Bits of Wisdom; Or, Daily ThoughtsR.H. Woodward Company, 1901 - 120 pages |
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... and Stripes - which all of us love so well , and that we mean to transmit in honor and glory to our children , North and South . February 4 . I want to assure you young people 16 BITS OF WISDOM , MCKINLEY . February I. ...
... and Stripes - which all of us love so well , and that we mean to transmit in honor and glory to our children , North and South . February 4 . I want to assure you young people 16 BITS OF WISDOM , MCKINLEY . February I. ...
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... South , no East , no West , but a common country . " April 30 . We want to stand by the great incor- ruptible judiciary of the country , which is our bulwark of safety in every hour of trouble and peril . May I. Our revenues should ...
... South , no East , no West , but a common country . " April 30 . We want to stand by the great incor- ruptible judiciary of the country , which is our bulwark of safety in every hour of trouble and peril . May I. Our revenues should ...
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... South , has happily come , and the feeling of distrust and hostility between the sec- tions is everywhere vanishing , let us hope never to return . ን May 25 . What we want in this country is 48 BITS OF WISDOM , MCKINLEY .
... South , has happily come , and the feeling of distrust and hostility between the sec- tions is everywhere vanishing , let us hope never to return . ን May 25 . What we want in this country is 48 BITS OF WISDOM , MCKINLEY .
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... South no longer divide on the old lines , but upon principles and policies , and in this fact surely every lover of the country can find cause for true felicitation . August 17 . The man who loves wife and mother and home will respect ...
... South no longer divide on the old lines , but upon principles and policies , and in this fact surely every lover of the country can find cause for true felicitation . August 17 . The man who loves wife and mother and home will respect ...
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... South no longer divide on old lines , but upon principles and policies . October 22 . If the party is wrong , make it better ; that's the business of the true partisan and good citizen . October 23 . The American people , intrenched in ...
... South no longer divide on old lines , but upon principles and policies . October 22 . If the party is wrong , make it better ; that's the business of the true partisan and good citizen . October 23 . The American people , intrenched in ...
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Page 81 - The period of exclusiveness is past. The expansion of our trade and commerce is the pressing problem. Commercial wars are unprofitable. A policy of good will and friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties are in harmony with the spirit of the times ; measures of retaliation are not.
Page 67 - What we produce beyond our domestic consumption must have a vent abroad. The excess must be relieved through a foreign outlet, and we should sell everywhere we can and buy wherever the buying will enlarge our sales and productions, and thereby make a greater demand for home labor.
Page 88 - Our duty is the care and security of these deposits, and their safe investment demands the highest integrity and the best business capacity of those in charge of these depositories of the people's earnings. "We have a vast and intricate business built up through years of toil and struggle, in which every part of the country has its stake, which will not permit of either neglect or of undue selfishness.
Page 50 - The quest for trade is an incentive to men of business to devise, invent, improve, and economize in the cost of production. Business life, whether among ourselves or with other peoples, is ever a sharp struggle for success.
Page 98 - Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. They record the world's advancement. They stimulate the energy, enterprise and intellect of the people and quicken human genius. They go into the home. They broaden and brighten the daily life of the people. They open mighty storehouses of information to the student. Every exposition, great or small, has helped to some onward step. Comparison of ideas is always educational, and as such instructs the brain and hand of man.
Page 62 - ... avail. It became inevitable; and the Congress at its first regular session, without party division, provided money in anticipation of the crisis and in preparation to meet it It came. The result was signally favorable to American arms and in the highest degree honorable to the Government. It imposed upon us obligations from which we cannot escape and from which it would be dishonorable to seek escape.
Page 89 - Our capacity to produce has developed so enormously and our products have so multiplied that the problem of more markets requires our urgent and immediate attention. Only a broad and enlightened policy will keep what we have. No other policy will get more. In these times of marvelous business energy and gain we ought to be looking to...
Page 34 - The great essential to our happiness and prosperity is that we adhere to the principles upon which the Government was established and insist upon their faithful observance. "Equality of rights must prevail and our laws be always and everywhere respected and obeyed. We may have failed in the discharge of our full duty as citizens of the great republic, but it is consoling and encouraging to realize that free speech, a free press, free thought, free schools, the...
Page 78 - The Pan-American Exposition has done its work thoroughly, presenting in its exhibits evidences of the highest skill and illustrating the progress of the human family in the western hemisphere. This portion of the earth has no cause for humiliation for the part it has performed in the march of civilization.
Page 61 - It is universally conceded that combinations which engross or control the market of any particular kind of merchandise or commodity necessary to the general community, by suppressing natural and ordinary competition, whereby prices are unduly enhanced to the general consumer, are obnoxious not only to the common law but also to the public welfare.