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...alone from text-books, but from experience and contact with men. Our state constitutions adopted ten, fifty, or a hundred years ago can not be applied to modern conditions without change. Chief Justic Marshall saw that the Federal Constitution must grow and by his wise decisions did not hamper Congress in its extension of the powers granted in the commerce clause of the Constitution. Those states are advancing ahead of their neighbors whose courts have similarly been most liberal in the construction of their several constitutions. To fulfill their purpose constitutions and laws must conform to the needs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROOSEVELT AND TAFT | 4/12/1912 | See Source »

...upon the outside world. My own experience in Cleveland, some years ago, when as a lawyer, I became interested in civic affairs, confirms this most strongly. Professors may be theoretical, but it is largely by reason of the fact that they are unhampered by many of the things that hamper men in other relations of life, that they are able to accomplish things...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRES. GARFIELD'S ADDRESS | 12/10/1909 | See Source »

...while you play and work while you work; and though play is a mighty good thing, remember that you had better never play at all than to get into a condition of mind where you regard play as the serious business of life, or where you permit it to hamper and interfere with your doing your full duty in the real work of the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRES. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS | 2/25/1907 | See Source »

Though the difficulty of procuring a suitable course will to some extent hamper the college club which is to be formed, there are several clubs in the neighborhood of Cambridge which allready include numbers of Harvard men among their members. Several of these men are players of considerable ability and experience, and there should be no difficulty in getting together a strong team to represent the College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/18/1896 | See Source »

...come: Rev. of Revs., vol. 10, p. 11.- (c) The Populists in Congress stand first of all for the purification of national politics: Rev. of Revs., vol. 10, p. 38, W. V. Allen, Populist.- (1) They are arrayed against the money power.- (2) They have no party patronage to hamper them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/18/1896 | See Source »

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