The North American Review, Volume 225University of Northern Iowa, 1928 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 129
... democracy are rigorous in the extreme . It is a rare thing when in one of our large commercial jurisdictions half the candidates in any year are admitted to the bar . And all these candidates before being permitted to appear for the ...
... democracy are rigorous in the extreme . It is a rare thing when in one of our large commercial jurisdictions half the candidates in any year are admitted to the bar . And all these candidates before being permitted to appear for the ...
Page 151
... Democracy got behind Walsh , it would eliminate the religious issue forever . There are a lot of people who insist on solemnity in the Presi- dent . Well , there never was a more solemn man than Walsh . You could no more develop a ...
... Democracy got behind Walsh , it would eliminate the religious issue forever . There are a lot of people who insist on solemnity in the Presi- dent . Well , there never was a more solemn man than Walsh . You could no more develop a ...
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... democracy no people are better re- garded and more highly esteemed than are Australians , and the progress of the Commonwealth , as marked by this latest historic milestone , will be heartily applauded throughout the length and breadth ...
... democracy no people are better re- garded and more highly esteemed than are Australians , and the progress of the Commonwealth , as marked by this latest historic milestone , will be heartily applauded throughout the length and breadth ...
Page 195
... democracies , founded on the high- est and best traditions of their common ancestral race . The fact that the United States and three great units of the British Empire - the Dominion of Canada , the Dominion of New Zealand , and the ...
... democracies , founded on the high- est and best traditions of their common ancestral race . The fact that the United States and three great units of the British Empire - the Dominion of Canada , the Dominion of New Zealand , and the ...
Page 280
... democracy is rather more preached and prated about than strictly practised ; but it is generally a vital reality in the self government upon which undergraduate bodies now univer- sally insist . An amusing and probably harmless ...
... democracy is rather more preached and prated about than strictly practised ; but it is generally a vital reality in the self government upon which undergraduate bodies now univer- sally insist . An amusing and probably harmless ...
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Page 97 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge.
Page 458 - Commission shall as soon as practicable prepare and adopt a plan for the consolidation of the railway properties of the continental United States into a limited number of systems.
Page 295 - On my honor I will do my best: 1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout law. 2. To help other people at all times. 3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
Page 21 - That when any harbor or other place in the American continents is so situated that the occupation thereof for naval or military purposes might threaten the communications or the safety of the United States, the Government of the United States could not see without grave concern the possession of such harbor or other place by any corporation or association which has such a relation to another Government, not American, as to give that Government practical power of control for naval or military purposes.
Page 373 - Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards...
Page 491 - You may estimate your capacity for Comic perception by being able to detect the ridicule of them you love, without loving them less : and more by being able to see yourself somewhat ridiculous in dear eyes, and accepting the correction their image of you proposes.
Page 21 - Resolved that when any harbor or other place in the American continents is so situated that the occupation thereof for naval or military purposes might threaten the communications or the safety of the United States, the Government of the United States could not see, without grave concern, the possession of such harbor or other place by any corporation or association which has such a relation to another Government, not American, as to give that Government practical power of control for national purposes.
Page 4 - I give it as my fixed opinion that but for our graduated cadets the war between the United States and Mexico might and probably would have lasted four or five years with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share ; whereas in less than two campaigns, we conquered a great country and a peace without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.
Page 280 - Those refined and gentle manners which are the expression of fixed habits of thought and of action. 3. The power and habit of reflection. 4. The power of intellectual growth. 5. Efficiency, the power to do.
Page 458 - If after such hearing the Commission finds that the public interest will be promoted by the...