The North American Review, Volume 217University of Northern Iowa, 1923 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... cent of them did not go to the polls . In the new House , with Bonomi as Premier , verbal violence and foul language on the part of the Extremists were adequately met by the Fascisti . After a prolonged struggle , the latter succeeded ...
... cent of them did not go to the polls . In the new House , with Bonomi as Premier , verbal violence and foul language on the part of the Extremists were adequately met by the Fascisti . After a prolonged struggle , the latter succeeded ...
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... The question we have to ask is whether the price paid for it at the present time is excessive . Here we must strike an average . One company perhaps is making 60 per cent . But in another 28 THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
... The question we have to ask is whether the price paid for it at the present time is excessive . Here we must strike an average . One company perhaps is making 60 per cent . But in another 28 THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
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... cent , and the whole 5,000 were retained , they would manufacture 20 per cent more goods . Then the question would arise : " Can this increased output be absorbed ? Can it be sold ? " The answer , of course , would depend upon the ...
... cent , and the whole 5,000 were retained , they would manufacture 20 per cent more goods . Then the question would arise : " Can this increased output be absorbed ? Can it be sold ? " The answer , of course , would depend upon the ...
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... cent of the value of the goods that leave the factory gates of England are sent abroad , and 70 per cent are consumed at home . That shows how largely we are dependent upon an export trade . Now , we may rightly ask ourselves if it is ...
... cent of the value of the goods that leave the factory gates of England are sent abroad , and 70 per cent are consumed at home . That shows how largely we are dependent upon an export trade . Now , we may rightly ask ourselves if it is ...
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... cent . , a rate of change demoralizing to any work , especially as it is due to the steady exodus of the most efficient employees . The Commission reported that the United States was " without a central em- ployment agency having ...
... cent . , a rate of change demoralizing to any work , especially as it is due to the steady exodus of the most efficient employees . The Commission reported that the United States was " without a central em- ployment agency having ...
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Page 76 - You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 455 - An action against a trade union, whether of workmen or masters, or against any members or officials thereof on behalf of themselves and all other members of the trade union in respect of any tortious act alleged to have been committed by or on behalf of the trade union, shall not be entertained by any court.
Page 419 - ... The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee.
Page 497 - O May I Join The Choir Invisible! O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 242 - Hark, said Mr Great-heart, to what the Shepherd's Boy saith. So they hearkened, and he said, He that is down needs fear no fall, He that is low, no pride ; He that is humble, ever shall Have God to be his Guide.
Page 112 - My poems represent, on the whole, the main movement of mind of the last quarter of a century, and thus they will probably have their day as people become conscious to themselves of what that movement of mind is, and interested in the literary productions which reflect it. It might be fairly urged that I have less poetical sentiment than Tennyson, and less intellectual vigour and abundance than Browning ; yet, because I have perhaps more of a fusion of the two than either of them, and have more regularly...
Page 571 - Slanders, sir : for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum, and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams...
Page 499 - We have but faith: we cannot know, For knowledge is of things we see; And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow.
Page 179 - The large thing to do is the only thing we can afford to do, a voluntary withdrawal from a position everywhere questioned and misunderstood. We ought to reverse our action without raising the question whether we were right or wrong, and so once more deserve our reputation for generosity and for the redemption of every obligation without quibble or hesitation.
Page 143 - The Rose of the World Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream? For these red lips, with all their mournful pride, Mournful that no new wonder may betide, Troy passed away in one high funeral gleam, And Usna's children died.