The North American Review, Volume 204University of Northern Iowa, 1916 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... election , of course , involving issues of great moment to our beloved Republic and to all mankind . But there is no crisis . Believe us , guided by either Wilson or Hughes , the coun- try is as safe as a clock . THE NEW INDEPENDENCE We ...
... election , of course , involving issues of great moment to our beloved Republic and to all mankind . But there is no crisis . Believe us , guided by either Wilson or Hughes , the coun- try is as safe as a clock . THE NEW INDEPENDENCE We ...
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... the principal design of it is to remove doubts at the next election " as to his can- didacy for the office of President . In 1796 , as his advanced age began to enfeeble his health , and the desires WASHINGTON AND ENTANGLING ...
... the principal design of it is to remove doubts at the next election " as to his can- didacy for the office of President . In 1796 , as his advanced age began to enfeeble his health , and the desires WASHINGTON AND ENTANGLING ...
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... election , and Washington rightly felt that , in declaring he sought no further political office , he would lay himself open to the charge of coveting what others had no intention of offering him . Such scruples seem to us , at this ...
... election , and Washington rightly felt that , in declaring he sought no further political office , he would lay himself open to the charge of coveting what others had no intention of offering him . Such scruples seem to us , at this ...
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... election of United States Senators . This would not be so disastrous in its re- sults but for the other more radical action , which , in prac- tice , virtually abandons representative government and substitutes pure democracy . I refer ...
... election of United States Senators . This would not be so disastrous in its re- sults but for the other more radical action , which , in prac- tice , virtually abandons representative government and substitutes pure democracy . I refer ...
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... methods which must be used to win at a primary election . These methods , briefly summarized , are the same that one would have to use if he were introducing a new brand of shaving soap or trying 94 THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
... methods which must be used to win at a primary election . These methods , briefly summarized , are the same that one would have to use if he were introducing a new brand of shaving soap or trying 94 THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
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Page 233 - The Supreme Critic on the errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet of that which must be, is that great nature in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere ; that Unity, that Over-soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other...
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