...and was instantly with him. If in the troubadour period of our race the philosopher might truly say, "Let me write the songs of a people, and I care not who makes their laws," in our history it has not been the lyric, but the phrase which has proved a potential...

...return us to our own beloved home. Army Song of the Philippines under MacArtkur.* SOME one has said, "Let me write the songs of a people and I care not who makes their laws." Give me the campaign songs of a war, and I will so write the history of that war...

...stronger than hooks of steel. He was a wise statesman, though he may never have held an office, who said, "Let me write the songs of a people and I care not who makes their laws." Why is the "Marseillaise" prohibited in Prance? Sir, "Hail Columbia" and the "Star...

...of a music-box from which were pouring a dozen of our popular songs and under it were the words, ' Let me write the songs of a people and I care not who writes the laws. ' Compare with this the humour of Dingbat, Mutt and Jeff, or Rhino the Monk. Notice,...

...distinguished father the verdict of posterity will not accord with the judgment of him who said : " Let me write the songs of a people and I care not who makes their laws." Mr. Hutchins, I now commit this portrait to the care of the Social Law Library,...

...states ? The ideals of a state are far more important than its statutes. When the poet-philosopher said: "Let me write the songs of a people and I care not who writes their laws," he meant that the destiny of the state, like the destiny of the individual, is...

...and they inspire heroism and noble deeds on the field of battle. It has been said by some one: — "Let me write the songs of a people and I care not who writes their laws." And it certainly is true that deep feelings of patriotism are stirred in the hearts...

...of death. It adds solemnity to the marriage altar, and gives hope to the grave. A patriot once said, 'Let me write the songs of a people and I care not who makes their laws.' It is not surprising that nearly all of the Empires and Republics of the world have...

...their intent and pernicious in their consequences. The aphorism is attributed to Fletcher of Saltoun : "Let me write the songs of a people, and I care not who makes their laws." The writers of these meretricious books with hope of far-reaching results, might,...

...matter is substantially the same with perhaps occasional additions from time to time. It has been said " Let me write the songs of a people and I care not who writes their laws." The world's estimate of a nation, or any lesser aggregation of men, is certainly...