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...future trend of legislation can be partially determined by the inchoate acts which have been discussed in Congress within recent years, and at present the drift seems to be towards a federal control of monopolistic enterprises by means of federal or semi-federal incorporation...
...gross misstatements, up into the barren country of snow and rock. Here the wind, which had been blowing continually, suddenly died down, and black flies, the terrible scourge of the country, settled on them. The reindeer which they had brought as pack animals, they left in a snow drift, while they themselves retreated to a little log cabin which had no opening except a hole in the roof, and a few cracks in the door. Here they remained for three days, at the end of which a little wind sprang up and they ventured out. They found the reindeer...
...MUNICIPAL CLUB. "The Present Drift of Charters." Mr. Robert Treat Paine, Jr. Emerson...
...MUNICIPAL CLUB. "The Present Drift of Charters." Mr. Robert Treat Paine. Jr. Emerson...
...must the lovers be "brave" in their love? One may surmise the explanation, but it does not seem to me that the poem makes it clear. The piece has emotional and descriptive power. The verse is weakened in places by unnecessary repetition of words and phrases: "that drift--that drift," "wild, wild symphony," and several other expressions. The weird, solemn picture in "The Caravan" is impressive, the wording is good (preponderance of monosyllables), and the vagueness gives the imagination free play. The interrogation points in the second and third stanzas should be omitted. The conception in "The Flower Stall...