The Redemption of New YorkMilo T. Bogard |
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Page 56 - He that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from the hearing of blood and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil: he shall dwell on high.
Page 201 - of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate. we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men. living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world
Page 207 - Our duty in the care and security of these deposits and their safe investment demands the highest integrity and the best business capacity of those in charge of these depositories of the people's earnings. We have a vast and intricate business, built up through years of toil and struggle, in which every part of the
Page 206 - of the besieged diplomats. At the beginning of the nineteenth century there was not a mile of steam railroad on the globe; now there are enough miles to make its circuit many times. Then there was not a line of electric telegraph: now we have a vast mileage traversing all lands and all seas. God
Page 209 - hope that all who are represented here may be moved to higher and nobler effort for their own and the world's good. and that out of this city may come not only greater commerce and trade for us all: but. more essential than these. relations of mutual respect. confidence and friendship which will deepen and endure. Our earnest
Page 205 - ever a sharp struggle for success. It will be none the less so in the future. Without competition we would be clinging to the clumsy and antiquated processes of farming and manufacture, and the methods of business of long ago, and the Twentieth would be no further advanced than the Eighteenth
Page 51 - Statesman yet friend of truth; of Soul sincere; In action faithful and in honor clear; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title and who lost no friend.
Page 150 - In this hour of deep and terrible national bereavement. I wish to state that it shall be my aim to continue absolutely unbroken the policy of President McKinley for the peace, prosperity and honor
Page 206 - representatives of the Nations in China, cut off from all communication, inside and outside of the walled capital, were surrounded by an angry and misguided mob that threatened their lives: nor the joy that thrilled the world when a single message from the Government of the United States brought. through our Minister, the first news of the
Page 205 - But though commercial Competitors we are, commercial enemies we must not be. The Pan-American Exposition has done its work thoroughly; presenting in its exhibits evidences of the highest skill and illustrating the progress of time human family in the western hemisphere. This portion of the earth