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Having selected a method, the matter of rules for governing is comes up. In my opinion the competition should be in sole charge of the manager of the team in question. The amount of money collected by a candidate should be taken into consideration only as showing the candidate's ability and his desire to work. The actual choice can be made only through the manager's impression of the candidate's ability and general fitness gained by observation of his work and the results obtained. A manager is naturally influenced by the opinion of the captain and the members...
...newspapers create the very air we breathe and for most people they are the sole source of information about what is going on in the world. However, there are two tendencies to be contended against--the bad stimulation to the mind that the "yellow" papers give by laying undue emphasis on crime, scandal and sensation; and the evil influence of papers that stand for moneyed interests...
...alone, which explains the many false reports by missionaries and others who have penetrated only the Lower Congo to the effect that they do not exist. Mr. Clark showed that the contention of Leopold that the exactions of tribute on the natives is for public improvements, is absurd. His sole aim is to drive the natives to their limit in gathering India rubber for his consumption, and the instances of cruelty on the part of soldiers to gain this end are barbarous beyond belief. Not only are their bodies mutilated, but they are frequently killed and eaten by the native...
...other professions. Is there any real reason why we should not demand an equally high standard for the men who divert us in our leisure hours, and, since demands alone are generally ineffective, should we not back them up by some tangible organization which will have for its sole object the encouragement of undergraduate dramatics...
Under these favorable circumstances he resolved to break with the church, family and country and come to New England. That one great resolve is the sole basis of his fame. His life here was short and broken; he was for a few months minister of a church in Charles- town, and then, worn out in body, he died at the early...