Word: answers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...following question was then propounded: "Is it true that American labor conditions are better than English?" to which was given the answer: "I don't believe so. The hours of labor there are about the same as here, if anything a little less. An American laborer of course gets a higher wage as far as straight monetary value is concerned, but compared to the cost of living there and here the two groups are about equally well...
...Blanshard said that he preferred not to answer this question...
...covering incompetence to solve the financial problem which is now in his charge. Later next week with calmness I will demonstrate to the entire nation the inconsistency of the charges made on financial grounds, and I am waiting calmly the verdict of the nation after they hear my answer, point by point, to the report of Alberto Pani. . . . These and other statements that will be startling I will make known to the nation-that is, if the hidden hand, following the same road as with Francisco Villa, does not take my head from my shoulders...
...With us a murder, an elopement, a scandal gets screaming headlines, and the news of really national importance is usually given second place. I have talked with many publishers concerning this, and the answer always is: 'We give to our readers what they want, and if we don't do it they will buy some other paper that does...
...hope is as much a part of human nature as is trickery. Then, too, the presence of such sincere men as Conan Doyle and Sir Oliver Lodge in the field has added an air of genuineness to the discussions. Perhaps the very philosophy of William James gives the answer to the problem. All that is necessary is "the Will to Believe...