Category Archives: We the People

Amoeba’s Lorica: Wiener Malgré Lui

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Amoeba

Malgré lui is one of those damnable French expressions that, like les misérables, has no simple, convenient translation into English. It may be explained something like this: “Persons X have become something (a physician, perhaps); they had no plans along … Continue reading →

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Po’ TUS

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Amoeba

When the world was young and Man was new, And everything was pleasant, Distinctions Nature never drew ‘Mongst king and priest and peasant. We’re not that way at present, Save here in this Republic, where We have that old regime, … Continue reading →

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Amoeba’s Lorica: The White Feather (A Memorial Day Musing)

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Amoeba

One has indeed personally to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression; but as the years go by it seems now often forgotten that to be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an … Continue reading →

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