Word: foreigner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...know all the details. This familiarity enables them to manufacture and sell cheaper than we can. Teehnical schools, he said, were not as good educators for such work as long service at the machines. What is also wanted is that the Americans should cater a little more to foreign peculiarities when manufacturing for export. Moreover, New England should try and take the place of the fine English goods which would not then have to be imported. The coarser work should be relegated to the southern mills now springing up. In this way there would be no internal competition between...
...part of the constitution and refuted the argument for the negative, saying, that although it was impossible to prevent plotting, at least an attempt ought to be made to surpress it and restrain it within legitimate bounds. Mr. Hoar for the negative, stated that all the laws passed by foreign governments availed naught in stopping dynamite and murderous outrage, and that if the United States should make such a treaty, it would bring upon itself all the evils that England and Russia are now suffering. Further remarks upon the subject were made by Messrs. Luce, Hobson, Hansen,. Bowen, Saunders, Macavie...
...following list which will be continued in the next bulletins. Members are requested to make note of the list and to learn, from actual experiment, in what ways the society can serve them. Besides books, stationery, and coal and wood, members can order: All the leading American and foreign periodicals; art photographs, from Soule Photograph Co.; musical instruments, all that are kept by J. C. Haynes and Co., 33 Court street, Boston. (Many of the latter are kept by the society. Music at best rates, from any music publisher...
...following list which will be continued in the next bulletins. Members are requested to make note of the list and to learn, from actual experiment, in what ways the society can serve them. Besides books, stationery, and coal and wood, members can order: All the leading American and foreign periodicals; art photographs, from Soule Potograph Co.; musical instruments, all that are kept by J. C. Haynes and Co, 33 Court street, Boston. (Many of the latter are kept by the society. Music at best rates, from any music publisher...
...Hawaiians excel in mathematics, but are hardly up to the average American intellect in other branches. They are particularly slow in acquiring foreign tongues, the English language, for instance, being almost too difficult for them. A little more than a hundred years ago, when these islands were discovered by Captain Cook, the inhabitants were sunk in degradation and superstition. A wonderful change has come over them since then, and may we not say that it is due to the influence of education...