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...William H. Seward minted a round, shiny phrase. He described the difference between Northern wage labor and Southern slave labor as an "irrepressible conflict." Later, Seward's friends explained that he had not meant that war was inevitable, much" less that it was desirable. Abraham Lincoln profoundly believed that war was undesirable, and hoped that it was avoidable, when he came into the Presidency and put Seward in his Cabinet. But Seward's phrase had caught on. Hotheads on both sides used it. By the time the shooting started, civil war was indeed "irrepressible...
Hudson President Abraham Edward Barit read stockholders the Fisher offer: $8,500,000 (approximate book value) for 400,000 shares of Hudson's unissued stock. Pointing out that this was approximately $21.66 a share compared to the current market price of $28. President Barit declared that the stock's real worth was far greater than its book value...
...error to creep in. Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th President of the U.S. It is true that the records of Congress list F.D.R. as the 31st President. But the Congress is a separate branch of the Government. Check with the Constitution. WILLIAM E. BARINGER, PH.D. The Abraham Lincoln Association Springfield...
Died. Bernard Flexner, 80, whose Kentucky-born brothers Abraham and Simon directed, respectively, Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, himself founder of the Palestine Economic Corp. for the economic rehabilitation and development of the Jewish homeland; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan...
...Hungry. In Seattle, short-tempered Host Edward Abraham was accused of baring his teeth before dinner, impulsively chewing both of his dinner guests' ears. In St. Louis, Joe Williams took offense at the restaurant food set before him, hurled the glassware and china at the waiter...