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...waiter, let me see the bill of fare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »

...Just to see what she will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OSCULATION. | 5/8/1874 | See Source »

...chief argument against its use being the startling and brilliant discovery that it is a "filthy weed." The writer seems to think that if he throws enough mud, some will surely stick; and so, Swinburne-like, wallows in a mire of coarse invective. Confessing that we do not see anything inherently nasty in the smoke of an aromatic herb, whatever may be the mental effects, we give a few selections as samples of the style of argument employed in the poorest grade of Western journalism: "If it was n't just for the name of the thing, I'd rather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 5/8/1874 | See Source »

...theory with regard to money and its value might have been as tenable as the other before either was tested. But when one has failed to stand the test of usefulness, it is difficult to see how it can reasonably be advocated for another trial at the cost of public credit. Representatives from the West and South, apparently ignorant of the subject, and unwilling to be persuaded by their opponents, might at least listen to a few lessons from the learned and anxious pens that appeal to them from the chief cities of the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLITICAL ECONOMY. | 5/8/1874 | See Source »

...many reasons it would be a vain hope to expect to see a majority of a legislative body composed of the wisest men in the country. Colleges, however, have a power almost as great as that of the legislatures, although it has not yet been fully exercised. Instruction might be given every year on political economy and kindred subjects, which would make its principles almost as common and as well known to the voters of the country as the changes of the moon are. To exercise this power seems to be not only a privilege but the duty of every...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLITICAL ECONOMY. | 5/8/1874 | See Source »