The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 140Atlantic Monthly Company, 1927 - American essays |
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Jack was putting away a pretty good lunch . ' I could make it with my clothes on , ' Jack said . He never had to worry about taking off weight . He was a natural welterweight and he'd never gotten fat . He'd lost weight out at Hogan's .
Jack was putting away a pretty good lunch . ' I could make it with my clothes on , ' Jack said . He never had to worry about taking off weight . He was a natural welterweight and he'd never gotten fat . He'd lost weight out at Hogan's .
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... is a government under the leadership of everybody , that everybody can learn something even if he cannot become a real thinker , and that for social welfare the college must conform to this natural and unim- portant limitation .
... is a government under the leadership of everybody , that everybody can learn something even if he cannot become a real thinker , and that for social welfare the college must conform to this natural and unim- portant limitation .
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faith , making converts by their per- sonality and other champions by their example , it is conceivable that the pastime would have died a natural death , or at any rate have been in suspended animation . It may be noted in passing that ...
faith , making converts by their per- sonality and other champions by their example , it is conceivable that the pastime would have died a natural death , or at any rate have been in suspended animation . It may be noted in passing that ...
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This was a natural and in- evitable development ; it was assisted by the more intensive organization of the game in the United States , an organization which stimulated and enriched the game in colleges and schools and did not NATIONAL ...
This was a natural and in- evitable development ; it was assisted by the more intensive organization of the game in the United States , an organization which stimulated and enriched the game in colleges and schools and did not NATIONAL ...
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That is to say , his game has been developed and per- fected after a natural and orderly evo- lution . Tilden's rise was not meteoric ; he had to serve a stern apprenticeship ; he had to pass through the mill .
That is to say , his game has been developed and per- fected after a natural and orderly evo- lution . Tilden's rise was not meteoric ; he had to serve a stern apprenticeship ; he had to pass through the mill .
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Page 277 - make of it!' He became conscious of the words his brother was reading. 'Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and hi the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these
Page 548 - glowing; rapturous and frightened by turns. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one; Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done. It must have been the eye of his heart which he had been
Page 369 - in office, to which your suffrages have twice called me, have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference to what appeared to be your wishes. ... I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the pursuit of duty or propriety.
Page 377 - in retiring from the presidential office after their second term, has become, by universal concurrence, a part of our republican system of government, and that any departure from this time-honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril to our free institutions. There
Page 343 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.
Page 201 - Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Page 277 - the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 317 - The impression we receive is of a feverish struggle for literary existence, a terrible pressure of the poetical population on the means of subsistence. 'Pope writes: — When sick of muse our follies we deplore And promise our best friends to write no more, We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our wit.
Page 720 - God hath given power to his ministers to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the absolution and remission of their sins, and that
Page 370 - General Washington set the example of retirement at the end of eight years. I shall follow it; and a few more precedents will oppose the obstacle of habit to any one after a while who shall endeavor to extend his term.