The North American Review, Volume 224University of Northern Iowa, 1927 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... voted . If impartial American voters absent themselves from primary and general election polls in such numbers that ... vote , we know that he would rise in his might and die if necessary . But , assured of the right , our national ...
... voted . If impartial American voters absent themselves from primary and general election polls in such numbers that ... vote , we know that he would rise in his might and die if necessary . But , assured of the right , our national ...
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... voting , and in the determination of their merit we must be guided by their results . It would seem that an analysis of ... vote at general elections — a result which , in my judgment , can be reached only by the reëstablish- ment of the ...
... voting , and in the determination of their merit we must be guided by their results . It would seem that an analysis of ... vote at general elections — a result which , in my judgment , can be reached only by the reëstablish- ment of the ...
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... vote , unquestionably the lack of clear and contested issues upon principles and candidates is one of the most serious . Nothing so discourages the average American voter in going to the polls as the feeling that his vote will not help ...
... vote , unquestionably the lack of clear and contested issues upon principles and candidates is one of the most serious . Nothing so discourages the average American voter in going to the polls as the feeling that his vote will not help ...
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... vote is cast is , if anything , excessive . Since there are still two dominant political parties , the vote in most localities is quite evenly divided between them . In such event the choice of the candidates to be voted on at a future ...
... vote is cast is , if anything , excessive . Since there are still two dominant political parties , the vote in most localities is quite evenly divided between them . In such event the choice of the candidates to be voted on at a future ...
Page 197
... votes in the dark . This again results in a division of the impartial vote among many candidates and an almost inevitable plurality for the organization candidates - that is candidates supported by an existing administration possessing ...
... votes in the dark . This again results in a division of the impartial vote among many candidates and an almost inevitable plurality for the organization candidates - that is candidates supported by an existing administration possessing ...
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Page 693 - thing of evil— prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore: Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore!
Page 567 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image.
Page 567 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 571 - So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come, And make their bed with thee.
Page 567 - The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 143 - O little sails, make haste! But thou, vast outbound ship of souls, What harbor town for thee? What shapes, when thy arriving tolls, Shall crowd the banks to see? Shall all the happy shipmates then Stand singing brotherly? Or shall a haggard ruthless few Warp her over and bring her to, While the many broken souls of men Fester down in the slaver's pen, And nothing to say or do?
Page 567 - To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon.
Page 699 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and. curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.
Page 253 - The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
Page 263 - For thou delightest not in sacrifice ; else would I give it : Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.