The Medical World, Volume 25

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Roy Jackson., 1907

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Page 86 - I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. "As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.
Page 83 - MD, Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore.
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Page 407 - e " in such words as " definite," " infinite," "favorite," etc., when the preceding vowel is short. Thus, spell "opposit," "preterit," "hypocrit." " requisit/* etc. When the preceding vowel is long, as in " polite," " finite," " unite/' etc., retain present forms unchanged.

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