The North American Review, Volume 218University 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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... looks to the judicial settlement of cases , but when one of the announced inducements for our " joining " the Court is that we would never have to submit a case to it , encouraging an inference that probably we never would , one may ...
... looks to the judicial settlement of cases , but when one of the announced inducements for our " joining " the Court is that we would never have to submit a case to it , encouraging an inference that probably we never would , one may ...
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... look up the records . No fewer than 160,000 Belgians were carried away to forced labour in Germany . Many died ; and 33,000 returned with their health permanently undermined . One hundred sixty thou- sand in a population of some ...
... look up the records . No fewer than 160,000 Belgians were carried away to forced labour in Germany . Many died ; and 33,000 returned with their health permanently undermined . One hundred sixty thou- sand in a population of some ...
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... look at things . The entire controversy with regard to the prospect of the United States as a member of the World Court arises first of all from the inherent American dislike and distrust of European affairs . It is not that we are ...
... look at things . The entire controversy with regard to the prospect of the United States as a member of the World Court arises first of all from the inherent American dislike and distrust of European affairs . It is not that we are ...
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... look at Europe we see her " Balkanized " . Each of the smaller new states has its army ; and it is largely to these that the new additions to the total of standing armies is due . " Self- determination " is not cheap in the new ...
... look at Europe we see her " Balkanized " . Each of the smaller new states has its army ; and it is largely to these that the new additions to the total of standing armies is due . " Self- determination " is not cheap in the new ...
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... look after , even if it were all consolidated into one system , as it is not . The growth is extraordinary , with 14,000,000 telephone stations now tied into a single network , or one to every eight of the pop- ulation . Ten years ago ...
... look after , even if it were all consolidated into one system , as it is not . The growth is extraordinary , with 14,000,000 telephone stations now tied into a single network , or one to every eight of the pop- ulation . Ten years ago ...
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Page 456 - He was a lovely youth ! I guess The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he ; And, when he chose to sport and play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea.
Page 135 - The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal government, are few and defined ; those which are to remain in the state governments, are numerous and indefinite...
Page 202 - An idle poet, here and there, Looks round him; but, for all the rest, The world, unfathomably fair, Is duller than a witling's jest. Love wakes men, once a lifetime each; They lift their heavy lids, and look; And, lo, what one sweet page can teach, They read with joy, then shut the book. And some give thanks, and some blaspheme, And most forget; but, either way, That and the Child's unheeded dream Is all the light of all their day.
Page 265 - ... instant, overwhelming, and leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation.
Page 682 - Soon after the Reformation, a few people came over into this new world for conscience sake. Perhaps this apparently trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me...
Page 544 - There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid.
Page 11 - If the dispute between the parties is claimed by one of them, and is found by the Council to arise out of a matter which by international law is solely within the domestic jurisdiction of that party, the Council shall so report, and shall make no recommendation as to its settlement.
Page 137 - We, the people of the Confederate States, each state acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this constitution for the Confederate States of America.
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Page 682 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.