Pentecost of Calamity, The

By Wister, Owen

Book Id: WPLBN0002953947
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Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Pentecost of Calamity, The
Author:	Wister, Owen
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, History, Politics
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Pentecost of Calamity, The
Historic Publication Date:	1915
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


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Nonfiction. Appalled by the savagery of World War I, Owen Wister in 1915 published an attempt to move the United States out of neutrality into joining the Allies against Germany. His aim was the quicker defeat of that nation. (Wister: “the new Trinity of German worship – the Super-man, the Super-race, and the Super-state.”) He was but one of many literary personages who joined in this effort. A moving quote: “Perhaps nothing save calamity will teach us what Europe is thankful to have learned again – that some things are worse than war, and that you can pay too high a price for peace; but that you cannot pay too high for the finding and keeping of your own soul.” (Summary by David Wales)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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History, Politics