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...enforcement of all laws. ... I am not in favor of a national amendment which should force twelve or fifteen great States into a sumptuary system which the public opinion and the real practices of the people of those States would not support. I think it is most unwise to fasten upon the United States a prohibitory system under the excitement of the War, which I do not hesitate to say every sensible supporter of Prohibition in the end will regret...
...loved and loyal wife who sailed for Australia with me a week after our marriage, and who has been a good shipmate during these many years"-has an exciting chapter "Fishy" ending with a quoted instruction for "landing" the biggest possible swordfish aboard a dory in the open ocean: "Fasten his tail over the gunwale to the afterthwart; put his sword over your shoulder; put your big finger in his eyeball; grab him with your other hand near his tail; when she rolls to leeward pull hard as the boat rolls back, and the 'Cot damn fish...
...opinion Jane Addams, Orvills Wright, Thomas Edison and John D. Rockefeller are our ranking citizens. It is rumored that upon one of these four (or possible another, for Dr. Ludwig is expected to add another name to his list before completing his present tour) the eminent writer will fasten as the subject for his next biography...
Last week the ward was empty. Hospital officials had opened a spick & span one in a new building on the quadrangle.* They hunted a key to fasten the doors. There was no key. The doors during 58 years had never been locked...
...evil they did during 500 years. If men during the next 20 years make as much progress, men will have a reason for being proud of their sex. It is men nowadays who brush the dust off their shoes with their long pants. It is men who have to fasten innumerable buttons before their dress is complete. Fashions are no mean part of civilization. But report them as news, not for the purpose of enabling your readers to wear the latest. I do not have the time to read fashion magazines. That is the very reason why I expect TIME...