Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesFull-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Page 101
“ Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord , not conflict , and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace , not war . ' McKinley's speech excited keen interest around the world . “ It is the utterance of a man ...
“ Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord , not conflict , and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace , not war . ' McKinley's speech excited keen interest around the world . “ It is the utterance of a man ...
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Dawes had hoped that Roosevelt “ with his great popularity will , before this period of general interest in corporation matters is passed , take leadership in having Congress perfect this law and by clearer definitions make it ...
Dawes had hoped that Roosevelt “ with his great popularity will , before this period of general interest in corporation matters is passed , take leadership in having Congress perfect this law and by clearer definitions make it ...
Page 243
Here was a man calling attention to the fact that forty - eight states had participated in his election and certainly he would claim the same interest in the rules that they , each elected by a single state , could claim .
Here was a man calling attention to the fact that forty - eight states had participated in his election and certainly he would claim the same interest in the rules that they , each elected by a single state , could claim .
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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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