Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Volume 431909 |
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... hall by a caterer engaged for the event . After the ritual work in the afternoon remarks were in order , and Grand Officers and visitors were profuse in their praise for the splendid work done and excellent entertainment given . This ...
... hall by a caterer engaged for the event . After the ritual work in the afternoon remarks were in order , and Grand Officers and visitors were profuse in their praise for the splendid work done and excellent entertainment given . This ...
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... hall . Dinner was served at noon , and it was a dinner . At 1:30 o'clock a special meeting was called to give us time for all the work . The regular form was gone through with , also balloting , initiation and installation of officers ...
... hall . Dinner was served at noon , and it was a dinner . At 1:30 o'clock a special meeting was called to give us time for all the work . The regular form was gone through with , also balloting , initiation and installation of officers ...
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... hall , where about 200 people were assembled . A fine musical program was given , where each performer , both Vocal and instrumental , was loudly ap- plauded and each number was unusually good . A little play entitled ' Parson Poor's ...
... hall , where about 200 people were assembled . A fine musical program was given , where each performer , both Vocal and instrumental , was loudly ap- plauded and each number was unusually good . A little play entitled ' Parson Poor's ...
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... hall in Terre Haute , on November 18 , 1908. Among those receiving the invitation was Twen- tieth Century Division of Decatur , Ill . So , on the morning of November 18 there appeared on the station platform at Decatur ten members of ...
... hall in Terre Haute , on November 18 , 1908. Among those receiving the invitation was Twen- tieth Century Division of Decatur , Ill . So , on the morning of November 18 there appeared on the station platform at Decatur ten members of ...
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... Hall , which had been decorated by the ladies of G. I. A. Div . 413 , and where a sumptuous banquet was served by them to about 900 persons , the tables being waited upon by a large number of young ladies dressed in white which , along ...
... Hall , which had been decorated by the ladies of G. I. A. Div . 413 , and where a sumptuous banquet was served by them to about 900 persons , the tables being waited upon by a large number of young ladies dressed in white which , along ...
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Page 79 - I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances, for extraordinary emergencies.
Page 78 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 77 - His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.
Page 83 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 78 - Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short and embarrassed.
Page 78 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
Page 38 - Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, and they turn and go. They want full measure of all your pleasure, But they do not need your woe.
Page 278 - THERE were ninety and nine that safely lay In the shelter of the fold; But one was out on the hills away, Far off from the gates of gold, — Away on the mountains wild and bare, Away from the tender Shepherd's care. "Lord, thou hast here thy ninety and nine: Are they not enough for thee? " But the Shepherd made answer: "'Tis of mine Has wandered away from me; And although the road be rough and steep I go to the desert to find my sheep.
Page 388 - So God created man in his own image ; — male and female created he them.
Page 278 - But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed; Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed through Ere He found His sheep that was lost Out in the desert He heard its cry, Sick, and helpless, and ready to die.