The North American Review, Band 225University of Northern Iowa, 1928 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... idea that a Special Providence renders preparedness on our part a useless extravagance con- stantly recurs . On April 14 , 1896 , Mr. Livingston , in the House of Representatives , said : Now , Mr. Chairman , I do not take much stock in ...
... idea that a Special Providence renders preparedness on our part a useless extravagance con- stantly recurs . On April 14 , 1896 , Mr. Livingston , in the House of Representatives , said : Now , Mr. Chairman , I do not take much stock in ...
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whole cannot be changed . Reformers who rush to New York with the idea of making it over are found at last under a juniper tree . New York does not want to be reformed . She is too big a chunk of human flesh for any one man to cope with ...
whole cannot be changed . Reformers who rush to New York with the idea of making it over are found at last under a juniper tree . New York does not want to be reformed . She is too big a chunk of human flesh for any one man to cope with ...
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... idea . The result at last was in the new generation . Forcing results in flat rebellion or all sorts of asceticisms and fanaticisms and nervous jim - jams . There is a sort of half - truth in it all , just enough to give it vitality and ...
... idea . The result at last was in the new generation . Forcing results in flat rebellion or all sorts of asceticisms and fanaticisms and nervous jim - jams . There is a sort of half - truth in it all , just enough to give it vitality and ...
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... idea that the Bible is a symbol of civilization . Why is this true ? Why is the Bible the best seller ? Why do scholars devote their time to making it more understandable ? And why has it lived throughout the centuries and increased in ...
... idea that the Bible is a symbol of civilization . Why is this true ? Why is the Bible the best seller ? Why do scholars devote their time to making it more understandable ? And why has it lived throughout the centuries and increased in ...
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... idea when he says : I would not always reason . The straight path Wearies us with the never - varying lines , And we grow melancholy . I would make Reason my guide , but she should sometimes sit Patiently by the wayside , while I traced ...
... idea when he says : I would not always reason . The straight path Wearies us with the never - varying lines , And we grow melancholy . I would make Reason my guide , but she should sometimes sit Patiently by the wayside , while I traced ...
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Seite 97 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge.
Seite 458 - Commission shall as soon as practicable prepare and adopt a plan for the consolidation of the railway properties of the continental United States into a limited number of systems.
Seite 295 - On my honor I will do my best: 1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout law. 2. To help other people at all times. 3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
Seite 21 - That when any harbor or other place in the American continents is so situated that the occupation thereof for naval or military purposes might threaten the communications or the safety of the United States, the Government of the United States could not see without grave concern the possession of such harbor or other place by any corporation or association which has such a relation to another Government, not American, as to give that Government practical power of control for naval or military purposes.
Seite 373 - Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards...
Seite 491 - You may estimate your capacity for Comic perception by being able to detect the ridicule of them you love, without loving them less : and more by being able to see yourself somewhat ridiculous in dear eyes, and accepting the correction their image of you proposes.
Seite 21 - Resolved that when any harbor or other place in the American continents is so situated that the occupation thereof for naval or military purposes might threaten the communications or the safety of the United States, the Government of the United States could not see, without grave concern, the possession of such harbor or other place by any corporation or association which has such a relation to another Government, not American, as to give that Government practical power of control for national purposes.
Seite 4 - I give it as my fixed opinion that but for our graduated cadets the war between the United States and Mexico might and probably would have lasted four or five years with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share ; whereas in less than two campaigns, we conquered a great country and a peace without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.
Seite 280 - Those refined and gentle manners which are the expression of fixed habits of thought and of action. 3. The power and habit of reflection. 4. The power of intellectual growth. 5. Efficiency, the power to do.
Seite 458 - If after such hearing the Commission finds that the public interest will be promoted by the...