The North American Review, Volume 224University of Northern Iowa, 1927 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... means of paying . There are also those who , whether able or unable , are unwilling to pay , and who devote their ingenuity to the devising of pretexts for avoiding payment . It is natural and just , as it is quite inevitable , that the ...
... means of paying . There are also those who , whether able or unable , are unwilling to pay , and who devote their ingenuity to the devising of pretexts for avoiding payment . It is natural and just , as it is quite inevitable , that the ...
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... means of coercing Congress or one of its Houses to do its duty or to refrain from usurping powers . Yet such means must exist , or must be provided ; else the Government would be unable to preserve its integrity . It would be most ...
... means of coercing Congress or one of its Houses to do its duty or to refrain from usurping powers . Yet such means must exist , or must be provided ; else the Government would be unable to preserve its integrity . It would be most ...
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... means of doing some good , when he surren- dered his meddlesomeness into authoritative hands . But even in those days of ultra - strenuous factionalism , there was general recognition of the potential mischief of such doings as his ...
... means of doing some good , when he surren- dered his meddlesomeness into authoritative hands . But even in those days of ultra - strenuous factionalism , there was general recognition of the potential mischief of such doings as his ...
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... means ruin . No government will refuse to make use of any efficient weapon within reach to escape destruc- tion . Regulations for submarines and poison gas and tanks and bombing - airplanes are withes which will blaze like flax in the ...
... means ruin . No government will refuse to make use of any efficient weapon within reach to escape destruc- tion . Regulations for submarines and poison gas and tanks and bombing - airplanes are withes which will blaze like flax in the ...
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... means to that end ? " His answer is so simple there is danger it may be overlooked . He says , " The most effective change would be that nations should dislike each other a little less and like each other a little more . " THE RAILWAYS ...
... means to that end ? " His answer is so simple there is danger it may be overlooked . He says , " The most effective change would be that nations should dislike each other a little less and like each other a little more . " THE RAILWAYS ...
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Page 693 - thing of evil— prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore: Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore!
Page 567 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image.
Page 567 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 571 - So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come, And make their bed with thee.
Page 567 - The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 143 - O little sails, make haste! But thou, vast outbound ship of souls, What harbor town for thee? What shapes, when thy arriving tolls, Shall crowd the banks to see? Shall all the happy shipmates then Stand singing brotherly? Or shall a haggard ruthless few Warp her over and bring her to, While the many broken souls of men Fester down in the slaver's pen, And nothing to say or do?
Page 567 - To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon.
Page 699 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and. curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.
Page 253 - The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
Page 263 - For thou delightest not in sacrifice ; else would I give it : Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.