I have read somewhere that in the green room of the mediæval theatre there was always a cloak which was donned to make it known that the wearer was invisible.
In this war no strict professional exclusiveness, no chivalrous cramping sense of military etiquette, was to confine casualties to those who had donned uniform and contracted to fight.
The attendant took off his uniform and donned the dress of a turbulent patient.
Every consideration was shown to civilians, although to the soldier, immediately he donned his uniform and came under military law, precious little consideration was given.
Let them not say that they have never donned a balaclava or uniform or manned a barricade.
The men they are sending now ought never to have donned the uniform.
Of the many illustrations, the most poignant is the story of the young man who donned his best suit before sallying forth to greet his liberators.
In a very real sense, social institutions are never simply cut from whole cloth and dutifully donned.
