Looking Ahead. Twentieth Century Happenings
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Every home in Europe, America and Australia in mourning. And in Asia and Africa, fierce despair and stern determination in every heart.
No story of knightly daring and Pajmim slaughter was expected as in the days of the first Crusades — framed in Troubadour verse — though daring there was, and slaughter too.
War had become too grim to admit poetry.
'Twas too terrible. In former crusades, the distance softened the shock of sorrow, and the time required for news to travel allowed com- parative se...renity to reign in home lands. But now the telegraph and telephone, the telephoto- LOOKING AHEAD. 117 graph, teleautograph, heliograph, hydrophone and aerograph, by which sights and sounds were transmitted through the agency of various elements, brought all the scenes and sounds to the bulletin board of every city and to the breakfast or supper table of every home. The thunders of the cannon and burst of dynamite tube, the hiss of the gas-gun and shriek of the vapor-shell were not hushed before all Europe had begun to echo them.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Every home in Europe, America and Australia in mourning. And in Asia and Africa, fierce despair and stern determination in every heart.
No story of knightly daring and Pajmim slaughter was expected as in the days of the first Crusades — framed in Troubadour verse — though daring there was, and slaughter too.
War had become too grim to admit poetry.
'Twas too terrible. In former crusades, the distance softened the shock of sorrow, and the time required for news to travel allowed com- parative se...renity to reign in home lands. But now the telegraph and telephone, the telephoto- LOOKING AHEAD. 117 graph, teleautograph, heliograph, hydrophone and aerograph, by which sights and sounds were transmitted through the agency of various elements, brought all the scenes and sounds to the bulletin board of every city and to the breakfast or supper table of every home. The thunders of the cannon and burst of dynamite tube, the hiss of the gas-gun and shriek of the vapor-shell were not hushed before all Europe had begun to echo them.
What to read after Looking Ahead. Twentieth Century Happenings?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by H Pereira Henry Pereira Mendes to read onlineMoreLess
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