The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 88Atlantic Monthly Company, 1901 - American essays |
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... tion of monopolies was the loudest ; while in Italy — industrially more mature — the urban influence was predominant , and the capitalistic régime was regarded with entire complacency . What we call trusts - combinations of ...
... tion of monopolies was the loudest ; while in Italy — industrially more mature — the urban influence was predominant , and the capitalistic régime was regarded with entire complacency . What we call trusts - combinations of ...
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... tion from Casale ; that Casale , going to represent the city at a celebration held in honor of Garibaldi , took with him two ladies , a secretary , a journalist , and two young men , and charged the whole bill to the city ; that justice ...
... tion from Casale ; that Casale , going to represent the city at a celebration held in honor of Garibaldi , took with him two ladies , a secretary , a journalist , and two young men , and charged the whole bill to the city ; that justice ...
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... tion of the bank just before this criminal misuse of its funds , was , by character and knowledge , the very man to ferret out the guilty and bring them to punish- ment . The public turned impetuously to him as the instrument of justice ...
... tion of the bank just before this criminal misuse of its funds , was , by character and knowledge , the very man to ferret out the guilty and bring them to punish- ment . The public turned impetuously to him as the instrument of justice ...
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... tion about a centre would necessarily be very slow , and hence he concluded that , though previously undetected , such mo- tion must eventually come to light . Hal- ley's recent researches had established the existence of proper motion ...
... tion about a centre would necessarily be very slow , and hence he concluded that , though previously undetected , such mo- tion must eventually come to light . Hal- ley's recent researches had established the existence of proper motion ...
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... tion of its parts he did not suppose this to be the whole universe , but saw in the nebale other systems , so immensely re- mote that the combined light of their millions of stars merely made the im- pression of a faint cloud even when ...
... tion of its parts he did not suppose this to be the whole universe , but saw in the nebale other systems , so immensely re- mote that the combined light of their millions of stars merely made the im- pression of a faint cloud even when ...
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Page 34 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 169 - But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
Page 333 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 474 - ... with pines. I only hear above his place of rest Their tender undertone, The infinite longings of a troubled breast, The voice so like his own. There in seclusion and remote from men The wizard hand lies cold, Which at its topmost speed let fall the pen, And left the tale half told. Ah ! who shall lift that wand of magic power, And the lost clew regain ? The unfinished window in Aladdin's tower Unfinished must remain ! CHRISTMAS BELLS.
Page 230 - With what strange utterance did the loud dry wind Blow through my ear! the sky seemed not a sky Of earth — and with what motion moved the clouds!
Page 333 - ... this fight, though perhaps at some moment it may droop over our sinking heads, yet it soon again will float in the eye of Heaven, and it will be borne by the firm hands of the united people of the three kingdoms, perhaps not to an easy, but to a certain and to a not far distant victory.
Page 377 - IN that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah ; We have a strong city ; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Page 475 - And though he will know that you cannot bear the weight of omnipotence treading upon you, yet he will not regard that, but he will crush you under his feet without mercy; he will crush out your blood, and make it fly, and it shall be sprinkled on his garments, so as to stain all his raiment.
Page 331 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Page 295 - With splendor upon splendor multiplied; And Beatrice again at Dante's side No more rebukes, but smiles her words of praise. And then the organ sounds, and unseen choirs Sing the old Latin hymns of peace and love...