North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 223University of Northern Iowa, 1926 |
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... matters pertaining to what Mr. George F. Baker , the Elder , calls " interest money " . All were in raiment spick and span . Suddenly the buzz of conversation ceased at the sound of a lithe , yet shambling , step across the dais , and ...
... matters pertaining to what Mr. George F. Baker , the Elder , calls " interest money " . All were in raiment spick and span . Suddenly the buzz of conversation ceased at the sound of a lithe , yet shambling , step across the dais , and ...
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... matter when he came here ; he got it all from you an hour ago . 99 Just as many writers , among them the unassuming novice who now sits before you , never know where pens once taken in hand may lead them , M. Briand never can tell what ...
... matter when he came here ; he got it all from you an hour ago . 99 Just as many writers , among them the unassuming novice who now sits before you , never know where pens once taken in hand may lead them , M. Briand never can tell what ...
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... matter which does not concern me . The second part of it is the pivot around which my story revolves . As soon as the Egyptian public heard of this ultimatum it was flabbergasted , dumbfounded , petrified . The fine of 500,000 Egyptian ...
... matter which does not concern me . The second part of it is the pivot around which my story revolves . As soon as the Egyptian public heard of this ultimatum it was flabbergasted , dumbfounded , petrified . The fine of 500,000 Egyptian ...
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... matter at all it is only because the Southern States of the American Union are about to be made to suffer for the assassination of the Sirdar . Assuredly they had nothing to do with the crime . I , as a South- erner , cannot see them ...
... matter at all it is only because the Southern States of the American Union are about to be made to suffer for the assassination of the Sirdar . Assuredly they had nothing to do with the crime . I , as a South- erner , cannot see them ...
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... matter . It is so often inspired that laymen are entitled to attach importance to its statements . I must hasten to add , nevertheless , that the Mr. Cremers who was made Chairman of this Board was a Hollander . He was a consulting ...
... matter . It is so often inspired that laymen are entitled to attach importance to its statements . I must hasten to add , nevertheless , that the Mr. Cremers who was made Chairman of this Board was a Hollander . He was a consulting ...
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Page 279 - The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. The child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.
Page 309 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Page 235 - The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society. And yet they are denied and evaded, with no small show of success. One dashingly calls them "glittering generalities.
Page 526 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Page 237 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 281 - As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes...
Page 309 - ... truth is great and will prevail, if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them...
Page 235 - The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union.
Page 564 - ... their actings bring real good to their country, yet men primarily considered that their own and their country's interest was united and did not act from a principle of benevolence. "That fewer still in public affairs act with a view to the good of mankind.
Page 254 - The High Contracting Parties agree to submit to arbitration all claims for pecuniary loss or damage which may be presented by their respective citizens and which cannot be amicably adjusted through diplomatic channels, when said claims are of sufficient importance to warrant the expense of arbitration.