Eugene Manlove Rhodes

Name: Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard — Good Men and True : Chapter 2
Author: Eugene Manlove Rhodes

Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard… (1920)

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“Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard — Good Men and True : Chapter 2”, published in 1920, is a work by Eugene Manlove Rhodes. It explores elements such as Jeff, Aughinbaugh and Fla-ag.

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard… (1920)

“ Turning, whirling, straining, Jeff was dizzily conscious that the men beneath the light were down, both still shooting; the cab had stopped, men were running toward him shouting. The giant's dreadful strength was undirected, heaving and thrusting purposeless; time for order and response would be time for crashing death to find him; his one frantic thought was to shoot first, to shoot fast. Shaken, tossed and thrown, Jeff kept his feet, kept his head, kept close in; as the great man's gun rose and fell he parried with his own. ”

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard… (1920)

“ If it has ever been your privilege to observe a wise old she-bear watching her cubs at play and to note the expression of her face—half patience, tolerance, resignation; the remainder pride and approval—you will know exactly how Jeff looked. As for Aughinbaugh, he bore himself grandly, chin up. ”

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard… (1920)

“ Chapter II
"Life is just one damn thing after another."
—A Nameless Philosopher. AUGHINBAUGH closed the door behind him and paused, vastly diverted. His entrance had passed unnoted, muffled by the jerky click-click of the typewriter on which Jeff Bransford toiled with painful absorption. On Jeff's forehead little beads of sweat stood out, glistening in the lamp-light. He scanned the last line, scowled ferociously, and snapped the platen back. His uncertain fingers twitched solicitously above the keys. Aughinbaugh chuckled offensively. ”

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard… (1920)

“ Jeff lolled contentedly back in his chair, puffing out clouds of smoke. "That's a fine line of talk you get out. You sure did a wise thing when you quit the bank and took to studying law. You have all the qualifications for a successful lawyer—or a barker for a sideshow." ”

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard… (1920)

“ When, in a great crisis, the mighty statesman, the intellectual giant between whose puny legs we petty men do creep and peer about, has proclaimed the Fla-ag in Danger; has led us to stand at the parting of the ways; has shown that the nation must make irrevocable choice of good or evil ”

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard… (1920)

“ It is the premise on which all wars are based. Mark, now, how human nature speaks from its ele mental depths in the calm, complacent, but entirely sincere assumption that all good men and true will be unconditionally with the party! ”

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard… (1920)

“ The one unvarying factor of the human mind," he went on, "is the firm, unbiased conviction that I am right, and all opposition necessarily, consciously and wilfully wrong. This belief is the base and foundation of all human institutions, of sectionalism, caste, creeds, par ties, states, of patriotism itself. ”

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard… (1920)

“ These people may want to go home!
"Oh, well, it's nearly twelve o clock," said George, unabashed. "And I have to work if you don't. Bless you, my children, bless you! Be happy and you will be good! Buenas noches!"
"Buenas noches!"
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A trolley car whirred by, with scintillation of blue-crackling sparks. Jeff elected to walk, companied by his storied ghosts—their footsteps sounded through the rustling leaves. The wind was dead; the night was overcast, dark and chill. Aughinbaugh's lodgings were in the outskirts of the residence section; the streets at this hour were deserted. ”

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Good Men and True; and, Hit the Line Hard… (1920)

“ Old secrets come to view; and long buried despair finds voice. Read this portion of an old letter: 'If for my consolation monseigneur would grant me, for the sake of God and the most blessed Trinity, that I should have news of my dear wife ”

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