People and Problems: A Collection of Addresses and EditorialsH. Holt, 1908 - 344 pages |
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... spirits . There are people who think that instead of solving a problem by the patient and honest exercise of common sense they can dispose of it in a moment by appealing to some grand generalization of science . The doctrine of ...
... spirits . There are people who think that instead of solving a problem by the patient and honest exercise of common sense they can dispose of it in a moment by appealing to some grand generalization of science . The doctrine of ...
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... spirit of the time and the conditions of the national life are favorable to it ; shall we say , the next mo- ment , that genius is sure to assert itself under all circumstances ? Evidently the two positions are incompatible . 66 So much ...
... spirit of the time and the conditions of the national life are favorable to it ; shall we say , the next mo- ment , that genius is sure to assert itself under all circumstances ? Evidently the two positions are incompatible . 66 So much ...
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... spirits , the pride of life , are sure to go in for the great prize of happiness , and they cannot unite the winning of that prize with intellectual work so long as intel- lectual work is regarded as unfeminine . But it is not my ...
... spirits , the pride of life , are sure to go in for the great prize of happiness , and they cannot unite the winning of that prize with intellectual work so long as intel- lectual work is regarded as unfeminine . But it is not my ...
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... spirit of the Crusader and the Cove- nanter is not adequate to the grappling with all the problems of government and of national policy . The habits of thought and expression bred in a life- long championship of principles the ...
... spirit of the Crusader and the Cove- nanter is not adequate to the grappling with all the problems of government and of national policy . The habits of thought and expression bred in a life- long championship of principles the ...
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... spirit which leads a politician to follow the line of least resistance ; to watch for the signs of what is coming , and make his peace with it ; to talk glibly about great principles but dismiss them as useless lumber when their appli ...
... spirit which leads a politician to follow the line of least resistance ; to watch for the signs of what is coming , and make his peace with it ; to talk glibly about great principles but dismiss them as useless lumber when their appli ...
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Page 145 - And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet 'By shaping some august decree, Which kept her throne unshaken still, Broad-based upon her people's will, And compass'd by the inviolate sea.
Page 170 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 336 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Page 289 - Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature — subtract the work of the men above forty, and, while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we should practically be where we are today.
Page 334 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Page 37 - But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts, and a cultivated understanding.
Page 140 - If this measure attains a successful result, then our aspirations as a Christian, peace-loving people will be realized. If it fails, it will be only another justification for our contemplated action.
Page 42 - Posterity, alarmed at the way in which its literary baggage grows upon it, always seeks to leave behind it as much as it can, as much as it dares — everything but masterpieces. But the immense vibration of George Sand's voice upon the ear of Europe will not soon die away. Her passions and her errors have been abundantly talked of. She left them behind her, and men's memory of her will leave them behind also.
Page 257 - There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy the Monroe Doctrine will go far.
Page 42 - These are among the last words of her Journal of 1870. Whether or not the number of George Sand's works — always fresh, always attractive, but poured out too lavishly and rapidly — is likely to prove a hindrance to her fame, I do not care to consider. Posterity, alarmed at the way in which its literary baggage grows upon it, always seeks to leave behind it as much as it can, as much as it dares — -everything but masterpieces. But the immense vibration of George Sand's voice upon the ear of...