American Ideals: And Other Essays, Social and Political, Volume 1Putnam, 1907 - 359 pages |
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... criminals of the wealthy classes . The conscienceless stock speculator who acquires wealth by swindling his fellows , by debauching judges and corrupting legislatures , and who ends his days with the reputation of being among the ...
... criminals of the wealthy classes . The conscienceless stock speculator who acquires wealth by swindling his fellows , by debauching judges and corrupting legislatures , and who ends his days with the reputation of being among the ...
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... late readily with our own , and unworthy individuals of all races - not only criminals , idiots , and paupers , but anarchists of the Most and O'Donovan Rossa type . From his own standpoint , it is beyond all ques- TRUE AMERICANISM 27.
... late readily with our own , and unworthy individuals of all races - not only criminals , idiots , and paupers , but anarchists of the Most and O'Donovan Rossa type . From his own standpoint , it is beyond all ques- TRUE AMERICANISM 27.
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... its citizens - not even except- ing , I regret to say , the criminal class - which lacks its representative among the legislators . In the 1 The Century , January , 1885 . three Legislatures of which I have been a mem- ber 60.
... its citizens - not even except- ing , I regret to say , the criminal class - which lacks its representative among the legislators . In the 1 The Century , January , 1885 . three Legislatures of which I have been a mem- ber 60.
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... criminal class . He had also earned the gratitude of all honest citizens , and he got it — as far as words went . The better class of newspapers spoke well of him ; cultured and intelligent men generally- the well - to - do , prosperous ...
... criminal class . He had also earned the gratitude of all honest citizens , and he got it — as far as words went . The better class of newspapers spoke well of him ; cultured and intelligent men generally- the well - to - do , prosperous ...
Page 93
... criminal up . The most difficult to deal with are the men with hobbies . There is the Protestant fool , who thinks that our liberties are menaced by the machinations of the Church of Rome ; and his companion idiot , who wants ...
... criminal up . The most difficult to deal with are the men with hobbies . There is the Protestant fool , who thinks that our liberties are menaced by the machinations of the Church of Rome ; and his companion idiot , who wants ...
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