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... tion , and , fleeing in their night clothes , fell face downward , pressing their faces to the earth in their mad attempts to obtain air . Their figures are models for the tragic sculp- tor , as is also that of a dog , perfectly ...
... tion , and , fleeing in their night clothes , fell face downward , pressing their faces to the earth in their mad attempts to obtain air . Their figures are models for the tragic sculp- tor , as is also that of a dog , perfectly ...
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... tion of the eruption of 1861 , that it was not the sea that sank , but the coast that lifted . He found that , in the eruption , the coast was lifted for several miles , the highest elevation being at Torre del Greco , where the eleva- tion ...
... tion of the eruption of 1861 , that it was not the sea that sank , but the coast that lifted . He found that , in the eruption , the coast was lifted for several miles , the highest elevation being at Torre del Greco , where the eleva- tion ...
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... tion of 22 pounds . Where these countries lack in the consump- tion of wheat , however , the deficit is , as a rule , made up in other grains . Rye is the grain most in use in Russia , where 580 million bushels are consumed each year ...
... tion of 22 pounds . Where these countries lack in the consump- tion of wheat , however , the deficit is , as a rule , made up in other grains . Rye is the grain most in use in Russia , where 580 million bushels are consumed each year ...
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... less than the consump- tion of Belgium , for example , which stands at 110 ounces , or Switzerland , where 80 ounces are used . The Neth- Spain . A Story of the Fire Patrol . BY RAY STANNARD. THE WORLD'S BILL OF FARE . 17.
... less than the consump- tion of Belgium , for example , which stands at 110 ounces , or Switzerland , where 80 ounces are used . The Neth- Spain . A Story of the Fire Patrol . BY RAY STANNARD. THE WORLD'S BILL OF FARE . 17.
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... tion to Mr. Blaine . AS A PRACTICAL POLITICIAN . During the convention Mr. Roosevelt stood out prominently as a militant Repub- lican . Indeed , he has always gloried in the fact that he is a party politician and a prac- tical ...
... tion to Mr. Blaine . AS A PRACTICAL POLITICIAN . During the convention Mr. Roosevelt stood out prominently as a militant Repub- lican . Indeed , he has always gloried in the fact that he is a party politician and a prac- tical ...
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Page 263 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government...
Page 525 - We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth.
Page 261 - I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper, ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Page 169 - My friends: No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.
Page 262 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it.
Page 261 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension.
Page 291 - Take up the White man's burden And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better, The hate of those ye guard The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah, slowly!) toward the light: "Why brought ye us from bondage, "Our loved Egyptian night?
Page 324 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union...
Page 324 - And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question whether a constitutional republic or democracy — a government of the people by the same people — can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.
Page 262 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.