedom will be redeemed and their independence established and protected...