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...said that first the terms "railroad" and "stocks" need to be carefully defined. A railroad may be considered a property of the nature of a "going concern" as the law books put it. All the paraphanalia of a railroad the locomotives, cars, etc.- are useless except when in motion. There are two general types of railroads-the eastern and the western, the old and the new. The eastern railroad was built for the purpose of carrying traffic already waiting to be moved, while the western railroad was built for the purpose of creating traffic. The differences in the purposes...
...reciprocity treaty with Canada will furnish us with the trade that we need. (a) It will give us a Iarge and convenient market for our surplus manufactures-American Magazine, XII; Commercial Relations, 1885 6, yol. 1. (b) It will open to us very accessible stores of coal, iron, timber and metals-Stat, Record of Canada, 1887; Forum, VI., p. 241: V. 7, p. 1; North American Review, CXXXIX., p. 44; Harpers, LXXVIII...
...class tug-of-war work now being done, matters seem to be moving along but slowly with all four teams, and the seniors especially have been backward in bringing out good men. What all the classes really need is an infinite amount more of energy put into the work. Tug-of-war may not be the best kind of sport, but now that the classes have determined to have contests, they must show far more life than they have displayed...
...noticed also, that the men who were the chief advocates of this theory were the most learned and distinguished men of their respective nations. The masses of men soon followed their leadership for the majority of men need but to have a new theory cleverly presented to them to become its strenuous supporters. The three great monotheistic religions are the Jewish, Christian and Mohammedan. It is true that at first the Jewish religion was polytheistic but little by little all the lesser gods lost their devotees and finally after the Jews came back fram their Babylonian captivity in the sixth...
Though the crew is not on the water, the river is open and two or three of the new men who need practice most with the oars go out every day in a pair-oar. Herrick coaches them...