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...story as fast as it may, that is responsible. Perhaps this tendency reacts to make some few men proud beyond the average of their drunkenness, and so further encourages publicity. Certain it is that daily papers, as a rule, exaggerate the importance of the evil, in their attempt to cater to public taste.--The very fact that illicit liquor is so increasedly expensive prevents much drunkenness--but, it seems, Harvard, Yale and Princeton are regarded as merely one continuous "gold coast...
...downright, outspoken candidate, who honestly, openly and fearlessly expresses exactly what he believes to every group of voters on every issue, declining to dodge or evade, and refusing to appeal to prejudice or cater to class, would be overwhelmingly beaten by the candidate on the other side, who would promptly take advantage of such honesty to gather for himself the large number of voters alienated by the other fellow...
...Science can be most uncomplimentary. Art makes us bare forked animals the protagonists of the great drama of life. Science puts us in our places. That is why genealogy is an art. It takes a whole family tree to make a man, What could be better calculated to cater to a man's importance than realization that his great-great -great -great -great -great-great- great -great -great -great -great-great-great -great -great - great -great-great-great -great -great -great -great-great- grandparents were a good deal more numerous than the population of the United States? And among...
When questioned as to the future of the moving pictures Mr. Courtenay said: "The movies will never displace the legitimate stage, because they cater to a different class of people. The taste of their present public will keep down the general quality of the movies, although of course there will always be men like Griffith, who will produce pictures of such a quality that everyone will wish to see them...
Moreover, it is impossible for the government to carry out its proposed financial reorganization--the most important provision of which is the abolition of the odious Liking (internal customs duties)--when it must cater to just those authorities which owe their luxurious positions to them. During the period of weak Central Government these duties have increased to an enormous extent, and they are now paralyzing all the agencies of law, order and prosperity in the country...