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... cent . , had never dabbled in any cult or pseudoscience . the 931 with a perfect record , only 384 , or 5 11/17 per cent . , had no curiosity about any of said cults or quackery and no intention of experimenting just a bit with them ...
... cent . , had never dabbled in any cult or pseudoscience . the 931 with a perfect record , only 384 , or 5 11/17 per cent . , had no curiosity about any of said cults or quackery and no intention of experimenting just a bit with them ...
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... cent . of the addicts had a history of crime . At the present time 85 per cent . of the prisoners have been previously convicted for violations rang- ing from pickpocketing to murder . How the human race ever acquired the drug habit is ...
... cent . of the addicts had a history of crime . At the present time 85 per cent . of the prisoners have been previously convicted for violations rang- ing from pickpocketing to murder . How the human race ever acquired the drug habit is ...
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... cent . has lured away millions of dollars every year from unwary investors . But the unquestioned acceptance of 6 per cent . as mean- ing safety has lost almost as many . Not every investment is safe . Not all that glitters is gold . A ...
... cent . has lured away millions of dollars every year from unwary investors . But the unquestioned acceptance of 6 per cent . as mean- ing safety has lost almost as many . Not every investment is safe . Not all that glitters is gold . A ...
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... cent . per annum , compounded semi - annually , if held to maturity ; or about 3 per cent . simple interest , if redeemed before maturity . 5. An amount not exceeding $ 5,000 ( maturity value ) of any one series ( that is to say , cer ...
... cent . per annum , compounded semi - annually , if held to maturity ; or about 3 per cent . simple interest , if redeemed before maturity . 5. An amount not exceeding $ 5,000 ( maturity value ) of any one series ( that is to say , cer ...
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... cent . But if the offer is made while Chesapeake and Ohio is a 4 per cent . issue , the incentive would be present in pronounced form . The fact that no other explanation for not increasing the rate is forthcoming and that it would be ...
... cent . But if the offer is made while Chesapeake and Ohio is a 4 per cent . issue , the incentive would be present in pronounced form . The fact that no other explanation for not increasing the rate is forthcoming and that it would be ...
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Page 236 - Each essay must be typewritten, distinguished by a motto, and accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the same motto and containing the name and address of the writer. No envelope will be opened except that which accompanies the successful essay. The Committee will return the unsuccessful essays, if reclaimed by their respective writers, or their agents, within one year. The Committee reserves the right...
Page 93 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn .again and rend you.
Page 138 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Page 350 - The knowledge which a man can use is the only real knowledge, the only knowledge which has life and growth in it, and converts itself into practical power. The rest hangs like dust about the brain, or dries like raindrops off the stones.
Page 46 - Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else.
Page 85 - Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle : but man, proud man ! Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep : who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Page 395 - I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, — and all the worse for the fishes.
Page 236 - Shall be awarded every five years to the writer of the best original essay, not exceeding 150 printed pages, octavo, in length, illustrative of some subject in Surgical Pathology or Surgical Practice, founded upon original investigations, the candidates for the prize to be American citizens.
Page 275 - Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
Page 93 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.