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Page 14
... able that the mass of them will wish to be free , in spite of possible advantages for them of American rule . It is true that we paid twenty million dollars to Spain for the Islands , besides the cost of the war . And since then our ...
... able that the mass of them will wish to be free , in spite of possible advantages for them of American rule . It is true that we paid twenty million dollars to Spain for the Islands , besides the cost of the war . And since then our ...
Page 15
... able and honest in business and in politics . Governor Harrison , after intimate experience in working with them , declared , " I have found the native Filipino official to be honest , efficient , and as capable of ad- ministering ...
... able and honest in business and in politics . Governor Harrison , after intimate experience in working with them , declared , " I have found the native Filipino official to be honest , efficient , and as capable of ad- ministering ...
Page 30
... . What the em- ployees wanted was to be able to work a reasonable number of hours and still retain their positions . That would have been for them a real increase in liberty . Yet the right of the legislature to procure for them 30 LIBERTY.
... . What the em- ployees wanted was to be able to work a reasonable number of hours and still retain their positions . That would have been for them a real increase in liberty . Yet the right of the legislature to procure for them 30 LIBERTY.
Page 31
... able to go without a factory , while the workers were injuring their health through overlong hours of working - made necessary by the unregulated competition and very low pay per hour ; little children , aged and sick people were kept ...
... able to go without a factory , while the workers were injuring their health through overlong hours of working - made necessary by the unregulated competition and very low pay per hour ; little children , aged and sick people were kept ...
Page 41
... able to support themselves and make a distinctive personal contribu- tion to the country's life . But this individualistic spirit is as yet only par- tially developed . In some matters public opinion still presses too hard upon the ...
... able to support themselves and make a distinctive personal contribu- tion to the country's life . But this individualistic spirit is as yet only par- tially developed . In some matters public opinion still presses too hard upon the ...
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