Of love, of the predilection of the French for military metaphors. Here
every metaphor wears a moustache.
Militant literature.--To man the breach.--To bear the standard
aloft.--To maintain the standard high and firm.--To hurl oneself into
the thick of the fight.--One of the veterans. All these fine phrases
apply generally to the college scouts and to the do-nothings of the
coffee-house.