There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth.
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Honest pioneer work in the field of science has always been, and will continue to be, life's pilot. On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation.
Wilhelm Reich
It was the same in World War I, when Woodrow Wilson, also a tool of the Jews, maneuvered it into the war.
Julius Streicher
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Ovid