 | William Morris - Labor - 1888 - 174 pages
...esquire does the accolade which makes a knight of him. But while I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they...comes turns out not to be . what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name — while I pondered all this, John Ball began... | |
 | Isaac Bassett Choate - English literature - 1891 - 356 pages
...through a highly poetic atmosphere. The dreamer has no doubt " pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle ; and the thing that they...comes, turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name." The poet is a kindred spirit with the old... | |
 | Aymer Vallance - Artists - 1897 - 586 pages
...pondered on all these things," says Morris, " and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes it turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another... | |
 | William Morris - Tyler's Insurrection, 1381 - 1898 - 164 pages
...him >vW |HEN while I pondered all ^~ these things, and how men fight md lose the battle, & the thing they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat,...comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name — while I pondered all this, John Ball began... | |
 | John William Mackail - Artists - 1899 - 404 pages
...hurry for me." But it was not all waste labour. " Men fight and lose the battle," says John Ball, " and the thing that they fought for comes about in...when it comes turns out not to be what they meant." The silent permeation of a new spirit was making itself felt. The doctrines on which Socialism is founded... | |
 | Robert Blatchford - Best books - 1901 - 266 pages
...own reflections in the pauses of the speech — But while I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they...spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out to be not what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name — while... | |
 | Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard - American literature - 1901 - 432 pages
...lined, title inlaid. The price for the book is $2.00, by express, prepaid. THE ROYCROFTERS \ EN fight to lose the battle and the thing that they fought for...spite of their defeat and when it comes turns out to be not what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. LMORRIS.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1902 - 460 pages
...effects, or both, have been misunderstood. In Morris' own profound and fruitful words, "Men fight to lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for...spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out to be not what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name." 3*4... | |
 | Elisabeth Luther Cary - Artists - 1902 - 444 pages
...the earth." But knowledge of the later time penetrates the dream, and the dreamer ponders " how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they...about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes it turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another... | |
 | Gustaf Fredrik Steffen - Cost and standard of living - 1905 - 406 pages
...der weiteren Entwickelung des Fabriksystemes. Steffen, Geschichte der engl. Lohnarbeiter. III. Men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they...comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. WILLIAM MORRIS, A Dream of John Satt. XXVI.... | |
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I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another... 
