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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... railways , hygiene , the med- ical art and efficiency in administration , and these he used well . Yuan's statesmanship , such as it was , served as corduroy for the swamp and bridges for the rivers , which China must pass , on the long ...
... railways , hygiene , the med- ical art and efficiency in administration , and these he used well . Yuan's statesmanship , such as it was , served as corduroy for the swamp and bridges for the rivers , which China must pass , on the long ...
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... her illimitable shores shall only splash to future empires a more sad , a more desolate , and a more unending dirge . W. R. BOYD . VOL . CCIV.NO. 728 THE RAILWAYS , TRAIN EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC BY SAMUEL AMERICA AND DEMOCRACY 97.
... her illimitable shores shall only splash to future empires a more sad , a more desolate , and a more unending dirge . W. R. BOYD . VOL . CCIV.NO. 728 THE RAILWAYS , TRAIN EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC BY SAMUEL AMERICA AND DEMOCRACY 97.
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THE RAILWAYS , TRAIN EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC BY SAMUEL 0. DUNN THE railway problem of the United States , which already was complex and difficult , has been rendered doubly so by demands which the locomotive engineers , firemen , con ...
THE RAILWAYS , TRAIN EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC BY SAMUEL 0. DUNN THE railway problem of the United States , which already was complex and difficult , has been rendered doubly so by demands which the locomotive engineers , firemen , con ...
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... railway employees , to the holders of railway securities , and to the public . Before we can weigh the merits of these opposing con- tentions , it is necessary to get an understanding of certain of the rather dry and technical facts as ...
... railway employees , to the holders of railway securities , and to the public . Before we can weigh the merits of these opposing con- tentions , it is necessary to get an understanding of certain of the rather dry and technical facts as ...
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... railway all trains cannot be started at the same time . The distances between terminals vary , and , therefore , if ... RAILWAYS , TRAIN EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC 101.
... railway all trains cannot be started at the same time . The distances between terminals vary , and , therefore , if ... RAILWAYS , TRAIN EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC 101.
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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...
Page 531 - I, therefore, come to ask your approval that I should use the armed forces of the United States in such ways and to such an extent as may be necessary to obtain from General Huerta and his adherents the fullest recognition of the rights and dignity of the United States, even amidst the distressing conditions now unhappily obtaining in Mexico.
Page 36 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
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Page 82 - Vergennes used to hate us - and so things are getting back to a wholesome state again. Every nation for itself and God for us all.
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Page 428 - Oread WHIRL UP, sea — whirl your pointed pines, splash your great pines on our rocks, hurl your green over us, cover us with your pools of fir.
Page 31 - With me a predominant motive has been to endeavor to gain time to our country to settle and mature its yet recent institutions, and to progress, without interruption, to that degree of strength and consistency which is necessary to give it, humanly speaking, the command of its own fortunes.