Word: confronts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present, too, a spirit of organization. As Tennyson says; "The individual withers, and the whole is more and more." The presence of this spirit makes the difference between our own times and those of our fathers. Combinations of capital were the first to arise. Those of labor now confront them. The two must be harmonized, and the railroad will have a great share in doing...
...long time, I wished to confront Miss Ffrench. I no longer have that desire. If by any possibility I could come face to face with her, I should forego the pleasure; for I should certainly detect the mechanical apparatus of her existence. Detection would be death to her, and my conscience would then charge me with murder; for, though she is not life, Miss Ffrench is wonderfully life-like. - Vassar Miscellany...