Bits of Wisdom; Or, Daily ThoughtsR.H. Woodward Company, 1901 - 120 pages |
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... . Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord , not conflict ; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace , not those of war . January 12 . Friendly rivalry exacts a study of the BITS OF WISDOM , MCKINLEY . 9.
... . Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord , not conflict ; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace , not those of war . January 12 . Friendly rivalry exacts a study of the BITS OF WISDOM , MCKINLEY . 9.
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... rests upon us all . January 28 . Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed , and , fortunately , we have them in every part of our beloved country . January 29 . The people will not tolerate repudia- tion of public law or private ...
... rests upon us all . January 28 . Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed , and , fortunately , we have them in every part of our beloved country . January 29 . The people will not tolerate repudia- tion of public law or private ...
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... rest upon the color of uniforms we wore in 1861 , but upon our convictions of right and duty in 1901 . March 3 . Peace is the national desire and the goal of every American aspiration . March 4 . What we produce beyond our domestic ...
... rest upon the color of uniforms we wore in 1861 , but upon our convictions of right and duty in 1901 . March 3 . Peace is the national desire and the goal of every American aspiration . March 4 . What we produce beyond our domestic ...
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... rests . March 24 . We propose in this country to maintain a government by law and a government under law . March 25 . It is a matchless civilization in which we live , a civilization that recognizes the common and universal brotherhood ...
... rests . March 24 . We propose in this country to maintain a government by law and a government under law . March 25 . It is a matchless civilization in which we live , a civilization that recognizes the common and universal brotherhood ...
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... rest content with any secondary place . April 13 . In our great prosperity we must guard against the danger it invites of extrava- gance in government expenditures and appropriations . April 14 . It is the duty of the people of this ...
... rest content with any secondary place . April 13 . In our great prosperity we must guard against the danger it invites of extrava- gance in government expenditures and appropriations . April 14 . It is the duty of the people of this ...
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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.