Roosevelt: A Study in AmbivalenceJackson Press, 1919 - 159 pages |
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... turned for assistance to those to whose interest it was to help me . Is a reformer insincere because he accepts campaign contributions ? Is Billy Sunday a hypocrite if he grants his flock the privilege of contributing towards the ...
... turned for assistance to those to whose interest it was to help me . Is a reformer insincere because he accepts campaign contributions ? Is Billy Sunday a hypocrite if he grants his flock the privilege of contributing towards the ...
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... were determined to " get me . " Penetrat- ing their motive , I gazed at Mr. Blank half with amaze- ment , half with compassion . His case , to my mind , was not lacking in pathological elements . Turning to the 20 ROOSEVELT.
... were determined to " get me . " Penetrat- ing their motive , I gazed at Mr. Blank half with amaze- ment , half with compassion . His case , to my mind , was not lacking in pathological elements . Turning to the 20 ROOSEVELT.
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A Study in Ambivalence George Sylvester Viereck. was not lacking in pathological elements . Turning to the official under whose auspices the hearing was os- tensibly taking place , I remarked with the lift of an eyebrow , " This is ...
A Study in Ambivalence George Sylvester Viereck. was not lacking in pathological elements . Turning to the official under whose auspices the hearing was os- tensibly taking place , I remarked with the lift of an eyebrow , " This is ...
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... turned against me . The 6,000 applicants who were indebted to my bureau for the opportunity of earning their bread on farm or factory became 6,000 spies . Did the newspapers believe this preposterous twaddle ? Of course not . They could ...
... turned against me . The 6,000 applicants who were indebted to my bureau for the opportunity of earning their bread on farm or factory became 6,000 spies . Did the newspapers believe this preposterous twaddle ? Of course not . They could ...
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... turned it into a club against me . ATTORNEY II . It will be a boomerang . EDITOR . It may be a boomerang , but what good will that do me if the public merely sees the lump on my head ? ATTORNEY II . Suing newspapers is always pretty ...
... turned it into a club against me . ATTORNEY II . It will be a boomerang . EDITOR . It may be a boomerang , but what good will that do me if the public merely sees the lump on my head ? ATTORNEY II . Suing newspapers is always pretty ...
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Page 122 - We, here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years ; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.
Page 150 - ... spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 150 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Page 5 - Always on the right — Vanquished, this shall be our pride In the world's despite. Let the oily Pharisees Purse their lips and rant, Calm we face the Destinies: Better "can't
Page 112 - If the Authors' League or the Poetry Society or any other organization expels a member because of his political opinions, it thereby constitutes itself a political body and violates whatever literary charter it may have. Literature, art and science are free of frontiers; and those who exploit them politically are traitors to the greatest republic in the world : the Republic of Art and Science.
Page 47 - Bravely drain, then fling away, Break the cup of sorrow! Courage! He who lost the day May have won the morrow.
Page 122 - Seton. leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; and if he is worth his salt he will care no more when he is broken than a soldier cares when he is sent where his life is forfeit in order that the victory may be won. In the long fight for righteousness the watchword for all of us, is spend and be spent.