Talking BusinessRonald Press Company, 1919 - 526 pages |
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... actually towards winning the war than did Marshal Foch at the head of the Allied armies . We need to realize the large part the same high - tension ac- tivity of language plays in the situations of common inter- course . Hardly a day ...
... actually towards winning the war than did Marshal Foch at the head of the Allied armies . We need to realize the large part the same high - tension ac- tivity of language plays in the situations of common inter- course . Hardly a day ...
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... actually possessed , when the chance came within reach . He did not attempt anything strange or out of his line . He did not bluff . But he was fitted for that job and he had the confidence to try . Probably it was the fact that he had ...
... actually possessed , when the chance came within reach . He did not attempt anything strange or out of his line . He did not bluff . But he was fitted for that job and he had the confidence to try . Probably it was the fact that he had ...
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... Actually it is the rarest thing in the world . The prevailing defect of ordinary talk , the root of most other defects , is tactlessness , inattentiveness , clumsy in- directness in the way we present our idea . Most of us , most of the ...
... Actually it is the rarest thing in the world . The prevailing defect of ordinary talk , the root of most other defects , is tactlessness , inattentiveness , clumsy in- directness in the way we present our idea . Most of us , most of the ...
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... Actually of course an executive has special need to be alert . He must be a dynamo , keeping other people active . If he appears apathetic or cold he will be always missing opportunities . What a Portrait Painter Sees A friend of mine ...
... Actually of course an executive has special need to be alert . He must be a dynamo , keeping other people active . If he appears apathetic or cold he will be always missing opportunities . What a Portrait Painter Sees A friend of mine ...
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... actually in- volves feeling . Something is at stake . You are selling your services to the other man . You are trying to make him un- derstand you , believe you , trust you . In . doing that , the quickest methods are the best the ...
... actually in- volves feeling . Something is at stake . You are selling your services to the other man . You are trying to make him un- derstand you , believe you , trust you . In . doing that , the quickest methods are the best the ...
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Page 7 - But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust.
Page 210 - Then Apollyon espying his opportunity began to gather up close to Christian, and wrestling with him gave him a dreadful fall. And with that Christian's sword flew out of his hand. Then said Apollyon,
Page 211 - It is not enough in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to his country ; it is not enough that in his single person he never did an evil act, but always voted according to his conscience, -and even harangued against every design which he apprehended to be prejudicial to the interests of his country.
Page 282 - The Professor at the Breakfast Table and The Poet at the Breakfast Table are less successful variations of The Autocrat.
Page 217 - I propose is that you shall go to work 'tooth and nail' for somebody who will give you money for it. Let father and your boys take charge of things at home, prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or in discharge of any debt you owe, that you can get — and to secure you a fair reward for your labor I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of...
Page 41 - Head erect and squarely to the front, chin drawn in so that the axis of the head and neck is vertical; eyes straight to the 'front. Weight of the body resting equally upon the heels and balls of the feet.
Page 16 - To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak : I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Page 180 - There must be no sagging back in the fight for Americanism merely because the war is over. There are plenty of persons who have already made the assertion that they believe the American people have a short memory and that they intend to revive all the foreign associations which most directly interfere with the complete Americanization of our people. Our principle in this matter should be absolutely simple. In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here...
Page 41 - Heels on the same line and as near each other as the conformation of the man permits.
Page 258 - We are fighting Germany because she sought to terrorize us and then to fool us. We could not believe that Germany would do what she said she would do upon the seas. We still hear the piteous cries of children coming up out of the sea where the Lusitania went down. And Germany has never asked forgiveness of the world.