People and Politics Observed by a Massachusetts EditorLittle, Brown, and Company, 1923 - 510 pages |
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Solomon Bulkley Griffin. Frontispiece . Photo . by Sarony PEOPLE AND POLITICS OBSERVED BY A MASSACHUSETTS EDITOR BY SOLOMON. SAMUEL BOWLES THE ELDER .
Solomon Bulkley Griffin. Frontispiece . Photo . by Sarony PEOPLE AND POLITICS OBSERVED BY A MASSACHUSETTS EDITOR BY SOLOMON. SAMUEL BOWLES THE ELDER .
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... THE WAY FOR WILSON 447 LII WILSON'S THEORY AND PRACTICE AS AN EXECUTIVE 457 LIII STRESS AND DEVOTION IN THE WORLD WAR . 471 INDEX • 483 ILLUSTRATIONS SAMUEL BOWLES THE ELder . Frontispiece FAMOUS OLD MASSASOIT CONTENTS xi.
... THE WAY FOR WILSON 447 LII WILSON'S THEORY AND PRACTICE AS AN EXECUTIVE 457 LIII STRESS AND DEVOTION IN THE WORLD WAR . 471 INDEX • 483 ILLUSTRATIONS SAMUEL BOWLES THE ELder . Frontispiece FAMOUS OLD MASSASOIT CONTENTS xi.
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Solomon Bulkley Griffin. ILLUSTRATIONS SAMUEL BOWLES THE ELder . Frontispiece FAMOUS OLD MASSASOIT HOUSE IN SPRINGFIELD 8 SAMUEL BOWLES THE SON 36 GEORGE M. STEARNS 40 EDWARD B. GILLETT 44 CHARLES R. MILLER IN YOUTH AND MATURITY · 50 ...
Solomon Bulkley Griffin. ILLUSTRATIONS SAMUEL BOWLES THE ELder . Frontispiece FAMOUS OLD MASSASOIT HOUSE IN SPRINGFIELD 8 SAMUEL BOWLES THE SON 36 GEORGE M. STEARNS 40 EDWARD B. GILLETT 44 CHARLES R. MILLER IN YOUTH AND MATURITY · 50 ...
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... Bowles and Company had established a national reputation for making cal- endars of many kinds . But dissolution of the old partnership had been decreed by Mr. Bowles , who retained only the newspaper , and to it was given his entire ...
... Bowles and Company had established a national reputation for making cal- endars of many kinds . But dissolution of the old partnership had been decreed by Mr. Bowles , who retained only the newspaper , and to it was given his entire ...
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... Bowles had just completed in the composing room the closing of the Weekly forms and his absorption had not yet relaxed . " What can I do for you ? " was snapped out like the crack of a whip . In silence a letter was passed over which ...
... Bowles had just completed in the composing room the closing of the Weekly forms and his absorption had not yet relaxed . " What can I do for you ? " was snapped out like the crack of a whip . In silence a letter was passed over which ...
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Page 356 - You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
Page 378 - ... for the special defence and safety of the Commonwealth, to assemble in martial array and put in warlike posture, the inhabitants thereof, and to lead...
Page 356 - Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
Page 378 - The governor of this commonwealth, for the time being, shall be the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and of all the military forces of the state, by sea and land ; and shall have full power, by himself, or by any commander, or other officer or officers, from time to time, to train, instruct, exercise, and govern the militia and navy ; and, for the special defence...
Page 174 - No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns.
Page 349 - We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be preserved.
Page 469 - The eyes of all the world will be upon you, because you are in some special sense the soldiers of freedom. Let it be your pride, therefore, to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are, keeping yourselves fit and straight in everything, and pure and clean through and through. Let us set for ourselves a standard so high that it will be a glory to live up to it, and then let us live up to it and add a new laurel to the crown of America.
Page 141 - I pray you to cause the bodies of our Massachusetts soldiers dead in Baltimore to be immediately laid out, preserved in ice and tenderly sent forward by express to me. All expenses will be paid by this Commonwealth.
Page 230 - Fellow citizens ! Clouds and darkness are round about Him ! His pavilion is dark waters and thick clouds of the skies ! Justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne ! Mercy and truth shall go before his face ! Fellow citizens ! God reigns, and the government at Washington still lives !
Page 279 - He has left the helm of State to be with us here, and so long as it is entrusted to his hands we are sure that, should the storm come, he will say, with Seneca's pilot, 'O Neptune, you may save me if you will; you may sink me if you will; but whatever happen, I shall keep my rudder true'.