Centuries had passed before the nation had been purged of its idolatries.

God might be a Father to Israel, but to no other nation under heaven did He stand in any such relation.

And when once from the mind and heart of the Early Church the irrevocable word had gone forth, "God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to Him," the final breach was made; no longer could the new faith live with the old.

He was the God of the nation, not of the individual.

But with the people as a whole, even as with their greatest prophets, not the individual, but the nation, was the religious unit.

For, though in the Old Testament God is spoken of as the Father of Israel, it is as the Father of the nation, not of the individual, and of that nation only.

For, though in the Old Testament God is spoken of as the Father of Israel, it is as the Father of the nation, not of the individual, and of that nation only.

In Berlin the name of Ferragut was the object of special attention; in every nation of the earth, the civilian battalions of men and women engaged in working for Germany's triumph were repeating his name at this moment.

It seemed to her more honorable to serve a great nation, to be a secret functionary, laboring in the shadow for its grandeur.

You do not belong to a nation at war, nor have you anything to avenge....

In the place de la Nation he caught glimpses of the sculptured group, le Triomphe de la Republique, piercing the dripping mistiness of dawn; then the grating of the enclosure; then the long cours de Vincennes and its historic fortress.

(In The Nation, Oct. 15, 1938)

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(In The Nation, July 22, 1939)

(In The Nation, Oct. 7, 1939)

Material resources of the nation 2.

He brought the same earnest manner, the same fiery eloquence, and the same shrewd business tact that had characterized his labors in Chicago and elsewhere, and which have since placed him in the front rank of successful laborers in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and the Metropolis of the nation.

Meantime, a Mission had sprung up among the western branch of the nation.

After sitting in absolute silence for some minutes, the head Chief of the Nation, "Big Jake," as he is called, being one of the Stewards, turned to a brother on his right and spoke a few words, and received a reply.

For thou wert there, thine own brows garlanded, Amid the tremor of a realm aglow, Amid a mighty nation jubilant, When from the general heart of humankind Hope sprang forth like a full-born Deity!

"We crossed at the time," wrote Wordsworth to his sister, "when the whole nation was mad with joy in consequence of the Revolution.

It pleased me more To abide in the great City, [P] where I found 245 The general air still busy with the stir Of that first memorable onset made By a strong levy of humanity Upon the traffickers in Negro blood; [Q] Effort which, though defeated, had recalled 250 To notice old forgotten principles, And through the nation spread a novel heat Of virtuous feeling.

The Nation knew I had writ for it, and for the Gimlet, and I wuz awful

But he said the dignity of a great Nation wuz at stake and out she must go.

And he said, 'A straw showed which way the wind blowed, and the Nation must trust its public servants implicitly, or where would be the safety of the people.'