Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesFull-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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It is simply a movement for good government , equally important to all . Union labor is , in the great majority , patriotic . In Chicago , it is suffering under a leadership in part composed of gunmen and criminals , who impose a ...
It is simply a movement for good government , equally important to all . Union labor is , in the great majority , patriotic . In Chicago , it is suffering under a leadership in part composed of gunmen and criminals , who impose a ...
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Nothing is more important at the inception of important work than humility of opinion . If one does not have it , he can never be sure that he has all the facts , much less the proper sense of their > relative importance .
Nothing is more important at the inception of important work than humility of opinion . If one does not have it , he can never be sure that he has all the facts , much less the proper sense of their > relative importance .
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Within two months Japanese troops had occupied every important city in southern Manchuria with the sole exception of Chinchow . On November 9 , 1931 , Dawes attended the annual Lord Mayor's dinner . MacDonald , whose nationalist ticket ...
Within two months Japanese troops had occupied every important city in southern Manchuria with the sole exception of Chinchow . On November 9 , 1931 , Dawes attended the annual Lord Mayor's dinner . MacDonald , whose nationalist ticket ...
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| Title | Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes, Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Author | Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Publisher | Holt, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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