The North American Review, Τόμος 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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... human endeavor . Hero worship exasperates the cynics as the most foolish phase of tradition . To make a hero of an American is to imply that there is something fine in human nature and , worst of all , in American human nature ...
... human endeavor . Hero worship exasperates the cynics as the most foolish phase of tradition . To make a hero of an American is to imply that there is something fine in human nature and , worst of all , in American human nature ...
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... human ardor , offend the superiority complex of the Mencken coterie . Mencken , critic in perpetuum , assuages his vexation at our perverse Americanisms with the cup of malice which he prepares for himself . His caustic middle age will ...
... human ardor , offend the superiority complex of the Mencken coterie . Mencken , critic in perpetuum , assuages his vexation at our perverse Americanisms with the cup of malice which he prepares for himself . His caustic middle age will ...
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distinguish still more colors which cannot be seen at all by the human eye . In general , names have not been given these in- visible colors ; they are described by their wave lengths , which are of the order of magnitude of two ten ...
distinguish still more colors which cannot be seen at all by the human eye . In general , names have not been given these in- visible colors ; they are described by their wave lengths , which are of the order of magnitude of two ten ...
Σελίδα 52
... human body just how much effect is due to sunlight and how much to carefully regulated diet and exercise . The results of the combination , however , are gratifying . The method of treatment with sunlight is interesting . The exposure ...
... human body just how much effect is due to sunlight and how much to carefully regulated diet and exercise . The results of the combination , however , are gratifying . The method of treatment with sunlight is interesting . The exposure ...
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... human nature , is a problem indeed . But however difficult it may be , many people do it . Six million people do it , and most of them do it three hundred and sixty - five days every year . Multitudes of them do it victori- ously , some ...
... human nature , is a problem indeed . But however difficult it may be , many people do it . Six million people do it , and most of them do it three hundred and sixty - five days every year . Multitudes of them do it victori- ously , some ...
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 458 - If after such hearing the Commission finds that the public interest will be promoted by the...