Word: due
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have referred to the remarkable success of our own greenbacks up to 1890. I have shown that of all the evils that afflict our currency system today, not one is inherent in the legal tenders; for of the three causes of the present trouble, the first and second were due to an iniquitous act passed wholly in the interests of silver. And for the third and final cause, I have shown that we must not blame the legal tenders themselves, but the absurd connection of the two departments of the treasury; and that mandatory provision for endless reissue...
...last speech of the evening was Dobyn's summary. He said that the retirement of all the greenbacks was too sweeping a step. The present fiscal situation is perilous. But the danger, instead of being due to the principle of floating notes on a gold basis, comes from outside causes like the silver movement, which influence the ignorant public...
...three Harvard speakers is due the most praise. They showed themselves thoroughly prepared upon all sides of the question, and they evinced admirable quickness and judgment. Their speeches were calm, logical, and convincing. At the start they defined the point at issue clearly, and throughout the debate they adhered closely to their original proposition, digressing only when it was necessary to in order to combat the arguments of their opponents. Without an appearance of ranting, the Harvard men spoke with quiet, straightforward eloquence, and had the close attention of the large audience while they were speaking. It was not, however...
...Nineveh in 1845-7. Victor Place made some valuable excavations at Khorsabad in 1851-55, an account of which was published in 1857 and again in 1870. Both Botta and Place were especially interested in the Assyrian architecture and sculpture, and much of our knowledge of these arts is due to them. De Sarzec in 1887 dug up near the Persian Gulf some statues in the round, cut in hard, highly polished stone. De Clecq made a study of the Assyrian seals, and a volume of beautiful engravings of these cylinders has been published by the French government. Pierrot...
Trafford, in speaking of kicking, said that kicking had been neglected in past years. Cumnock was the first to recognize the importance of kicking and the victory in '91 was largely due to this. He then gave his idea of the errors which kickers are liable to, in place and drop kicking, and in punting, and in closing said that men must teach themselves, for they are so differently built that it is hard for one man to coach another in kicking...