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...normal heart is shaped like an acorn. It is somewhat larger than a clenched fist. On the average it is 5 in. long 3½ in. wide, 2 in. thick. Hearts of men weigh 8 to 10 oz., hearts of women 2 oz. less...
...English-he's got to stand for something. A deep-hearted old jingo, tough as an acorn. Hearts of oak-wasn't that an old song? The acorn-heart of England. Ships, of course, and exports; that will be his business. An oak can stand for three hundred years, but this man is old. Have to get a big scene to bring out his fibre. Well, say he's in trouble with his stockholders; they don't like the way he's running the company, want him to resign, but he thinks he can diddle...
During the course of his term President Coolidge will be requested to write other messages-almost daily. To the Colonial Order of the Acorn, to the Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, to the National Association of Ice Industries, to the American Ornithologists' Union, to the National Association of Manufacturers of the U. S. A., to the American Numismatic Society, to the Tree Planting Association of New York City, to the Loyal Order of Moose, to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, cmetard hrshr shrd shrdl cm vbg kgk htmfaR wofda Rwarod wfaW...
...work didn't have much to do with the rifle and bullet, or the bayonet, but it was and is necessary; at present of vastly greater importance that the above. With the necessity of five men behind the lines for one at the front the adage about the acorn and the oak is reversed to a large extent as regards war. The gigantic preparation that is necessary,--in ways of transportation, cantonements, supplies, etc., before we can really take care of the big armies which are to come in the next few years, are almost inconceivable. My one constant hope...
...cords: (a) For tactical instructors and cadet officers--Blue cord, with gilt acorn at each end and gilt keeper; (b) For Cadets--Blue (infantry) cord. (C. U. R., No. 2, June 5, 1917.) C. CORDIER, Captain U. S. Army, Commandant. June...