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... whole ethics of the immigration question will be found on final analysis to turn on the pivot of national resources whether the United States can maintain an open - door policy without itself rapidly approaching the Old World conditions ...
... whole ethics of the immigration question will be found on final analysis to turn on the pivot of national resources whether the United States can maintain an open - door policy without itself rapidly approaching the Old World conditions ...
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... whole sex , and by that token , of two whole sexes . The woman movement doubtless will pro- duce some waste products , many temporary discomforts , espe- cially to men , and most especially to those men who are either ignorant or ...
... whole sex , and by that token , of two whole sexes . The woman movement doubtless will pro- duce some waste products , many temporary discomforts , espe- cially to men , and most especially to those men who are either ignorant or ...
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... whole economic structure of this region , except perhaps the great " black land " cotton area of Texas , where much white child labor is used in the cotton fields of the white tenant farmers , would collapse to a ruin temporarily as ...
... whole economic structure of this region , except perhaps the great " black land " cotton area of Texas , where much white child labor is used in the cotton fields of the white tenant farmers , would collapse to a ruin temporarily as ...
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... whole earth , and if it be allowed that the subsistence for man which the earth affords might be increased every twenty - five years by a quantity equal to what it at present produces , this will be supposing a rate of increase much ...
... whole earth , and if it be allowed that the subsistence for man which the earth affords might be increased every twenty - five years by a quantity equal to what it at present produces , this will be supposing a rate of increase much ...
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... whole earth , instead of this island , emigration would of course be excluded ; and , supposing the present population equal to a thousand millions , the human species would increase as the numbers , 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16 , 32 , 64 , 128 ...
... whole earth , instead of this island , emigration would of course be excluded ; and , supposing the present population equal to a thousand millions , the human species would increase as the numbers , 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16 , 32 , 64 , 128 ...
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Popular passages
Page 444 - By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law ; that is the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 581 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands ; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives ; while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Page 578 - For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 579 - Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Page 579 - For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Page 762 - A ship lost at sea for many days suddenly sighted a friendly vessel. From the mast of the unfortunate vessel was seen a signal, "Water, water; we die of thirst!" The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back, "Cast down your bucket where you are.
Page 257 - ... any person whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money of another or who is assisted by others to come, unless it is affirmatively and satisfactorily shown on special inquiry that such person does not belong to one of the foregoing excluded classes...
Page 764 - ... that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of these privileges. The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house.
Page 405 - An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States...
Page 374 - States, he shall cause such alien within the period of three years after landing or entry therein to be taken into custody and returned to the country whence he came...