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...therefore credible that Christian women, such as the Armenian mother is known to be, would bargain their most precious jewels (babies), to dogs (Turks) whom they would not hesitate to destroy; for gain ? Hardly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mrs. Jeppe Flayed | 10/25/1926 | See Source »

They would not hesitate to destroy themselves, for they are ashamed and do not care to exist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mrs. Jeppe Flayed | 10/25/1926 | See Source »

...been, and particularly to American prosperity. It would obviously be very advantageous to American industry if European tariff walls ceased to interfere with "peaceful economic penetration." The American bankers have very cleverly killed two birds with one stone. They point out to Europe that tariffs are economically unsound and destroy prosperity, while at the same time they hope to open a new field to an American Industry protected from reprisal by a tariff that is different...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THESE RADICAL BANKERS | 10/23/1926 | See Source »

...sought after by all the land; today, hounded; a broken old man; his life spent; his best friend, the President, dead; his close friend Jess Smith, gone, a suicide ; his wife gone; his political career over. He went to the 'shack,' and those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. So this lonesome old man, alone with those records, destroyed them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Twelve Jurors | 10/18/1926 | See Source »

...others has many writers of verse, many creative minds in literature. Unfortunately, too few of these men possess in addition to their native ability, the mental poise which disallows the indiscretions of mediocrity. Not content to pray to their own muse, they wantonly and with an often unintelligent iconoclasm destroy the temples of other muses. Such men, obviously, cannot stride the twin steeds of Pegasus and Propriety. Nor is this an ability remote from greatness. Bulls in so many china shons, they are often futile in conversation and vulgar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A NEW TRADITION | 10/14/1926 | See Source »

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