To-day, Volume 1J. Morrison-Fuller, Walter C. Rose J. Morrison-Fuller., 1890 |
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... of the inquiry , this may still be of at least two kinds : the low price of corn may be regarded as a good thing , or it may classed among the ills that the farmer is heir to . 7 Strange as it may seem , it is neverthe- 6 To - Day.
... of the inquiry , this may still be of at least two kinds : the low price of corn may be regarded as a good thing , or it may classed among the ills that the farmer is heir to . 7 Strange as it may seem , it is neverthe- 6 To - Day.
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... thing , to find the remedy for an overwhelm- ing evil . Some persons used to insist that cheap corn meant cheap bread , and that cheap bread meant plenty for those who wanted it — namely , for the hungry . But these have been silenced ...
... thing , to find the remedy for an overwhelm- ing evil . Some persons used to insist that cheap corn meant cheap bread , and that cheap bread meant plenty for those who wanted it — namely , for the hungry . But these have been silenced ...
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... thing about the case is , after all , that there happened to be at the head of the Government in reality if not nominally a man of sufficient penetra- tion to see all this at the outset . The following sentence of the Rescript is the ...
... thing about the case is , after all , that there happened to be at the head of the Government in reality if not nominally a man of sufficient penetra- tion to see all this at the outset . The following sentence of the Rescript is the ...
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... thing men do after abolishing a gov- ernment which has proved intolerable to them is to set up another in its place ; and the very men who have been most active in pulling down the old , take the lead in building up the new . It may be ...
... thing men do after abolishing a gov- ernment which has proved intolerable to them is to set up another in its place ; and the very men who have been most active in pulling down the old , take the lead in building up the new . It may be ...
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... thing , by saying that increase of intelligence is a good thing that it is an important factor which may transform society . If , however , the trouble with our present practice is , not so much that we do not recognize the proper value ...
... thing , by saying that increase of intelligence is a good thing that it is an important factor which may transform society . If , however , the trouble with our present practice is , not so much that we do not recognize the proper value ...
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Page 153 - Wiser, may a beneficent instinct lead and impel thee to 'conquer' me, to command me! If thou do know better than I what is good and right, I conjure thee in the name of God, force me to do it ; were it by never such brass collars, whips and handcuffs, leave me not to walk over precipices ! That I have been called, by all the Newspapers, a ' free man' will avail me little, if my pilgrimage have ended in death and wreck.
Page 106 - No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it.
Page 65 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever, and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the government of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee. tea and hides, raw and uncurcd. or any of such articles, imposes duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States...
Page 65 - ... into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, the provisions of this act relating to the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the production of such country, for such time as he shall deem just, and in such case and during such suspension duties shall be levied, collected and paid upon sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the product of...
Page 100 - For as old sinners have all points 0' th' compass in their bones and joints ; Can by their pangs and aches find All turns and changes of the wind ; And, better than by Napier's bones, Feel in their own the age of moons...
Page 65 - States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty...
Page 49 - ... shall upon arrival in such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such animals or birds had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise.
Page 18 - Revolt or conspiracy to revolt by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas against the authority of the master.
Page 102 - DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still, the less they understand, The more...
Page 100 - So politic, as if one eye Upon the other were a spy, That, to trepan the one to think The other blind, both strove to blink: And in his dark pragmatic way As busy as a child at play. H...