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...case as a comment on the assertion we sometimes hear that if we have no poetry it is the fault of the poets, since the material always abundantly exists in human nature. Undoubtedly it does,- the passions and desires, the loves, hopes and despairs of men are the raw material,- but there are periods in which that material is more abundant or of finer staple, when the passions have freer play and on a more heroic stage, when human nature, as it were, puts on the Cothurnus and assumes a loftier port...
...With free raw material, the absence of a duty on refined sugar would hold in check the Sugar Trust...
...present the outlook for a good nine is rather dark, but with hard work on the part of both coaches and candidates a very fair ball team may be developed from the rather raw material now on hand...
...Greater freedom of trade between the two countries is especially desirable because (1) Canada could furnish the United States with (a) needful raw materials such as coal, lumber and barley (b) a market for manufactured goods (2) International disputes, such as the fisheries, would be avoided...
...Customs Union would be economically harmful. (a) American and Canadian products are not supplementary but competitory. (b) Cheaper wages and cheaper raw material would be an inducement for our capital to move to Canada. (c) The result would be lower wages for the American...